Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 469-3b

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"'Ismah ibn Malik al-Khatami said: A man of the desert people came with his camels, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ met him and bought them from him. 'Ali met him and said, 'What brought you here?' He said, 'I came with camels, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ bought them.' He said, 'Did he pay you?' He said, 'No, but I sold them to him on credit.' 'Ali said to him, 'Go back to him and say: O Messenger of Allah, if something happens to you, who will pay me my money? Then see what he tells you, and come back to me until you inform me.' He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, if something happens to you, who will pay me?' He said, 'Abu Bakr.' So he informed 'Ali. He said, 'Go back and ask him: if something happens to Abu Bakr, who will pay me?' He asked him, and he said, 'Umar.' He came and informed 'Ali. He said to him, 'Go back and ask him: if 'Umar dies, who will pay me?' He came to him and asked him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Woe to you! If 'Umar dies, then if you can die, then die.'"

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