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Appointing A Successor Or Not Doing So

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Darussalam · Volume 5

33. The Book of Leadership

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الحديث: 1823 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 1454

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[4713] 11 - (1823) It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: “I was with my father when he was wounded. They praised him and said: ‘May Allāh reward you with good.’ He said: ‘I hope (for Allāh’s mercy) and I fear (His wrath).’ They said: ‘Appoint a successor.’ He said: ‘Should I carry the burden of your affairs in life and in death? Would that my caliphate would conclude with nothing to my credit or counting against me. If I appoint a successor, then one who was better than me appointed a successor' - meaning Abû Bakr - 'and if I do not do that, then one who was better than me, the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, did not do that either.'" 'Abdullâh said: "Then I knew, when he mentioned the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, that he was not going to appoint a successor."

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11 - (1823) حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: حَضَرْتُ أَبِي حِينَ أُصِيبَ، فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالُوا: جَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ: رَاغِبٌ وَرَاهِبٌ، قَالُوا: اسْتَخْلِفْ، فَقَالَ: «أَتَحَمَّلُ أَمْرَكُمْ حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا، لَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ حَظِّي مِنْهَا الْكَفَافُ، لَا عَلَيَّ وَلَا لِي، فَإِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَدِ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي - يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ - وَإِنْ أَتْرُكْكُمْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَكُمْ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ»، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ حِينَ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ غَيْرُ مُسْتَخْلِفٍ

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