( 577 )
from the members of my House. Then he called upon Ali
Ibn Abu Talib and said to him: Take the verses at the
beginning of Bara-ah . . . Ali went on riding the camel of
the Messenger "Al-Adba " until he reached Abu Bakr on
the road. Abu Bakr said: Are you a commander or commanded? Ali said: I am commanded and they went on
and Abu Bakr led the people in the Hajj
Pilgrimage.
When the Day of Arafat came
Ali stood up and announced to the people what the Messenger ordered him to
announce..." ( 5)
It seems that this event was well known. Omar did not
deny it when Ibn Abbas reminded him of it. Ibn Abbas
reported the following:
"... Omar said to me: Ibn Abbas I see your man
(Ali) is treated unjustly . . . I said: Ameer Al-Mumineen
give him his right. He pulled his hand from my hand and
went on speaking to himself then he stood waiting for me.
When I came to him; he said: Ibn Abbas I think they (the
Qureshites) did not give him the leadership only because
they thought he was too young for that... I said: By God
neither God nor His Messenger considered him too young
when they ordered him to take the chapter of Bara-ah
from your man. He (Omar) turned his face away from me
and sped up and I went back." ( 6)
Al-Hafith Al-Kanji Al-Shafi-i in his book Kifayat Al-
Talib
page 151
recorded that Al-Harith Ibn Malik reported the following:
"I came to Mecca and met Saad Ibn Abu Waqas I
asked him: "Did you hear any recommendation for Ali?"
He said: I witnessed four for him if one of them were for me
I would prefer it to having the whole world living in it
as long as Noah lived. The Messenger sent Abu Bakr with
Bara-ah to the pagans of Quraish. He traveled a day and
night then the Prophet said to Ali: Follow Abu Bakr take
( 5 ) Ibn Husham Al-Seerah Al-Nabaweyah (Biography of the Prophet) part 2 p. 547.
( 6 ) Ibn Abu Al-Hadeed in his Commentary on Nahjul-Balagha part 3 p. 105.
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