“ Is the blind man equal to the seer, or is darkness equal to light?” As Allah (SWT) questions in the Holy Quran, By this comparison, not only is Imam Ali (SA) pointed out as the more qualified candidate to assume this role, by default it also highlights the disqualification of the previous candidate. What is the wisdom behind the 3-step process where an appointment was followed by nullification, then reappointment of a much more qualified candidate for this position? It is obvious to anyone who reflects on this change in divine plan that Allah (SWT) intended to compare the two personalities and their qualifications. If it was Allah’s will and intention to appoint Imam Ali to deliver the verses of Bara’at to the nonbelievers, then why didn’t He order for that to take place from the start? After all, we would still count this initial appointment as a virtue for Imam Ali. What is the wisdom behind the sequence of Appointing, Nullifying, followed by Replacing? Although there are a multitude of events in history which supports the right of Imam Ali for Caliphate and for the Wilayah, this key event in history – the proclamation of Surat Al Bara’at is certainly one of the most significant events from which we can extract many lessons. Then everyone departed to his home, passing on to all the tribes throughout the peninsula the inexorable ordinance which they had heard from the lips of Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS). The vast concourse of pilgrims listened quietly till Imam Ali ended. Except those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement, then they have not failed you in anything and have not backed up any one against you, so fulfill their agreement to the end of their term surely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty).” And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah and His Messenger are free from liability to the idolaters therefore if you repent, it will be better for you, and if you turn back, then know that you will not weaken Allah and announce painful punishment to those who disbelieve. So go about in the land for four months and know that you cannot weaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace to the unbelievers. “ This is a declaration of immunity by Allah and His Messenger towards those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement. He then recited the first verses of Surat Al Bara’a in which the religion of the sword was declared in its entire rigor. He rose before an immense multitude assembled at the mountain of Al-A’qaba and announced himself a messenger from the Prophet bearing an important revelation. Imam Ali (AS) executed his mission with his accustomed zeal and fidelity and he reached the sacred city in the height of the religious festival. In compliance with this commandment from Allah (SWT), the Messenger (SA) called his cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib, gave him his own mount to ride, and ordered him to take the new revelation to Makkah, and to promulgate it there in the assembly of the pilgrims – Muslims and pagans. He and the pilgrims left Medina, however, a day after their departure, the Prophet (SWT) received divine revelation called Bara’ah or Al-Tawbah (Immunity or Repentance) – the ninth chapter of the Holy Quran, and he was specifically ordered to promulgate these verses in Makkah either personally or to delegate authority to do so to someone from his own family, but to no one else. It was Abu Bakr’s first real, out-front leadership role. He then sent Abu Bakr to Makkah as the leader of a group of three hundred pilgrims to conduct the rites of Hajj.
When the pilgrimage season arrived in the year 9 A.H., Prophet Muhammad (SA) had myriads of pressing duties demanding his immediate attention such that he was unable to leave Medina.
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