Our main aim of writing this is to gauge the originality of these endeavors by means of criticism and analysis into claims such as:
“His Eminence, Ali (a.s.) was not a governor or an adminis-trator in an ordinary sense. He was not a Caliph as those of Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. But he was a Caliph at parity with Abu Bakr and Umar!
The pivot around which policies of our Lord and Master Ali rotated was the spirit that protected Caliphate of the prophets and the way of the Righteous Caliphs.”![1]
“And this statement is not correct that Caliphate of the pre-ceding Caliphs and the four members, altogether, differed from one another in thought, policy and aims. Each of these four Ca-liphs was a mirror reflecting one image. They together reflec-ted and represented Caliphate of the Prophet. One spirit ran between the four. These four collectively completed one image, one system and one aim.”![2]
“Salient here is conduct and true faith of Caliphs in Islam and divine teachings. Humility of Caliphs, their unanimity in word and deed, their moderation and honesty is worth appreci-ating. Scrutiny into their life shows that they collectively had one and same moral and manner.”![3]
“When Islam was subject of conversation and Islamic teach-ings and law, Ali did not discriminate between the learned and ignorant. In the same way was Umar
Ali was like Umar in piety of a poor life.”![1]
“Ali was strict and hard like Umar. He acted as per laws of religion.”[2]
In order to answer these claims and conjectures we have tried to scrutinize the praises rendered to Caliphs and their rule. We have tried to display contrasts and contradictions in narrations based on documents of Sunni sources. This will as-sist the reader to conclude for himself in the light of proofs and reach a judgment about the claims made in this regard.
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