Book: Dalail an-Nubuwwah by Bayhaqi

باب ما جاء في إخباره بأن الله تعالى يأبى ثم المؤمنون أن يكون بعده الخليفة إلا أبا بكر وإن لم يستخلفه في غير الصلاة نصا فكان كما أخبر

Chapter: Chapter on what was reported that Allah Almighty refuses and then the believers that anyone be the caliph after him except Abu Bakr, and though he did not appoint him explicitly in anything other than the prayer, it was as he informed.

Volume: 6 (Page:343)

English:

Chapter: The narration about Allah refusing, and then the believers, that there should be no khalifah after him except Abu Bakr, and if not, for the prayers explicitly

It was narrated to us by Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz, who was narrated to by Abu Al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub, who was narrated to by Al-Hasan ibn Mukram, who was narrated to by Yazid ibn Harun, that Ibrahim ibn Saad informed us on the authority of Salih ibn Kaysan, from Az-Zuhri, from Urwah, from Aisha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered upon me on the day he was taken ill and I said: 'And his head!' He said: 'I wanted that to be the case while I was alive that you were prepared and buried. I said - by others - as if I were an envoy for you in that day amongst some of your wives.' He said: 'No, I and his head... Pray for my father and brother until I write a letter for Abu Bakr. For indeed, I fear that a claimant would say and wish [and he would say]: 'I am more deserving', and Allah and the believers refuse anyone except Abu Bakr." Muslim narrated this in Sahih from Ubaydallah ibn Sa'id from Yazid [ibn Harun], and he mentioned in the hadith: "For indeed, I fear that a wisher would wish and a claimant would say: 'I am more deserving' and Allah and the believers refuse anyone except Abu Bakr."

[1] From the beginning of the narration until "I and his head," narrated by Ibn Majah (1465), p. 470, from the Book of Funerals, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Yahya, from Ahmed ibn Hanbal, and Imam Ahmed in his "Musnad" (6:228).

[2] In Sahih: "Pray for me Abu Bakr."

[3] The addition is from Sahih Muslim.

[4] Narrated by Muslim in: Book of Virtues of the Companions, Chapter on the Virtues of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, Hadith (11), p. 1857.

Arabic:

بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي إِخْبَارِهِ بِأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى يَأْبَى ثُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ أَنَّ يَكُونَ بَعْدَهُ الْخَلِيفَةُ إِلَّا أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْهُ فِي غَيْرِ الصَّلَاةِ نَصًّا فَكَانَ كَمَا أَخْبَرَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا إبراهيم بن سعد، عن صالح ابن كَيْسَانَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي بُدِئَ فِيهِ فَقُلْتُ: وَارَأْسَاهْ! فَقَالَ: وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ وَأَنَا حَيٌّ فَهَيَّأْتُكِ وَدَفَنْتُكِ. قُلْتُ- غَيْرَى- كَأَنِّي بِكَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَرُوسًا فِيهِ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِكَ، فَقَالَ: بَلْ أَنَا وَارَأْسَاهْ [ (١) ] ادْعِي لِي أَبَاكِ [ (٢) ] وَأَخَاكِ حَتَّى أَكْتُبَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ كِتَابًا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَقُولَ قَائِلٌ وَيَتَمَنَّى [وَيَقُولُ] [ (٣) ] : أَنَا أَوْلَى، وَيَأْبَى اللهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا أَبَا بَكْرٍ.رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ [ (٤) ] عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ [بْنِ هَارُونَ] ، وَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى مُتَمَنٍّ وَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ: أَنَا أَوْلَى وَيَأْبَى اللهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا أبا بكر.[ (١) ] من أول الحديث حتى «وا رأساه» أخرجه ابن ماجة (١٤٦٥) ، ص (١: ٤٧٠) من كتاب الجنائز، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بن يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، وأخرجه الإمام أحمد في «مسنده» (٦: ٢٢٨) .[ (٢) ] في الصحيح: «ادعي لي أبا بكر» .[ (٣) ] الزيادة من صحيح مسلم.[ (٤) ] أخرجه مسلم فِي: ٤٤- كِتَابِ فَضَائِلِ الصَّحَابَةِ (١) باب من فضائل أبي بكر الصديق، الحديث (١١) ص (١٨٥٧) .

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