LessonsPrecedence after the Prophets and the Rightly Guided CaliphateQuiz

وَتَرَكَ الْخِلَافَةَ شُورَى بَيْنَ سِتَّةٍ
He entrusted the matter of succession to a council of six.

ʿUmar appointed six leading Companions to deliberate over the next leader, among them ʿUthmān and ʿAlī. Following consultation in which ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf played a key role, ʿUthmān was selected and received allegiance.

The process highlights constituting a council, testing opinion, and pledging allegiance after the choice. The argument for his succession is tied to these historical procedures, not only to his personal merits.

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The six-person council and ʿUthmān’s selection

Precedence after the Prophets and the Rightly Guided Caliphate

وَتَرَكَ الْخِلَافَةَ شُورَى بَيْنَ سِتَّةٍ
He entrusted the matter of succession to a council of six.

ʿUmar appointed six leading Companions to deliberate over the next leader, among them ʿUthmān and ʿAlī. Following consultation in which ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf played a key role, ʿUthmān was selected and received allegiance.

The process highlights constituting a council, testing opinion, and pledging allegiance after the choice. The argument for his succession is tied to these historical procedures, not only to his personal merits.