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The search for the city of Cairo from the history of the beginning of Islam.

(And those who ruled Egypt from the Caliphs, Sultans, and Rulers) It is known as Egypt and Cairo, and it is also called Umm al-Dunya and Dhat al-Ahram. It is located in the eastern part of Africa and connected to Northeast Asia.

The valley of Egypt was formerly called "Aegyptos" in the Greek language, and it appears that this name resembles the ancient Coptic language. It is taken from the Hebrews who called it "Misraim". We do not know the reason for its naming by this name among the Israelites.

It mentions the news of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and his caliphate.

May God be pleased with him.

When God took His Prophet, Umar ibn al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, said: "If the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, died while my sword was on my head, and he ascended to heaven, Abu Bakr recited: 'And Muhammad is but a messenger. Messengers have passed before him. If he dies or is killed, will you turn back on your heels?' So the people returned to his words and hastened to the Saqifah of Banu Sa'idah. Umar pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him. The people pledged allegiance to him in the middle of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year eleven AH, except for a group of his companions, including Al-Zubayr, Utbah ibn Abi Lahab, Khalid ibn al-As, Al-Miqdad ibn Amr, Salman al-Farisi, Abu Dharr, Ammar ibn Yasir, Al-Bara' ibn Azib, and Abu Bakr. They sided with Ali ibn Abi Talib. And Utbah ibn Abi Lahab said about that: I did not think that the leadership would turn away From him, then it turned away from Abu Al-Hasan.

From the first people in faith and precedence, And the most knowledgeable of the Quran and the language.

And the last to die with the Prophet, and Gabriel was his helper in washing and shrouding.

Among them, there is no one who can be blamed. And indeed, in the people, there is goodness.

Similarly, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb of Banu Umayyah also refrained from pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr. Then Abu Bakr sent Umar ibn al-Khattab to Ali and those with him to expel them from their homes. Fatima, may God be pleased with her, resisted, and they refused to pledge allegiance. So he fought them. Umar approached with a torch of fire, intending to set the house on fire, but he was met by Fatima, may God be pleased with her.

And she said: "Where are you going, son of al-Khattab? Have you come to burn my house?" He said: "Yes, or you will enter what the Ummah has entered." So Ali came out and pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr. This is how Al-Qadi Jalal al-Din ibn Wasil narrated it and attributed it to Ibn Abd Rabbih al-Maghribi. Al-Zuhri narrated from Aisha that Ali did not pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr until...

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