Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

274 'Ali ibn Abi Trilib at the time uf the Rightly Guided Caliphs
books.'" Ibn Sa'd narrated nine reports via al-W2qidi about the
consultative committee, the oath of allegiance to 'Uthmiin (&) and
the story of how he was appointed caliph.205 He narrated another
report via 'Ubaydullah ibn Moosa that included the murder of 'Umar
(&), his limiting the committee to six men, his advice to both 'Ali
and 'Uthmiin if either of them were to be appointed caliph, and his
advice to Suhayb regarding this matter?06
Al-Baliidhuri narrated reports about the committee and the
oath of allegiance to 'Uthmiin (&) from Abu MakhnafZo7, from
Hishh al-Kalbi (some of which was quoted from Abu Makhnaf and
some of which was narrated only by him)208, from al-~i~idi'~~
and
from 'Ubaydullah ibn Moosa?" At-Tabari based his version of this
story on a number of reports, such as that of Abu Makhnaf?" lbn
Abil-Hadeed narrated some of the events via Ahmad ibn 'Abdul-
'Azeez al-~awhari,~" and he mentioned that he was quoting from the
book ash-Shoora by al-~2~idi."~ The Sbia reports include a number
of interpolations for which there is no sound evidence, including:
3.2.1. Accusation against the Companions of
favouritism in issues concerning the Muslims
The RZdi Shia reports accuse the Companions of favomitism
in issues conceming the Muslims and suggest that 'Ali (&) was not
happy about 'Abdur-Ralpn% choosing the caliph. It was narrated by
Abu Makhnaf and Hishim al-Kalbi, from his father and &mad al-
Jawhari, that 'Umar (&) gave the deciding vote, in the event of an
equal split, to 'Abdur-R- ibn 'Awf, so 'Ali (&) realized that
the caliphate had slipped from his grasp because 'Abdur-Remiin
would choose 'Uthmk (&), to whom he was related by
marriage?14 However, Ibn Taymiyah denied that there was any close
relationship by blood between 'Uthmiin and 'Abdur-Rw. He
said: "Abdur-RWk was not a brother or cousin of 'Uthmk, and he