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Prior to Umar death in [[23]]/[[644 CE|644]], Umar appointed a six-member council to choose the next caliph and obliged all to accept the decision of the council or otherwise be executed. The members of the council were Imam Ali (a), [[Uthman b. Affan]], [[Talha b. Ubayd Allah]], [[Zubayr b. Awamm]], [[Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas]], and [[Abd al-Rahman b. Awf]].<ref>Suyūṭī, ''Tārīkh al-khulafāʾ'', p. 129.</ref> As the Imam (a) had predicted, taking into account the inclinations of the members, the council chose Uthman b. Affan as the third caliph of the Muslim ummah.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 229; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 288.</ref> | {{Six-member council}} | ||
Prior to Umar death in [[23]]/[[644 CE|644]], Umar appointed a six-member council to choose the next caliph and obliged all to accept the decision of the council or otherwise be executed. The members of the council were Imam Ali (a), [[Uthman b. Affan]], [[Talha b. Ubayd Allah]], [[Zubayr b. Awamm]], [[Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas]], and [[Abd al-Rahman b. Awf]].<ref>Suyūṭī, ''Tārīkh al-khulafāʾ'', p. 129.</ref> As the Imam (a) had predicted, taking into account the inclinations of the members, the council chose Uthman b. Affan as the third caliph of the Muslim ummah.<ref>Ṭabarī, ''Tārīkh al-umam wa l-mulūk'', vol. 4, p. 229; Mufīd, ''al-Irshād'', vol. 1, p. 288.</ref> | |||
===During the Caliphate of Uthman=== | ===During the Caliphate of Uthman=== | ||