Dear bro,
Whatever you have mentioned here about Hadrat Ali(Radi Allah an hu) is total truth no Sunni disagrees with it but still that doesn't mean that he should have been first Khalifah caz he was Cousin, son in law or close friend of Prophet(peace be upon him and his family), it would have been kingship not Khilapah.
And we don't do any comparison among Sahabas who was better and who wasn't, we love them caz they lived with Prophet(peace be upon him and his family) and he was happy with them before he departed.
So what difference does it make
And this selection of Khaliphas was supported by majority of Sahabas, were they all wrong, if so then which Islam are we talking about????
And what did Hadrat Abu Bakr(Radi Allah an hu) earn from this Caliphship
Money
Wealth
Land and cattles
Kingship for his sons or family
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Originally posted by alizadeh2000:
**Wasir, the only person who lived ALL his life with the Prophet PBUH, was Ali (AS).
There was no other.
He was brought up in the very home of the Prophet PBUH since his infant days. He spent his day and night with the Prophet, right from childhood, eating, drinking, sleeping, in the company of the Prophet PBUH and the one to spend the most time with him in the entire history of mankind.
Furthermore, he was born in the Ka'aba, the only person in history to have had this honor.
Therefore there is no comparison of the Gate of Knowledge with anyone at all. He is on an entirely different level. You just cannot compare apples with oranges.
The Sahabis began learning from the Prophet PBUH much later, after they accepted Islam.
There is just no comparison between the two.
[This message has been edited by alizadeh2000 (edited July 21, 2001).]**
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