Introduction
After the death of the Muhammad, Abu Bakr came into power following the meeting at the Saqifah of Banu Sa'ida, becoming the first Caliph.
While no one source lists all these persons, this article lists the individuals as mentioned in a multitude of sources, and provides the sources where each name appears, and the context in which they are mentioned.
Additionally, not all sources state how long each individual withheld his bay'ah. Shi'as have maintained that Ali never paid allegiance to Abu Bakr, and there is support for this in both Shi'a and Sunni historical texts. A few Sunni sources, however, have suggested that Ali withheld for only six months. The details of whether Ali ever consented to pay allegiance to Abu Bakr is not mentioned in the sources themselves, but are generally taken as added by latter interpreters. Shi'a ideology maintains that Ali was forcibly taken to Abu Bakr, who later staged a mock allegiance ceremony to consolidate his power. The vast majority of learned scholars and historians accept that there was no force applied to Ali to gain allegiance. Given that Ali was from the family of the Prophet and quite a strong man he could have easily forced this issue to be resolved by way of arbitration. The majority consensus view is that there was a group of people who wished to divide the Muslim community by using the issues of who had the right to succession. This explains the reason why Abu Bakr and Umar came to the house of Ali. Ali himself realized this and offered his allegiance to Abu Bakr.
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