Is it true that the caliphate of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) was not a matter of consensus due to the dissent of Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) and the Companions who were with him, taking into account Ibn Hazm's statement: "May the curse of Allah be upon every consensus from which Ali ibn Abi Talib and the Companions present with him are excluded"?
The allegiance of Ali ibn Abi Talib to Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq for the Caliphate was established twice. There is no evidence of any Companion refraining from pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr except Sa'd ibn Ubadah. Sheikh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah holds that there was a consensus on Abu Bakr's imamate, and that Abu Bakr's caliphate does not require consensus, as the texts themselves prove its validity.
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