Ali had even predicted that would be his killer | The rebels maintained that Uthman had been justly killed, for not governing according to the Quran and Sunnah; hence, no vengeance was to be invoked |
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However, Ali did not take any action against Ibn Muljam as caliph | [ ] Momen has listed many of these verses in his An Introduction to Shi'i Islam |
Ali and some of his companions asked the Kharijites to renounce enmity and war, but they refused.
intended to prevent any decision regarding Ali's caliphate or the constitution of a caliphate council | He was also an uncle of , and had raised Muhammad after Abu Talib's father and Muhammad's grandfather died |
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Some sources mention , as the last words of Muhammad, which is interpreted differently by Shias and Sunnis | Thus, people such as , and refused to pledge allegiance to Ali |
He spared Aisha's army and released them after taking allegiance | According to him, there is not even evidence that Ali had close relations with rebels who supported his caliphate, much less directed their actions |
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Sunnis assert that even though Muhammad never appointed a successor, Abu Bakr was elected first caliph by the Muslim community | Among the shias of Ali is one of the , according which, although Ali was not the recipient of a , he had a close relationship with God, through which God guides him, and the Imam in turn guides the people |