Re: 'Ali's speech upon the death of Abu Bakr (ra)
so you go by quantity rather than quality of narraters? interesting. do you know there was a time in history where recording false ahadith was encouraged. still, i have a simple question ....
when the Prophet (saw) passed away, Hazrat Abu Bakr was selected to be caliph, which is not a minor thing, the question is why wasnt Hazrat Ali asked to be present or involved in the matter? I mean, the selection of a leader is not a minor thing....is it?