وَاسْتَقَرَّ رَأْيُهُمْ بَعْدَ الْمُشَاوَرَةِ وَالْمُنَازَعَةِ عَلَى خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ
Their view settled upon Abū Bakr’s caliphate after consultation and disagreement.
Shūrā is deliberation among those participating in a decision; bayʿah is an expressed commitment to accept leadership and fulfill corresponding duties. These are related but not identical acts.
Their appearance in the account of Abū Bakr’s accession matters because succession is explained through deliberation and public commitment, not simply hereditary transfer. The precise historical form of allegiance may vary; its essential meaning remains the undertaking of communal loyalty.