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Saqifa

The Saqifa (Arabic: سَقِيفَة, romanized: Saqīfah) of the Banu Sa'ida clan refers to the location of an event in early Islam where some of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad pledged their allegiance to Abu Bakr as the first caliph and successor to Muhammad shortly after his death in 11 AH (632 CE). The Saqifa meeting is among the most…

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Saqifa

Nodes103
Edges102
Triples218
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
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related to Absence from the Saqifa · 26
Saqifa → Abu Bakr, Ali, Ansar, Arqam, But, Caetani, Following Umar's, Jafri, Kufan, Lalani, Madelung, McHugo, Momen, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Mundhir, Nakha'i, Referring, Shia, Similarly
related to Consolidation · 23
Saqifa → Abbas, Abd, Abu Bakr, After, Ali, Awf, Banu Aslam, Banu Aws, Banu Umayyad, Banu Zuhra, Hazleton, In, Madelung, Medinans, Muhammad, Muslims, Prophet's Mosque, Rahman, Sa'd, Umar
related to Biased reports · 22
Saqifa → AH, Ali, As, Baladhuri, By, For, Ibn Ishaq, Ibn Sa'd, Jafri, Kitab, Majlesi, Mas'udi, Muslim, Shia, Similarly, Sunni, Sunni Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat, Tabari, Tabarsi
related to Ansar's meeting · 19
Saqifa → Alternatively, Ansar, Banu Khazraj, Banu Sa'ida, For Madelung, In, Jafri, Mecca, Meccan, Medina, Muhajirun, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Muslim, Sa'd, The, This, Ubada, Umar
related to Banu Aws · 19
Saqifa → Abu Bakr, Ansar, Aws, Ayoub, Banu Aws, Banu Khazraj, Caetani, Hudair, Ibn Ishaq, Islamic, Jafri, Jahiz, Madelung, Momen, Muhajirun, Qurayshite, Sunni, Tabari, Usaid
related to Legitimacy · 19
Saqifa → Abbas, Abu Bakr, Abu Bakr's, First Fitna, God, Islamic, Jafri, Madelung, Medina, Momen, Muhajirun, Muhammad's, Muslims, Possibly, Similar, Some, The, Umar, Walker
related to Violence at the Saqifa · 19
Saqifa → Abu Bakr, Ansar, Badr, Battle, Habab, Ibn Ishaq's, Madelung, May God, Mundhir, Others, Otherwise, Quraysh, Sa'd, The, Then, Ubada, Umar, Umar's, You
related to Abu Bakr at the Saqifa · 16
Saqifa → Abu Bakr, Abu Ubaida, Among, Ansar, Ansar's, Arnold, For Madelung, If, In Ibn Ishaq's, Jafri, Madelung, Muhajirun, Muhammad's, Some, The, Umar
related to Falta · 14
Saqifa → Abu Bakr, Alternatively, Ansab, Baladhuri, By God, God, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Ishaq, In, Madelung, Muhammad, Sunni, The, Umar
related to Other authors · 14
Saqifa → Ali, Ansab, Ayoub, Baladhuri, Ibn Sa'd's, In, Jafri, Madelung, On, Shia, Sunni, Tabari, The, Ya'qubi

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abu ali bakr madelung umar ansar ibn muhammad sunni muhammad's banu jafri would also among shia muhajirun ali's allegiance caliphate

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Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaMuhammad's0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaFollowing Umar's0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaAbu Bakr0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaKufan0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaNakha'i0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaBut0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaAnsar0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaWe0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaAli0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaCaetani0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaShia0.60section
Saqifarelated to Absence from the SaqifaMadelung0.60section

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