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Chapter 25 of 1481 min read
سيرة علي بن أبي طالب — الجزء 25
calamity is that which prevented the Messenger of Allah (&) from writing that document,"541 as Ibn Taymiyah said with regard to what was meant: It means that the thing that prevented it was a calamity for those who doubted the caliphate of Abu Bakr and were confused about the matter. If there was a document, it would have dispelled their doubts. But as for those who knew that his caliphate was true, it was not a calamity for them, praise be to ~llah.5~' What explains that is the fact that Ibn 'Abbb (&) only said that after the emergence of the people who followed whims and desires and innovations, such as the Kharijites and Rsfidis. This was stated by Ibn ~ a ~ r n i ~ a h ' ~ ~ and Ibn ~ a j a r . 5 ~ ~