Musnad Ahmad 25258

Translation

✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said during the illness in which he died: Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. Aishah said: Abu Bakr is a tender-hearted man, and when he stands in your place, softness will overcome him. The Prophet ﷺ said: You are the female companions of Joseph. Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer. So Abu Bakr led the prayer, and the Prophet ﷺ prayed behind him, seated.

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Jami' at-Tirmidhi 362

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   عن
2. 2
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِثقة فقيه مشهور
   عن
3. 3
   Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf

   He was trustworthy (thiqah), virtuous, and devout.d. 125 AH or 126 AH or 127 AH or 128 AH or 130 AH
   سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَوكان ثقة فاضلا عابدا
   عن
4. 4
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Shabābah

   trustworthy (thiqah), ḥāfiẓ, accused of Irjāʾd. Ibn Ḥibbān said in al-Thiqāt: 204 AH, al-Ṭarsūsī said: 206 AH
   شَبَابَةُثقة حافظ , رمي بالإرجاء
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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