The theory of genesis of Shii’sm in Saqifah

The historians and intellectuals have put forward variety of opinions with respect to genesis of Shii’sm. From amongst the theories, two of them are exclusive of the Shiite intellectuals. The first of them maintains that the shii’sm came into existence at the lifetime of noble Prophet (peace be upon him and his households) whereas the second notion traces its emergence to the event of Saqifah. However, some of the Sunni scholars and orient a lists have chosen the second approach.After the demise of the Prophet, a group of Ansar alongside some immigrants joining them later, assembled in Saqifa Bani Saaedah to select and determine his vicegerent. Finally, it was Abubakr who was chosen as the first caliph for the Muslims. Meanwhile, a particular group being the partisan to Ali criticized the selection and never agreed his being as Muslim’s caliph.This faction having particular motives prompted a movement which gradually got developed. So, the major concern here is not the word of “Shia” rather the main dispute lays in existence or non existence of such a movement, irrespective of its name, quantity or its social manifestation. It is believed that there exist abundant amount of historical documents proving such a movement explicitly in the course of history