Saya berbaring. Dua orang Syaikh meriwayatkan bahwa 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, semoga Allah meridhainya, berkhutbah kepada orang-orang sepulang dari haji dan berkata dalam khutbahnya: Telah sampai kepadaku bahwa si anu di antara kalian berkata, "Seandainya 'Umar mati, aku akan membaiat si anu." Janganlah seseorang menipu dirinya dengan mengatakan, "Baiat kepada Abu Bakar terjadi secara mendadak dan tanpa direncanakan." Memang demikian halnya, tetapi Allah telah melindungi (kita) dari keburukannya. Tidak ada di antara kalian pada hari ini seseorang yang leher para pesaing berhenti di belakangnya (ungkapan dalam bahasa Arab) seperti Abu Bakar. Ia adalah salah seorang yang terbaik di antara kita ketika Rasulullah ﷺ wafat. 'Ali dan az-Zubair serta orang-orang yang bersama mereka tinggal di rumah Fatimah. Kaum Anshar semuanya menjauhi kami di balai beratap Bani Sa'idah. Kaum Muhajirin berkumpul di sekitar Abu Bakar, lalu aku berkata kepadanya, "Abu Bakar, mari kita pergi menemui saudara-saudara kita, kaum Anshar!" Maka kami pun pergi hingga bertemu dua orang yang baik, yang menyampaikan kepada kami apa yang telah diperbuat orang-orang. Keduanya berkata, "Hendak ke mana kalian, wahai kaum Muhajirin?" Aku menjawab, "Kami hendak menemui saudara-saudara kami, kaum Anshar!" Keduanya berkata, "Janganlah kalian mendekati mereka, tetapi putuskanlah urusan kalian sendiri, wahai kaum Muhajirin!" Aku berkata, "Demi Allah, kami akan tetap mendatangi mereka." Kami terus berjalan hingga sampai kepada mereka di balai beratap Bani Sa'idah, dan di sana mereka semua telah berkumpul, dan tepat di tengah-tengah mereka ada seorang laki-laki yang berselimut rapat. Aku bertanya, "Siapa ini?" Mereka menjawab, "Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah." Aku bertanya, "Ada apa dengannya?" Mereka menjawab, "Ia sedang sakit." Ketika kami duduk, juru bicara mereka berdiri, memuji Allah sebagaimana layaknya, lalu berkata, "Kami adalah Anshar Allah dan pasukan Islam, sedangkan kalian, wahai kaum Muhajirin, hanyalah segelintir dari kami, dan sekelompok dari kalian datang dengan santai, bermaksud mencabut kami dari akar dan menyingkirkan kami dari kepemimpinan." Ketika ia diam, aku hendak berbicara. Aku telah menyiapkan sebuah pidato yang menyenangkanku dan yang ingin aku sampaikan di hadapan Abu Bakar. Dulu aku khawatir ia kurang tegas, dan ia lebih lembut serta lebih sabar daripada aku, dan lebih berwibawa. Lalu Abu Bakar berkata, "Pelan-pelanlah." Aku tidak suka membuatnya marah, dan ia lebih berilmu daripadaku. Demi Allah, ia tidak meninggalkan satu kata pun yang telah menyenangkanku dalam pidato yang telah kusiapkan, melainkan ia mengucapkannya dalam pembicaraan spontannya, serupa dengan itu bahkan lebih baik darinya, hingga ia terdiam. Ia berkata, "Adapun kebaikan yang kalian sebutkan tentang diri kalian, kalianlah yang berhak atasnya. Akan tetapi, orang-orang Arab tidak akan pernah mengakui kepemimpinan ini kecuali pada kalangan suku Quraisy ini. Mereka adalah yang paling mulia di antara bangsa Arab dari segi nasab dan kabilah, dan aku ridha untuk kalian dengan salah satu dari dua orang ini, maka berbaiatlah kepada siapa pun dari keduanya yang kalian kehendaki." Ia memegang tanganku dan tangan Abu Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah, sementara ia duduk di antara kami. Aku tidak menyukai apa pun dari yang ia katakan selain itu. Demi Allah, seandainya aku diajukan lalu kepalaku dipenggal tanpa ada dosa yang membuat aku dibunuh, itu lebih kucintai daripada aku memimpin suatu kaum yang di antaranya terdapat Abu Bakar. Kemudian seorang pembicara dari mereka berkata, "Aku adalah orang yang dengan nasihatnya orang-orang mencari ketenangan, dan aku memiliki keluarga yang akan menolong dan membelaku (secara harfiah, 'aku adalah tiang gosok mereka yang sering digosok dan pohon kurma kecil mereka yang mulia'). Hendaklah dari kami ada seorang amir dan dari kalian ada seorang amir, wahai Quraisy." Lalu kekacauan semakin bertambah dan suara-suara meninggi hingga aku khawatir akan terjadinya perpecahan. Maka aku berkata, "Ulurkan tanganmu, wahai Abu Bakar," lalu ia mengulurkan tangannya, aku berbaiat kepadanya, kaum Muhajirin berbaiat kepadanya, kemudian kaum Anshar berbaiat kepadanya. Demi Allah, kami tidak mendapati dalam perkara yang untuknya kami berkumpul suatu urusan yang lebih tepat daripada baiat kepada Abu Bakar. Kami khawatir jika kami memisahkan diri dari orang-orang dan tidak ada baiat, mereka akan menyelesaikan baiat setelah kami pergi, dan kami harus berbaiat atas dasar yang tidak kami sukai, atau kami harus menentang mereka sehingga akan terjadi perselisihan karenanya.

I lie two Shaykhs narrated that cUmar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, addressed the people upon his return from the Hajj and said in his khutbah: It has reached me that so-andso of you said, ‘If cUmar were to die I would pledge allegiance to so-and-so.’ Let no man deceive himself by saying, ‘The pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr was made suddenly and unexpectedly.’ It was like that but Allah protected (us) from the evil of it. There is not among you today one behind whom the necks of competitors stop short (an Arabic expression) like Abu Bakr. He was one of the best of us when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died. cAli and az-Zubayr and those with them stayed back in the house of Fatimah. The Ansar all stayed away from us in the roofed gallery of Bani Sacidah. The Muhajirun gathered around Abu Bakr, so I said to him, ‘Abu Bakr, let us be off to our brethren, the Ansar! So we went off until two good men met us and mentioned to us what the people had done. They said, ‘Where do you intend (going) Muhajirun? I said, ‘We want our brethren the Ansar! They said, ‘You must not approach them, but decide your own affair, Muhajirun! I said, ‘By Allah, we will go to them.’ We went on until we came to them in the roofed gallery of Bani Sacidah and there they were all gathered, and right in the middle of them a man all muffled up. I said, ‘Who is this?’ They said, ‘Sa°d ibn cUbadah.’ I said, What is wrong with him?’ They said, ‘He is in pain.’ When we sat down, their speaker stood, praised Allah as He is worthy and said, ‘And now, we are the Ansar of Allah, and the battalion of Islam and you, Muhajirun, are a handful of us, and a party of you have come at a leisurely pace wishing to uproot us and exclude us from the command.’ When he became silent I wanted to speak. I had prepared a speech that pleased me and which I wanted to deliver in the presence of Abu Bakr. I used to fear in him a lack of incisiveness and he was milder, more forbearing than me and more dignified. Then Abu Bakr said, ‘Gently.’ I disliked to anger him, and he was more knowledgeable than me. By Allah, he did not leave a word that had pleased me in my prepared speech but that he said it in his spontaneous talk, the like of it and better than it until he was silent. He said, ‘Now, as for that good which you have mentioned about yourselves, you are worthy of it, but the Arabs will never recognise this command except among this section of Quraysh. They are the midmost (noblest) of the Arabs by descent and by tribe, and I am contented for you with either of these two men, (so pledge allegiance to) whichever of them you wish.’ He took hold of my hand and the hand of Abu cUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah (and he was seated between us) and I disliked nothing he had said apart from that. It was, by Allah, such that if I were to be put forward and my head struck off, that not approaching me because of any guilt, it would have been more beloved to me than that I should assume command over a people among whom was Abu Bakr. Then a speaker from them said, ‘I am of those by means of whose counsel people seek relief and one having a family that will aid and defend me (literally, ‘I am their much-rubbed little rubbing post and their honoured little palm-tree’). Let there be from us an amir and from you an amir, Quraysh.’ Then the confusion increased and voices were raised until I became afraid of dissension, so I said, 'Stretch out your hand, Abu Bakr,’ and he stretched out his hand Hlid 1 swore allegiance to him, the Muhajirun swore allegiance to him, then the Ansar swore allegiance to him. By Allah, we did not lind in that for which we assembled a matter more fitting than the pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr. We feared that if we separated from the people and there was no pledge of allegiance that they would conclude a pledge of allegiance after we had gone, and we would have to pledge allegiance on a basis with which we were not pleased, or we would have to oppose them so that there would be strife over that.

An-Nasa'i, Abu Ya'la dan al-Hakim, yang menyatakannya sahih, meriwayatkan bahwa Ibnu Mas'ud berkata: Ketika Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, kaum Anshar berkata, "Hendaklah dari kami ada seorang amir dan dari kalian ada seorang amir!" Umar bin al-Khattab radhiyallahu 'anhu datang kepada mereka dan berkata, "Wahai kaum Anshar, tidakkah kalian tahu bahwa Rasulullah ﷺ memerintahkan Abu Bakar untuk memimpin orang-orang (dalam salat)? Maka siapa di antara kalian yang rela mendahulukan dirinya atas Abu Bakar?" Kaum Anshar berkata, "Kami berlindung kepada Allah dari mendahulukan diri kami atas Abu Bakar." Ibnu Sa'd, al-Hakim dan al-Baihaqi meriwayatkan bahwa Abu Sa'id al-Khudri berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, dan orang-orang berkumpul di rumah Sa'd bin 'Ubadah. Di antara mereka ada Abu Bakar dan Umar. Para juru bicara kaum Anshar berdiri, dan salah seorang dari mereka mulai berbicara, katanya, "Wahai kaum Muhajirin, setiap kali Rasulullah ﷺ mengangkat salah seorang dari kalian untuk suatu jabatan, beliau menyertakan salah seorang dari kami bersamanya. Maka menurut kami, hendaklah dari kami seorang dan dari kalian seorang diangkat untuk jabatan ini." Para juru bicara kaum Anshar bergantian menyampaikan gagasan yang sama. Kemudian Zaid bin Tsabit berdiri dan berkata, "Tidakkah kalian tahu bahwa Rasulullah ﷺ adalah salah seorang dari kaum Muhajirin, dan khalifahnya juga dari kaum Muhajirin, sedangkan kami adalah kaum Anshar Rasulullah ﷺ, dan kami akan menjadi kaum Anshar khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ sebagaimana kami dahulu adalah Anshar beliau!" Lalu ia memegang tangan Abu Bakar dan berkata, "Inilah orang kalian," kemudian Umar membaiatnya, lalu diikuti oleh kaum Muhajirin dan Anshar. Abu Bakar naik ke mimbar, memandang wajah-wajah orang, dan tidak mendapati az-Zubair, maka ia memanggil az-Zubair, lalu ia datang.

An-Nasa’i, Abu Yacla and al-Hakim, who declared it sahih, narrated that Ibn Mascud said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was taken, the Ansar said, ‘Let there be from us an amir and from you an amir! cUmar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, came to them and said, 'Ansar, do you not know that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered Abu Bakr to lead the people (in salah)? So which of you would be pleased to give himself precedence O ver Abu Bakr?’ The Ansar said, ‘We seek refuge with Allah that we should give ourselves precedence over Abu Bakr.’ Ibn Sacd, al-Hakim and al-Bayhaqi narrated that Abu Sacid al- Khudri said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died and the people assembled in the house of Sacd ibn °Ubadah and among them were Abu Bakr and cUmar, and the public speakers of the Ansar stood up and one of them began to speak, saying, ‘You men of the Muhajirun, whenever the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, appointed one of you to any position of authority, he paired one of us with him; we think therefore that a man from us and a man from you should be appointed to this command.’ The public speakers of the Ansar followed each other on that same theme. Then Zaid ibn ’ lhabit stood up and said, ‘Do you not know that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was one of the Muhajirun and his khalifah is one of the Muhajirun and we were the Ansar of the Messenger of Allah and we shall be the Ansar of the khalifah of the Messenger of Allah just as we were his Ansar! He took the hand of Abu Bakr and said, ‘This is your man,’ then cUmar swore allegiance to him and then the Muhajirun and the Ansar. Abu Bakr ascended the minbar and looked at people’s faces and did not find az-Zubayr, so he called for az-Zubayr and he came.

Dia (Abu Bakar) berkata, ‘Engkau berkata, wahai putra bibi Rasulullah ﷺ dan murid beliau, bahwa engkau ingin memecah tongkat kaum Muslimin.’ Maka ia berkata, ‘Tidak ada celaan atasmu, wahai Khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ,’ lalu ia berdiri dan membaiat Abu Bakar. Kemudian ia memandang wajah-wajah orang banyak dan tidak melihat ‘Ali, maka ia memanggilnya dan ‘Ali pun datang. Ia berkata, ‘Engkau berkata, wahai putra paman Rasulullah ﷺ dan kerabat semenda beliau melalui putrinya, bahwa engkau ingin memecah tongkat kaum Muslimin.’ Maka ia berkata, ‘Tidak ada celaan atasmu, wahai Khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ,’ dan ia pun membaiat Abu Bakar.

He (Abu Bakr) said, ‘You said, son of the aunt of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his disciple, that you want to break the staff of the Muslims.’ So he said, ‘There is no blame on you Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah,’ and he stood and pledged allegiance to him. Then he looked at the faces of the people and could not see cAli so he summoned him and he came. He said, ‘You said, son of the uncle of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his relation through marriage to his daughter, that you want to break the staff of the Muslims.’ So he said, ‘There is no blame on you, Khalifah of the Messenger of Allah,’ and he pledged allegiance to him.

Ibnu Ishaq berkata dalam as-Sirah. az-Zuhri meriwayatkan kepadaku: Anas bin Malik meriwayatkan kepadaku dan dia berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar dibaiat di balai pertemuan, lalu keesokan harinya, dia duduk di atas mimbar dan Umar berdiri serta berbicara sebelum Abu Bakar, memuji Allah, dan berkata, "Allah telah menghimpun kekuasaan kalian kepada yang terbaik di antara kalian, sahabat Rasulullah ﷺ dan 'yang kedua dari dua orang ketika keduanya berada di dalam gua' (Qur'an 9: 40), maka berdirilah dan berbaiatlah kepadanya," dan orang-orang pun membaiat Abu Bakar dengan baiat umum dan terbuka setelah baiat di balai pertemuan. Kemudian Abu Bakar berbicara, memuji Allah, dan berkata, "Wahai manusia, sesungguhnya aku telah diserahi kekuasaan atas kalian, padahal aku bukanlah yang terbaik di antara kalian. Maka jika aku berbuat benar, bantulah aku, dan jika aku berbuat salah, luruskanlah aku. Kejujuran adalah amanah dan dusta adalah pengkhianatan. Orang yang lemah di antara kalian adalah kuat menurutku hingga aku mengembalikan haknya kepadanya, insya Allah, dan orang yang kuat di antara kalian adalah lemah hingga aku mengambil darinya apa yang menjadi haknya, insya Allah."

Ibn Ishaq said in as-Sirab. az-Zuhri narrated to me: Anas ibn Malik narrated to me and he said: When Abu Bakr was pledged allegiance in the assembly hall, then, on the morrow, he sat upon the minbar and cUmar stood and spoke before Abu Bakr, praised Allah, and said, Allah has gathered your authority to the best of you, the Companion of the Messenger of Allah and the “second of the two when they two were in the cave” (Qur’an 9: 40), so stand and pledge allegiance to him,’ and the people pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr with a general and public allegiance after the allegiance made in the assembly hall. Then Abu Bakr spoke, praised Allah, and said, ‘And now, people, I have been put in authority over you and I am not the best of you. So if I do right then help me, and if I do wrong then put me straight. Truthfulness is a sacred trust and lying is a betrayal. The weak one among you is strong as far as I am concerned until I restore to him his right, inshaAllah, and the strong one of you is weak until I take what is due from him, insha’Allah.

Tidaklah suatu kaum meninggalkan jihad di jalan Allah, melainkan Allah menimpakan kepada mereka kehinaan yang menyakitkan. Dan tidaklah kekejian menyebar di tengah kaum kalian, melainkan Allah meliputi mereka dengan berbagai cobaan. Taatilah aku selama aku taat kepada Allah dan Rasul-Nya, dan jika aku mendurhakai Allah dan Rasul-Nya, maka kalian tidak wajib menaatiku. Berdirilah untuk shalat kalian, semoga Allah merahmati kalian. Musa bin 'Uqbah meriwayatkan dalam kitab Maghazi-nya, dan al-Hakim, yang menyatakannya sahih, bahwa 'Abdurrahman bin 'Auf berkata: Abu Bakar menyampaikan khutbah dan berkata, "Demi Allah, aku tidak pernah berambisi terhadap suatu kedudukan kepemimpinan, bahkan selama sehari atau semalam pun, dan aku tidak pernah menginginkannya, serta aku tidak pernah memohon kepada Allah untuk itu, baik secara diam-diam maupun terang-terangan. Namun, aku khawatir akan terjadinya perpecahan. Aku tidak akan mendapatkan ketenangan dalam kepemimpinan. Aku telah diberi amanah yang besar, yang aku tidak memiliki kekuatan maupun kemampuan untuknya, kecuali dengan pertolongan Allah." 'Ali dan az-Zubair berkata, "Kami tidak marah kecuali karena kami terlambat untuk bermusyawarah, dan kami memandang Abu Bakar sebagai orang yang paling layak untuk itu. Dialah sahabat gua. Kami mengetahui kehormatan dan keutamaannya. Rasulullah ﷺ telah memerintahkannya untuk memimpin shalat orang-orang ketika beliau masih hidup." Ibnu Sa'd meriwayatkan bahwa Ibrahim at-Taimi berkata: Ketika Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, 'Umar datang kepada Abu 'Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah dan berkata, "Ulurkanlah tanganmu agar aku dapat membaiatmu."

No people forsake jihad in the way of Allah but that Allah delivers u humiliating blow to them. Nor does indecency ever spread among U people but that Allah envelops them in trials. Obey me as long hs 1 obey Allah and His Messenger, and if I disobey Allah and His Messenger then you do not owe me obedience. Stand up for your prayer, may Allah have mercy upon you.’ Musa ibn cUqbah narrated, in his Maghazi, and al-Hakim, who declared it sahih, that cAbd ar-Rahman ibn cAwf said: Abu Bakr gave an address (khutbah) and said, ‘By Allah, I was never eager for a position of command for even as long as a day or a night, and I never desired it, and I have never asked Allah for it in secret nor openly. However, I was afraid of dissension. I will have no rest in command. I have been invested with a mighty matter for which I have not the energy, nor the power, except it be by Allah’s strengthening.’ cAli and az-Zubayr said, ‘We were not angry except that we were too late for the counsel, and we see Abu Bakr as the person most fitted for it. He was the Companion of the Cave. We know his honour and his excellence. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered him to lead the people in prayer while he was yet alive.’ Ibn Sacd narrated that Ibrahim at-Tamimi said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace, died, cUmar came to Abu cUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah and said, ‘Stretch out your hand so that I can pledge allegiance to you.

"Engkau adalah orang kepercayaan umat ini menurut lisan Nabi, semoga Allah memberi shalawat dan salam kepadanya." Maka Abu Ubaidah berkata kepada Umar, "Aku tidak pernah menganggapmu lemah akalnya sebelum ini, sejak aku masuk Islam. Maukah engkau berbaiat kepadaku padahal di antara kalian ada as-Siddiq, sang 'yang kedua dari dua'?" Muhammad bin Abi Bakar berkata bahwa Abu Bakar berkata kepada Umar, "Ulurkanlah tanganmu agar aku dapat membaiatmu." Umar berkata kepadanya, "Engkau lebih baik daripada aku." Abu Bakar berkata kepadanya, "Engkau lebih kuat daripada aku," dan ia mengulanginya, tetapi Umar berkata, "Kekuatanku akan kuberikan kepadamu bersama keutamaanmu," lalu ia pun membaiatnya.

You are the trusted one of this ummah according to the tongue of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’ So Abu "Ubaydah said to cUmar, ‘I never thought you weak in your mind before this, since I became a Muslim. Would you pledge allegiance to me when among you there is as-Siddiq, the “second of the two”?’ Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr said that Abu Bakr said to cUmar, ‘Stretch out your hand so that I can pledge allegiance to you.’ cUmar said to him, You are better than me.’ Abu Bakr said to him, ‘You are stronger than me,’ and he repeated it, but cUmar said, ‘My strength shall be for you along with your merit,’ and he swore allegiance to him.

Ahmad meriwayatkan bahwa Humayd bin cAbdurrahman bin cAwf berkata: Rasulullah ﷺ wafat ketika Abu Bakar sedang bersama sebagian penduduk Madinah, lalu ia datang, menyingkap wajah beliau, menciumnya, dan berkata, "Ayah dan ibuku menjadi tebusanmu, betapa harumnya engkau, baik dalam hidup maupun dalam kematian. Muhammad telah wafat, demi Tuhan Ka'bah!" Lalu ia menyebutkan sisa hadis tersebut, kemudian ia berkata:

Ahmad narrated that Humayd ibn cAbd ar-Rahman ibn cAwf said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died while Abu Bakr was with some of the people of Madinah, so he came and uncovered his face and kissed him and said, ‘May my father and mother be your ransom, how sweet you are in life and death. Muhammad has died, by the Lord of the Kacbah!’ and he mentioned the rest of the hadith and then he said:

Abu Bakr dan 'Umar pergi dengan tergesa-gesa hingga mereka sampai kepada mereka.

Abu Bakr and cUmar went off in haste until they came to them.

Kemudian Abu Bakr berbicara, dan ia tidak melewatkan apa pun yang telah Allah turunkan tentang kaum Anshar, maupun apa pun yang telah disebutkan Rasulullah ﷺ tentang mereka, melainkan ia menyebutkannya. Ia berkata, "Kalian tahu bahwa Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda, 'Seandainya manusia menempuh satu lembah dan kaum Anshar menempuh lembah lain, niscaya aku akan menempuh lembah kaum Anshar.' Kalian tahu, wahai Sa'd, bahwa Rasulullah ﷺ bersabda ketika engkau sedang duduk, 'Quraisy adalah para penguasa urusan ini, orang terbaik dari kalangan manusia akan mengikuti orang terbaik dari mereka, dan orang terburuk dari mereka akan mengikuti orang terburuk dari mereka.'" Maka Sa'd berkata kepadanya, "Engkau telah berkata benar. Kami adalah para wazir dan engkau adalah para amir." Ibnu 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahwa Abu Sa'id al-Khudri berkata: Ketika Abu Bakr dibai'at, ia melihat adanya kekecewaan di antara orang-orang, lalu ia berkata, "Apa yang menghalangi kalian? Bukankah aku orang yang paling berhak atas kepemimpinan ini? Bukankah aku orang pertama yang memeluk Islam?"

Then Abu Bakr spoke and he didn’t leave out anything that Allah had revealed about the Ansar nor anything that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had mentioned about them but that he mentioned it, and he said, ‘You know that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If mankind were to travel in one valley and the Ansar were to travel in another valley, I would travel in the valley of th & Ansar” You know, Sacd, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said while you were seated, “Quraysh are the authorities of this matter, and the best of mankind will follow the best of them and the worst of them will follow the worst of them.’” So Sacd said to him, ‘You have told the truth. We are the deputies and you are the commanders.’ Ibn cAsakir narrated that Abu Sacid al-Khudri said: When Abu Bakr was pledged allegiance, he saw some dejection among people and so he said, ‘What is holding you back? Am I not the one with the most right to this command? Am I not the first to accept Islam?

"Bukankah aku ...? Bukankah aku ...?" dan beliau menyebutkan berbagai sifat.

Am I not ...? Am I not ...?’ and he mentioned various qualities.

Ahmad meriwayatkan bahwa ar-Rafi' at-Ta'i berkata: Abu Bakr menceritakan kepadaku tentang baiatnya dan apa yang dikatakan kaum Anshar, serta apa yang dikatakan 'Umar. Ia berkata, "Maka mereka membaiatku dan aku menerimanya dari mereka. Aku khawatir akan terjadinya perpecahan dan, sesudahnya, kemurtadan (dari Islam)." Ibnu Ishaq dan Ibnu 'Abid, dalam kitab Maghazi-nya, meriwayatkan darinya (ar-Rafi') bahwa ia berkata kepada Abu Bakr, "Apa yang membuatmu memikul kepemimpinan atas umat, padahal engkau melarangku memimpin (bahkan) dua orang?" Ia menjawab, "Aku tidak menemukan jalan keluar dari hal itu. Aku khawatir akan terjadinya perpecahan di tengah umat Muhammad ﷺ." Ahmad meriwayatkan bahwa Qais bin Abi Hazim berkata, "Aku duduk bersama Abu Bakr ash-Shiddiq satu bulan setelah wafatnya Rasulullah ﷺ," lalu ia menyebutkan kisahnya. "Kemudian terdengar seruan di tengah orang-orang, 'Shalat akan dilaksanakan.' Orang-orang pun berkumpul, lalu ia naik ke mimbar dan berkata, 'Aku sangat berharap ada orang selain aku yang mengurus kekuasaan ini untukku. Jika kalian menuntutku dengan Sunnah Nabi kalian, maka aku tidak sanggup. Beliau dijaga dari setan, dan wahyu turun kepadanya dari langit.'" Ibnu Sa'd meriwayatkan bahwa al-Hasan al-Basri berkata: Ketika Abu Bakr dibaiat, ia berdiri menyampaikan pidato kepada orang-orang dan berkata, "Sekarang, aku telah diserahi kekuasaan ini dan aku tidak menyukainya."

Ahmad narrated that ar-Rafic at-Ta’i said: Abu Bakr told me about his pledge of allegiance and what the Ansar had said, and what cUmar had said, and he said, ‘So they pledged allegiance to me and I accepted it from them. I was afraid that there would be dissension and, after it, reneging (from Islam).’ Ibn Ishaq and Ibn cAbid, in his Maghazi, from him that he (ar-Rafic) said to Abu Bakr, ‘What made you take upon yourself the governance of the people and you forbade me taking command of (even) two people?’ He said, ‘I could not find any escape from that. I was afraid of division in the ummah of Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’ Ahmad narrated that Qais ibn Abi Hazim said, ‘I sat with Abu Bakr as-Siddiq a month after the death of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,’ and he mentioned his story. ‘Then the cry went up among people, “The prayer is summoned.” People gathered and he ascended the minbar then said, “I would love that someone other than me would take care of this authority for me. If you take me to task by the Sunnah of your Prophet I am not up to it. He was protected from the shaytan, and revelation used to descend upon him from heaven.’” Ibn Sacd narrated that al-Hasan al-Basri said: When Abu Bakr was pledged allegiance he stood addressing the people and said, ‘Now, I have been put in charge of this authority and I dislike it.

Demi Allah, aku sangat berharap salah seorang dari kalian bersedia mengurusnya untukku. Jika kalian membebaniku dengan bertindak di antara kalian seperti perbuatan Nabi ﷺ, aku tidak sanggup memikulnya. Nabi ﷺ adalah seorang hamba yang Allah muliakan dengan wahyu, dan Allah melindunginya dengan wahyu itu (dari kekeliruan). Aku hanyalah manusia biasa. Aku tidak lebih baik daripada kalian semua. Maka urusilah aku. Jika kalian melihat aku berada di jalan yang lurus, ikutilah aku. Dan jika kalian melihat aku menyimpang, luruskanlah aku.

By Allah, I would love that one of you would take care of it for me. If you charge me with acting among you with the like of the action of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, I cannot undertake that. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was a slave whom Allah honoured with revelation and protected him by it (from error). I am only human. I am no better than any of you. Take care of me, and if you see me going straight then follow me and if you see me deviating then set me straight.

Ketahuilah bahwa aku memiliki setan yang sewaktu-waktu menguasaiku; maka apabila kalian melihatku menjadi marah, jauhilah aku, agar aku tidak meninggalkan bekas dan tanda pada rambut dan kulit kalian.’ Ibnu Sa'd meriwayatkan, dan al-Khatib dalam riwayat Malik, bahwa 'Urwah berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar diangkat (menjadi khalifah), beliau menyampaikan khutbah kepada orang-orang. Beliau memuji Allah lalu berkata, ‘Sekarang, aku telah diangkat untuk memimpin kalian, padahal aku bukanlah yang terbaik di antara kalian.

Know that I have a shaytan who seizes upon me; when you see me becoming angry then avoid me, so that I do not leave traces and marks on your hairs and your-skins.’ Ibn Sacd narrated, and al-Khateeb, in the narration of Malik, that cUrwah said: When Abu Bakr was appointed, he addressed people with a khutbah. He praised Allah and said, ‘Now, I have been appointed in command over you and I am not the best of you.

Namun, setelah Al-Qur'an diturunkan, Nabi ﷺ menetapkan berbagai sunnah sebagaimana kebiasaan, dan kami diajarkan, maka kami pun belajar. Maka ketahuilah, wahai manusia, bahwa orang yang paling tajam kecerdasannya adalah (orang) yang paling takut dan taat (kepada Allah, ketakwaan); bahwa bentuk ketidakmampuan yang paling besar adalah kejahatan; bahwa yang paling kuat di antara kalian, menurutku, adalah yang lemah hingga aku mengambil haknya untuknya; dan bahwa yang paling lemah di antara kalian, menurutku, adalah yang kuat hingga aku mengambil darinya apa yang menjadi kewajibannya (untuk diberikan). Wahai manusia, aku hanyalah seorang pengikut, aku bukanlah pembuat bid'ah, maka jika aku berbuat baik, bantulah aku, dan jika aku menyimpang, luruskanlah aku. Aku mengucapkan kata-kataku ini dan aku memohon ampun kepada Allah untukku dan untuk kalian.' Malik berkata, 'Tidak seorang pun akan pernah menjadi imam (yaitu amir)

However, the Qur’an was revealed, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laid down as customary different sunnahs and we were taught, so we learnt. So, know, people, that the most acute of sharp intellect is (he who has) the most fearful obedience (,tuqa); that the most incapable (form) of incapacity is wickedness; that the strongest of you, as far as I am concerned, is the weak one until I take his right for him; and that the weakest of you, as far as I am concerned, is the strong one until I take from him what he is due (to give). People, I am only a follower, I am not an innovator, so that if I do well, help me and if I deviate then put me straight. I say these words of mine and I seek the forgiveness of Allah for me and for you.’ Malik said, ‘No-one will ever be an imam (i.e. amir)

‘kecuali dengan syarat ini.’ Al-Hakim meriwayatkan dalam kitab Mustadrak-nya bahwa Abu Hurairah, semoga Allah meridhainya, berkata: Ketika Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, kota Makkah berguncang dengan gempa bumi. Abu Quhafah mendengarnya dan berkata, ‘Apa ini?’ Mereka menjawab, ‘Rasulullah ﷺ telah wafat.’ Ia berkata, ‘Peristiwa yang sangat besar. Siapa yang memegang kepemimpinan setelah beliau?’ Mereka menjawab, ‘Putramu.’ Ia berkata, ‘Apakah Bani cAbd Manaf dan Bani al-Mughirah rela dengan hal itu?’ Mereka menjawab, ‘Ya.’ Ia berkata, ‘Tidak ada seorang pun yang dapat menurunkan apa yang telah mereka angkat, dan tidak ada seorang pun yang dapat mengangkat apa yang telah mereka turunkan.’ Al-Waqidi meriwayatkan dengan berbagai jalur bahwa ‘Aisyah, Ibnu cUmar, Sa‘id bin al-Musayyab, dan yang lainnya menceritakan bahwa Abu Bakar dibaiat pada hari ketika Rasulullah ﷺ wafat, yaitu hari Senin malam ke-12 bulan Rabiul Awal pada tahun kesebelas Hijriah.

unless on this condition.’ Al-Hakim narrated in his Mustadrak that Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, Makkah was shaken with an earthquake and Abu Quhafah heard that and said, ‘What is this?’ They said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has died.’ He said, ‘A momentous thing. Who has undertaken the command after him?’ They said, ‘Your son.’ He said, ‘Are Banu cAbd Manaf and Banu al-Mughirah contented with that?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘No-one may put down what they raise up and no-one may raise up what they put down.’ Al-Waqidi narrated in a variety of ways that cA’ishah, Ibn cUmar, Sacid ibn al-Musayyab and others relate that Abu Bakr was pledged allegiance on the day that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, on Monday the 12th night of Rabic al-Awwal in the eleventh year of the Hijrah.

Ath-Thabarani meriwayatkan dalam al-Awsath dari Ibnu 'Umar, ia berkata: Abu Bakr tidak pernah duduk di tempat yang pernah diduduki oleh Rasulullah ﷺ di atas mimbar hingga ia berjumpa dengan Allah. 'Umar tidak duduk di tempat yang pernah diduduki Abu Bakr hingga ia berjumpa dengan Allah, dan 'Utsman tidak duduk di tempat 'Umar hingga ia berjumpa dengan Allah.

At-Tabarani narrated in al-Awsat that Ibn cUmar said: Abu Bakr never sat on that place upon which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sat upon the minbar until he met Allah. cUmar did not sit on the place Abu Bakr sat until he met Allah and cUthman did not sit in cUmar’s place until he met Allah.