Sahih al-Bukhari 3385

Translation

When the Prophet ﷺ fell ill, he said, "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." ʿAisha said, "Abu Bakr is a soft-hearted person. The Prophet ﷺ gave the same order again and she again gave the same reply. He again said, "Order Abu Bakr (to lead the prayer)! You are (like) the female companions of Joseph." Consequently Abu Bakr led the people in prayer in the life-time of the Prophet.

Notes

• فَقَالَ حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih al-Bukhari 664Sunan Ibn Majah 1235Musnad Ahmad 25258Musnad Ahmad 26113Musnad Ahmad 5141al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 5825

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

   a well-known Companiond. 42 AH, or 44 AH, or 50 AH, or 52 AH, or 53 AH, also said 49 AH, also said 51 AH
   أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   Abū Burdah b. Abī Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 103 AH, or: 104 AH, or: 107 AH
   أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَىثقة
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr al-Qibṭī

   trustworthy (thiqah), eloquent, a scholar; his memory changed and he sometimes practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 133 AH or 136 AH
   عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍثقة , فصيح عالم ، تغير حفظه وربما دلس
   عن
4. 4
   Zāʾidah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a man of the Sunnah (ṣāḥib sunnah)d. 160 AH, or 161 AH, or 163 AH
   زَائِدَةُثقة ثبت ، صاحب سنة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Al-Rabīʿ b. Yaḥyá b. Miqsam

   truthful (ṣadūq), has some lapses (awhām)d. 224 AH
   الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْبَصْرِيُّصدوق ، له أوهام
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.