candidacy for the succession was raised during Saqifah is unknown, though it is not unlikely. Abu Bakr later sent Umar to gain Ali's allegiance, resulting in an altercation. However, after six months, the group made peace with Abu Bakr and Ali offered him his fealty. In addition, Chamieh argues that the dissension of most of the tribes that had submitted to Islam during the Ridda Wars demonstrated not disbelief but that Abu Bakr did not have a consensus of the Muslim community to be caliph.

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