Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS) was the true successor of prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) after his death.

"Very few hadith exist that directly imply who was to succeed after the Prophet." A lot of Ahadith and documentations exist that prophet directly said Ali is his successor. Saying "man kuntu mawlah fahaza Ali"o mawlah". As if you have neglected the sources which I gave you in the previous round! Those sayings were mainly from Sunni books or the historians that Sunni brothers accept them. And I avoided to bring hundreds of ahadith which exist in Shia books from Hassan, Hussain (called sayyidain shabab al-jannah by Prophet ) and their families. I accept that in many cases Prophet recommended a Shura and I know that Quran also asks us to use Mashvarah in our lives and I just wonder how you proved that the issue of the Prophet"s (pbuh) succession needed of a Shura using the mentioned reasons!! Brother we are here to talk about such an important topic using reliable documentations not by guesses! Prophet specified his successor in Ghadeer and no Shura is needed. If you wanna talk about Saqifah (called a Shura by you) you should first prove that Ghadeer didn"t happen and prophet didn"t specify any successor. And you will completely fail to prove it because there are many hadith about Ghadeer in your own books. I have a lot to talk about Saqifa however, I refuse to talk about it because firstly you should prove that Ghadeer didn"t happen. And Ali never gave his Bay"ah to Abubakr or Umar (Omar) neither did Fatimah (SAA). The part two of your source 3 (2. Is it true that Ali [ra] did not pledge his allegiance to Abu Bakr [ra]?) is really an interesting saying from Aisha. Muhammad (pbuh) said several times: Fatimah is my bez"ah (a part of my body) who annoys her indeed has annoyed me and who annoys me has annoyed God. These sayings are all similar with 13 Shia references and 18 Sunni references. Now I ask you to think about the mentioned hadith which I gave above and this saying from your source. "". So Abu Bakr refused to give anything of that to Fatima. So she became angry with Abu Bakr and kept away from him, and did not ask to him till she died." Did Abubakr know more than the daughter of Prophet and Ali?! Didn"t Muhammad(pbuh) say that "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is it"s door" Umar hit Fatimah from her chick and got Fadak by force!! By the way Shia sources basically say that Fatimah leaved only 75 days after prophet (pbuh) and she was killed by Umar's bully warriors and slaves (I avoid to talk about this part because I have promised to argue using your books) Also ""Ali uttered Tashahhud and said (to Abu Bakr), We know well your superiority and what Allah has given you, and we are not jealous of the good what Allah has bestowed upon you" Ali used to hate Abubakr and Umar and I prove it from your own books that Ali used to call them lair, cruel, betrayers, Fasiq. He never gave Bay"ah to them until he was killed. Aisha was the person who fought Ali in Jamal(camel) war and her father didn"t have good relationship with Ali, do you really believe what she said about Ali in the source which you mentioned!! Please provide sources from your books and not from web pages unless they provide reliable sources for their sayings. Thanks