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2696. It was narrated from Mālik bin Mighwal that Talhah bin Musarrif said: "I said to 'Abdullāh bin Abu Awfa: 'Did the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ make a will concerning anything?' He said: 'No.' I said: 'How come he told the Muslims to make wills?' He said: 'He enjoined (them to adhere to) the Book of Allāh.'" Mālik said: "Talhah bin Musarrif said: 'Huzail bin Shurahbil said: "Abu Bakr was granted leadership according to the will of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ?" (Rather) Abu Bakr wished that he found a covenant (in that regard) from Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, so he could fetter his nose with a (camel's) nose ring.'"[1] (Sahih)
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a. The question was about the will of caliphate and Ibn Abu Awfa made it clear that the Prophet ﷺ never made such a will.
b. The second question was about the ambiguities as the Noble Prophet ﷺ
ordered the Muslims to make will, he must have made one particularly about the caliphate, that 'so-and-so will be the caliph after me.' The answer to this ambiguity was that the Noble Prophet ﷺ ordered acting upon the complete Qur'an. There is an order in the Noble Qur'an "Obey those who are in authority."
c. The most important and foremost feature of Abu Bakr's nature was to follow the Noble Prophet ﷺ. Therefore, it was impossible that if the Prophet ﷺ had appointed 'Ali as his caliph, he could have dared to deny the orders of the Prophet ﷺ, rather he would have loved to go to any extent to obey the caliph appointed by the Prophet ﷺ.
