Salman al-Farsi: Difference between revisions

Salman disagreed with the [[Event of Saqifa]]. [[Miqdad]], Salman, [[Abu Dhar]], [[Ubada b. Samit]], [[Abu l-Haytham b. al-Tayhan]], [[Hudhayfa]], and [[Ammar b. Yasir]] gathered around at the night after the Event of Saqifa to decide on [[Caliphate]] in the community of [[Muhajirun]].<ref>See: Ibn Abī l-Ḥadīd, ''Sharḥ nahj al-balāgha'', vol. 1, p. 219-220.</ref> Salman and [[Ubayy b. Ka'b]] had numerous reasons to disagree with the Event of Saqifa.<ref>ʿĀmilī, ''Salmān Fārsī'', p. 35.</ref> The famous sentence of Salman on those [[sahaba]] of Prophet (s) who took an oath of [[allegiance]] to [[Abu Bakr]] was: "You did and you did not"<ref>See: Nūrī, ''Nafas al-raḥmān fī faḍāʾil Salmān'', p. 148.</ref> Which means you chose a Caliph, but refused to accept the Prophet Muhammad's order. He said in the day, you chose an elder man, but you left the family of Prophet Muhammad (s) alone; if you had chosen a member of [[Ahl al-Bayt]], there would not be any conflict. And also you would have enjoyed its blessings.<ref>ʿAskarī, ''ʿAbd Allāh b. Sabaʾ'', vol. 1, p. 145.</ref>