Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

CHAPTER FIVE
Governors at the time of Amir aleen
'Ali ibn Abi TSlib (&)
1. Regions of the state
1.1. Makkah al-Mukarramah
when 'Uthm2n (&) died, the governor of Makkah was
Khad ibn Sa'eed ibn al-'is. 'Ali (&) issued a decree dismissing
him, and he appointed Abu Qat2dah al-An& as governor of
Makkah.' It seems that his goveniorship only lasted a short time,
because when 'Ali (&) wanted to leave Madinah and go to Iraq, he
dismissed Abu Qatiidah and sent Qatham ibn al-'~bb%' to be the
governor of ~ akkah.~ Thus the governorship of Abu Qatiidah lasted
approximately two months, and not much is narrated concerning that
period. Most of the sources that speak about the governorship of
Qatham ibn al-'Abbk over Makkah mention that 'Ali (&)
appointed him as governor of Makkah, at-Ti'if and the surrounding
regions at the same time.4
The reports that were narrated about Malikah during 'Ali's
caliphate have to do with hajj and who was in charge of the
pilgrimage. There is no report that 'Ali ibn Abi TZlib (&) attended
hajj during his caliphate, because he was preoccupied with the
t~nmoil that had broken out throughout the Islamic State, and this
situation had not settled down. During the hajj season, he would send