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Moreover, it is reported that after the Event of Saqifa, Ali (a) and his wife Fatima (a) would go to the houses and gatherings of the Helpers, reminding them of Ali's (a) right to caliphate. In response, the Helpers would say, "O Daughter of the Prophet! We have pledged our allegiance to Abu Bakr. Had Ali asked us for allegiance, we would not have rejected him." And the Imam (a) would respond, "Did you expect me to compete for caliphate before burying the Prophet?!"<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 6, p. 13.</ref> | Moreover, it is reported that after the Event of Saqifa, Ali (a) and his wife Fatima (a) would go to the houses and gatherings of the Helpers, reminding them of Ali's (a) right to caliphate. In response, the Helpers would say, "O Daughter of the Prophet! We have pledged our allegiance to Abu Bakr. Had Ali asked us for allegiance, we would not have rejected him." And the Imam (a) would respond, "Did you expect me to compete for caliphate before burying the Prophet?!"<ref>Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 6, p. 13.</ref> | ||
Another important occasion on which Imam Ali (a) emphasized his right to succeed the Prophet (s) was when the Imam (a) asked the Companions in a gathering to testify and relate what they had heard from the Prophet (s) regarding succession. According to [[Allama Amini]], many Shiite and Sunni sources report that this event took place in [[Yawm al-Ruhba|Ruhba]] in [[35]]/[[ | Another important occasion on which Imam Ali (a) emphasized his right to succeed the Prophet (s) was when the Imam (a) asked the Companions in a gathering to testify and relate what they had heard from the Prophet (s) regarding succession. According to [[Allama Amini]], many Shiite and Sunni sources report that this event took place in [[Yawm al-Ruhba|Ruhba]] in [[35]]/[[656 CE|656]]—that is, in the beginning of the Imam's (a) caliphate.<ref>Amīnī, ''al-Ghadir'', vol. 2, p. 41-42.</ref> Shiite sources report another such request from the Imam (a) in the [[six-member council]] that was appointed by Umar to choose his successor. The Imam (a) reportedly mentioned a list of events in which his right to succession was proclaimed by the Prophet (s) and then asked the members of the council whether they remembered the Prophet's (s) sayings in those events, and the members answered in the positive.<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Amālī'', p. 232-233, 545.</ref> | ||
== During the Rule of the First Three Caliphs == | == During the Rule of the First Three Caliphs == | ||