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{{Six-member council}} | {{Six-member council}} | ||
The '''Six-Member Council''' refers to the council [[Umar b. al-Khattab]] (d. [[23]]/[[644 CE|644]]) assigned for selecting the next [[caliph]], which led to [[Uthman b. Affan]] being elected as the third caliph of Muslims. | The '''Six-Member Council''' refers to the council [[Umar b. al-Khattab]] (d. [[23]]/[[644 CE|644]]) assigned for selecting the next [[caliph]], which led to [[Uthman b. Affan]] being elected as the third caliph of Muslims. Umar had obliged all the people to conform to the council's final agreement and commanded to cut off any opponents' heads. [[Imam Ali (a)]] had anticipated the council would select Uthman since the appointed members all had the same bias. | ||
== The Story of the Council == | == The Story of the Council == | ||