Assertion: caliph | /r/HasProperty | chosen by leading muslims
Facets:
value: excluding ali
type: OTHER
value: from the most pious
type: OTHER
value: from the most able
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The first was that the caliph should be chosen by the leading Muslims from the most able and the most pious.
text: When the first caliph, Abu Bakr (ruling from 632 until his death in 634), was chosen by the leading Muslims, excluding Ali, it set a pattern that would be be repeated in the selection of the caliphs who followed.