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After the assassination of 'Uthman in 35/656, a group of the companions came to Imam Ali (a) and said, "we do not know anyone better than you for the caliphate". He responded by saying, "it is better for me to be your helper as opposed to your leader." They said, we will not accept anything short of pledging our allegiance to you as the next caliph." However, he said that this allegiance would have to be given to him publicly in the mosque, as opposed to secretly. Except for few, all of the Ansar pledged allegiance to Imam 'Ali (a). But he did not make the opposition to allegiance.

As to why he did not initially accept the caliphate, it should be noted that he knew the community was too corrupt to be led by him and to comply with his uncompromising moral standards.

Governors

Main article: List of the Companions of Imam Ali (a)

With the start of his caliphate, Imam Ali (a) began to send his governors to different parts of the Muslim territories: He sent Uthman b. Hunayf to Basra, Imara b. Shihab to Kufa, 'Ubayd Allah b. 'Abbas to Yemen, Qays b. Sa'd b. 'Ubada to Egypt, and Sahl b. Hunayf to Syria. On his way to Syria, Sahl b. Hunayf reached Tabuk, and there he had a conversation with the people, which led to his return. When Ubayd Allah b. Abbas reached Yemen, Ya'la b. Munya, the previous governor, took everything from the treasury and went to Mecca. When Imara b. Shihab, the appointed governor of the Imam (a) for Kufa, reached Zubala (a place between Medina and Kufa), a man called Tulayha b. Khuwaylid, who had started a revolt to revenge for Uthman, came to him and said," Return! The people here will not accept anyone except their own commander; and if you do not accept, I will behead you" and thus forced him to return. Afterwards, with Malik al-Ashtar's advice, Imam Ali (a) accepted the continuation of the governorship of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari over Kufa.
The Prophet's (s) repeated designation of Imam Ali (a) (s) as his successor shows, according to some scholars, that the Prophet's (s) greatest concern was the leadership of the Muslim community after himself.[249] These recurrent designations started since the early years of the Prophet's (s) mission when he gathered his close kin and invited them to Islam,[250] and continued until the final days of his life when he asked the Companions to bring him a pen and paper to write them something that would protect them against deviation.[251]

Some of the evidence for the Imamate of Ali (a) explicitly indicate his designation for imamate and wilaya after the Prophet (s) and some indicate his virtues and excellence. The former includes the Wilaya Verse (Qur'an 5:55), which was revealed when Ali (a) gave his ring, while bowing down in his prayer, to a poor man;[252] Qur'an 5:3 "Today the faithless have despaired of your religion. So do not fear them, but fear Me. Today I have perfected your religion for you, and I have completed My blessing upon you, and I have approved Islam as your religion" and Qur'an 5:67 "O Apostle! Communicate that which has been sent down to you from your Lord, and if you do not, you will not have communicated His message, and Allah shall protect you from the people. Indeed Allah does not guide the faithless lot," which were revealed during the Event of Ghadir, in which the Prophet (s) was tasked by God with designating Ali (a) as his successor; and Hadith al-Ghadir, which is the most important proof for the imamate of Ali (a) and which occurred in the final year of the Prophet's (s) life.

Other evidence that are regarded as indirect indications of the imamate and wilayah of Ali (a) are the following verses and hadiths that point out his virtues and excellence: Quran 33:33; 3:61; 9:119; 98:7; 16:43; 2:207; 58:12; 66:4; 4:59 (Uli l-Amr Verse); hadith al-Thaqalayn, the hadith of the City of Knowledge, the hadith of Flag, hadith al-Kisa', hadith al-Wisaya, hadith Yawm al-Dar, the hadith of Brotherhood, hadith al-Manzila, hadith al-Wilaya, the hadith al-Safina, and the hadith of Closing the Doors.

He fasted and gave what he would break his fast to the poor to the extent that the following verse was revealed about him:

“They give food, for the love of Him, to the needy, the orphan and the prisoner.”— Quran, 76:8

Exegetes of the Qur'an have said that one day, 'Ali (a) had only four dirhams. He gave one of them as charity at night, another as charity during the day, the third secretly as charity, and the fourth openly as charity. The following verse was revealed regarding this and it says:

“Those who give their wealth by night and day, secretly and openly, they shall have their reward near their Lord, and they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.”— Quran, 2:274