Kamzarf Mushriq O Munafiq,anajmi wrote: So who was the Imam during the time of Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman? Apparently, Imam Ali, had to wait for his turn to resolve the issues, so he couldn't be the Imam during those times correct?
Have already humiliated you on the topic "Authority" under section "Islam Today". Here's an extract from that topic:
anajmi wrote:Hazrat Ali was reporting to them, and then succeeded them as number 4.
So what anajmi is suggesting is that:
1. Prophet(SAWW) passed the authority to Maula Ali. Thereby Maula Ali, as per the authority invested in him by the Prophet(SAWW) became the authority over the muslim ummah.
2. Besides this, Maula Ali decided to report into the first 3 Khalifas.
3. Since the authority was held by Maula Ali, his action of reporting to the 3 Khalifas, made the 3 khalifas genuine khalifas of the Muslims, by virtue of the authority invested by the Prophet(SAWW) in Maula Ali.
4. It is like saying, using analogy again to explain to the members clearly: "A", which is a government organisation, has provided electricity supply connection to "B" which is another government department through an official agreement. Therefore, B is a legal and qualified consumer of the electricity connection from A. Some private companies namely X, Y and Z have inserted their private connections into the power lines going to B's electric meter box. From the private connections now established by X, Y & Z, many other discreet and unknown companies have also diverted supply by using their own private circuit connected to that of X, Y & Z. When questioned with what authority or whose authorisation did X, Y & Z diverted power supply from A on its way to B, the argument given by X, Y & Z was that although they did not have any agreement with A on the use of the power supply given to B, since X, Y & Z were involved in regular business dealings with B and B was also their non-salaried consultant and therefore by virtue of social and business dealings with B, everything belonging to B including the electric power supply provided by A, was open to utilisation/exploitation by X, Y & Z. This logic therefore makes X, Y & Z as "Deemed" consumers of A, albiet without any formal agreement or authorisation from A. As well as all the bills for the electric supply consumption shall also be paid by B, since the connection is taken in the name of B, and no records exist in the name of X, Y & Z in the consumer database of A. And thus, by this logic, the agents of X, Y & Z spread the propogande that the consumers for electric company A shall be in the order:
X - 1st consumer. No bill generation required. Bill to be paid by B.
Y -2nd consumer. No bill generation required. Bill to be paid by B
Z - 3rd consumer. No bill generation required. Bill to be paid by B
B - 4th consumer. All bills and liabilities to be paid by B.
B's contention on remaining silent and not removing the illegal connections of X, Y & Z - "If I remove the illegal connections of these 3, then hundreds of thousands of other connections, although illegal too, drawing supply from these 3 would be rendered without electricity into complete darkness in this long dark night;, so for the sake of these hundreds of thousands of people and their children let the three illegal connections remain. My company shall pay the bills and liabilities during this long dark night, and seek our justice when the light dawns and the Officer on Special Duty arrives and each would be summoned to the court to account for their illegal connections and power consumption."
