Shaykh Mohammad Sajjad presents the Ahl al-Sunnah view that the Prophet never appointed anyone explicitly as his successor and left the matter to the community, and the best among them should be appointed as the leader of the Ummah. It was acknowledged that Sunni historical accounts of Saqifa have been understood in ways that can challenge this mainstream position of Ahl-al Sunnah. Shia scholars of thought agreed that the appointment at Saqifa was not an election nor was it democratic; some members of the Ahl al-Sunnah also accepted this. (Part 2 of 3)
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