^ first of all it is questionable if it was indeed Prophet (pbuh) who asked Hz Abu Bakr to lead the praryer or whether it was Abu Bakr’s daughter BB Ayesha. Even if we take it as a fact, do you think it is a prove for Abu Bakr’s khilafat?:
(some ‘simple’ people like Ibn Sadique seem a little confused by this writing. Please note that its in no chronological order as such)
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If leading prayers is evidence enough for Khilafat then dont you think all the people who lead the prayers by Prophet’s order had the chance to become Khalifa? They could’ve holded election or something if this was indeed a benchmark as prescribed by you.
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Prophet had assembled together an army under the l’ship of Usama b Zayd on the outskirts of Madina and Hz Abu Bakr and Hz Umar were ordered to assemble under his leadership. Usama was 17 years old and people had objected to be under his leadership.
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According to Bukhari, Hz Abu Bakr was out of Madinah (he was in a town called Sunh) at the time of the demise of the Prophet (pbuh). If he was chosen to take charge for a responsibility such as succesorship then why was he not called back by the Prophet (pbuh) himself?
3a) When Prophet of Allah asks for a pen and paper to write an “important message” to which Umar was seriously against (read Sahi Bukhari for details on this important event). Hz Umar famously said “Hisbana Kitaabullah”, i.e. “the book of Allah is enough for us”. This is a very interesting statement. Is it backed by Quran and Hadith?
4)Tareekh Tabari gives accounts of the events and say that Hz Umar was seeking to deny the information of Prophet’s departure and was in fact threatening to kill people who said that the Prophet (pbuh) was dead. He continued to do so until Hz Abu Bakr arrived and then he became “normal” and then they both went to BB Ayesha at Prophet’s house.
5)At the house of the Prophet (pbuh), infront of the pure body of the Prophet, Abu Bakr (correction as pointed out by Br Ibn Sadique) is reported to have said: "If anyone amongst you used to worship Muhummud (saws) then Muhummud is dead but (if any one of) you used to worship Allah then Allah is alive and shall never die. Then she recited a verse from the Quran about the past Prophets being dead (Sahi Bukhar). Did any one worship Prophet Mohammad (pbuh)? What kind of condolence was that? It indeed is very different from how the Ahlay Bayt (as) felt at tht time!
- Allama Shibli Naumani writes:
"“It is related by Omar that as they were seated in the Prophet’s house a man cried out all of a sudden from outside: 'O son of Khattab (Omar” pray step out for a moment’. Omar told him to leave them alone and go away as they were busy in making arrangements for the burial of the Prophet. The man replied that an incident had occurred i.e., the Ansar were gathering in force in the Thaqifah Bani Sa’idah and, as the situation was grave, it was necessary that he (Omar) should go and look in to the matter lest the Ansar should do something which would lead to a war. On this Omar said to Abu Bakr, ‘Let us go’. Imam Ali and other prious Sahaba stay busy with the preperation of the burial. Where were they going? what was the priority?
7)Tareekh Tabari says: They set out to go to the Saqifa on the way they were joined by Abu Ubaydah. On the way the meet two companions (unnamed in the history) whom Hz Umar recounts only as “pious fellows”. They seek to discourage Hz Abu Bakr and Hz Umar and the partner from proceeding further. They however reject this and keep making their way to the Saqifa?
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Saqifa- short for saqifa banu saeda. Whats was this place? why not something as central or well known as the Mosque of the Prophet or the house of the Prophet? saqifa banu saeda btw was a well known meeting place for the wicked, i.e. munafiqeen and mujremeen of the time.
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The arguments over Khilafat start. Who gave handul of Ansars and these 3 muhajirs authority to discuss and decide the fate of the Ummat?
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Read detailed account of the event at the saqifa banu saeda. There was heated arguments but tell me one single argument that was presented from either Quran or Sunnat of the Prophet, i.e. the foundation of our religion.
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Hz Umar showed some great political skills yet until the end some Ansars persisted and refused to give oath of allegiance to anyone except Imam Ali (as). Why was that?
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Why the pious companions such as Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Abu Ayub Ansari, Miqdad Ibn Umar, Ammar b Yasir, Salman Farsi, Bilal b Ribah, Zayd Ibn Arqam, Qais Ibn Saad, Abdullah Ibne Abbas and many many more along with Banu Hashim (tribe of the Prophet) refused to recognise Abu Bakr as the succesor after all this? Read detailed accounts in history. Following is just couple of examples:
Al-Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib had told Abu Bakr that “If you demanded what you demanded through kinship to the messenger of allah, then you had confiscated our own. If you had demanded it due to your position among Muslims, then ours is a more prestigious than yours. If this affair is accomplished when the believers are pleased with it, then it cannot be so as long as we are displeased therewith.” (Ibn Qutaybah)
"A group of Muhajirs and Ansars kept themselves aloof from allegiance to Abu Bakr and were followers of Hazrat Ali (i.e. Shias of Ali). Among them were Abbas Bin Abdu’l-Muttalib… (Tareekh Al Yaqoobi)
- I will end this here but i will request to do 2 more things:
a) study the evidence from Quran and Seerat about the right of the succesorship of Imam Ali (as). There is too many for me to write here, for now anyway.
b) read on how the succesor of the Prophet, Imam Ali was treated once Abu Bakr took charge of the office. Also read of the khulafas’ treatment of the beloved daughter of the Prophet, Khatoon e Jannat Fatima Sallamullah Alaihay.
