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evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right, forbidding what is wrong and believing in Allah.” [3:110] Verses like this indicate that the community has been given authority because it is upright and follows the guidance of Allah and the example of the Prophet (pbuh). • The Holy Prophet (pbuh) also referred to the importance of following the community, when he said, “My community will never agree upon an error.” The Holy Prophet to have said, “Gather together the righteous from among my community and decide the matter by their counsel and do not decide it by any man’s opinion.” • Therefore, from very early times it has been accepted that the agreed view of the community is binding upon Muslims in legal and more general matters. • ijma’ was encouraged as it was safeguarded by the agreement of leading Muslims/experts who could say whether or not a principle was in harmony with the Qur’an and sunna. 4 Caliphs Hazrat Abubakar R.A: Election: While the final rites of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) were in progress, it was brought to the attention of Hazrat Umar that a meeting had been called by Ansar at the Saqifa Banu Saida to elect a successor (caliph) to the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). Hazrat Umar hurried to the place accompanied by Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah.