Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Sucession

Sucession الخلافة

1. How strange it is that the succession [to the Prophet] is [decided] by companionship [only] and not by companionship and kinship.

1ـ واعَجَبا أنْ تَـكُونَ الخِلافَةُ بِالصَّحابَةِ ولا تَـكُونَ