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(1). 3266. 'Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair narrated: "Al-Aqra' bin Ĥābis arrived to meet the Prophet ﷺ - he said - "so Abū Bakr said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Appoint him over his people.' 'Umar said: 'Do not appoint him O Messenger of Allāh!' They continued talking before the Prophet ﷺ until they had raised their voices. Abū Bakr said to 'Umar: 'You only wanted to contradict me.' So ['Umar] said: 'I did not want to contradict you.'" He said: "So this Āyah was
revealed: 'O you who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet.'"[1] He said: "After that, when 'Umar spoke before the Prophet ﷺ, his speech could not be heard until he told him he could not understand him." He (one of the narrators) said: "And Ibn Az-Zubair did not mention his grandfather" meaning Abū Bakr. (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Gharīb Hasan. Some of them have reported it from Ibn Abī Mulaikah in Mursal form, without mentioning "from 'Abdullāh bin Az-Zubair" in it.
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In the ninth year of Emigration (Hijrah), a delegation of Banū Tamīm came to the Messenger of Allāh, and they requested him to appoint someone as their chief. Abū Bakr advised to appoint Aqra bin Hābis as chief, but according to 'Umar, Qa'qā' bin Sa'eed was an appropriate person for this task, so he advised regarding him. They both argued about it and their voices became raised. Therefore the manners of making conversation in the presence of the Messenger of Allāh were taught in this Sūrah.
