Examining The Ahadith of Bay'ah: Fatimah's Bay'ah To Abu Bakr?

- The importance of pledging allegiance to the Imam of our time - What does pledging allegiance involve? - Looking at the earliest Shi'a hadith regarding Bay'at among Shi'as - Looking at Sunni hadith that is unanimously quoted - Examining objections brought up against these hadith - Are they considered to have a weak chain of narration? - Does the 'Imam of the time' refer to the Prophet or the 12th Imam? - Looking at hadith regarding the debate of imamate and khilafat in regards to Bibi Fatima and her support of Ali