Musnad Ahmad 299
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَأَنَّ عُمَرَ قِيلَ لَهُ
أَلَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنْ أَتْرُكْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي؛ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَإِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ، فَقَدِ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي؛ أَبُو بَكْرٍ.
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. Bishr
- Hishām b. ʿUrwah
- his father
- Ibn ʿUmaraʾan ʿUmar Qīl Lah
✧ Will you not appoint a successor? He said: 'If I leave it, one better than me left it—the Messenger of God ﷺ. And if I appoint one, one better than me appointed—Abu Bakr.'
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