Ibn Hishom o‘zining "Sira" kitobida Ibn Ishoqdan rivoyat qiladi: Saqifa Bani Soida Ansor yig‘ilganda, Abdulloh ibn Abu Bakr Abdulloh ibn Abbos orqali rivoyat qilib aytdi, u esa Umarning shunday deganini aytdi: "…Alloh Taolo O‘z Payg‘ambarini ﷺ vafot ettirganidan keyin bizning xabarimiz shu ediki, Ansor biz bilan kelisha olmadi. Ular Bani Soida saqifasida o‘z yetakchilari bilan yig‘ildilar. Ali ibn Abu Tolib, Zubayr ibn al-Avvom va boshqalar bizga qo‘shilmadilar. Muhojirlar Abu Bakr atrofiga to‘planishdi. Shunda men Abu Bakrga dedim: "Keling, bu Ansor birodarlarimizning oldiga shoshilaylik." Biz ularning oldiga shoshildik…"
So‘ng Umar davom etdi: "…Bani Soida saqifasida ularning huzuriga yetib bordik. To‘satdan ular orasida ust-boshiga o‘ralgan bir kishi bor edi. Men so‘radim: "Bu kim?" Ular javob berdilar: "Sa’d ibn Ubodah." Men yana so‘radim: "Unga nima bo‘ldi?" Ular dedilar: "U kasal." Biz o‘tirganimizdan so‘ng, ularning notig‘i shahodat kalimasini aytdi, so‘ng Allohni hamd bilan ulug‘ladi va dedi: "Amma ba’d, biz Allohning Ansoriyları va Islom lashkarimiz. Siz, ey Muhojirlar jamoasi, bizdan bir qismsiz. Sizning bir guruhingiz shoshilib kirib keldi…" Keyin u dedi: "Ular bizni asl o‘rnimizdan chetlatib, hokimiyatni bizdan tortib olmoqchi bo‘ldilar."
U gapirishni tugatganda, men gapirmoqchi bo‘ldim. Ko‘nglimda yoqqan bir so‘zni tayyorlab qo‘ygan edim va uni Abu Bakr oldida aytmoqchi edim. Men g‘azabimni undan yashirardim. Abu Bakr dedi: "Ey Umar, sabr qil." Shuning uchun uni xafa qilishni yoqtirmadim. U gapirdi va men’dan ko‘proq bilimli hamda ko‘proq hurmatli edi. Alloh haqqi, men tayyorlagan yaxshi so‘zning birortasini ham qoldirmadi: yo o‘zi aytdi, yo unga o‘xshashini, yo undan yaxshiroqini, o‘z tabiati bilan, to so‘zini tugatguncha. U dedi: "Sizlarda yaxshilik (xayr) bor, deb aytganingiz haqida, siz unga loyiqsiz. Arablar bu ishni (hokimiyatni) Quraysh qabilasidan bo‘lgan bu qabiladan boshqasiga topshirmaydilar. Ular nasab va mavqe jihatidan arablarning qalbidadirlar. Men sizlardan ushbu ikki kishidan birini qabul qilaman. Shunday ekan, ulardan yoqtirgan kishingizga bay’at qiling." U menning qo‘limni va Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrohning qo‘lini ushladi, U ikkimizning o‘rtasida o‘tirgan edi. U aytgan gapdan nafratlanmadim, faqat Alloh haqqi, gunohkor bo‘lmasdan o‘ldirilishni afzal ko‘rdim, Abu Bakr ham kiradigan bir qavmga amir bo‘lishdan ko‘ra. ‘Umar davom etdi: “Ansordan biror notiq aytdi: ‘Men bunga eng loyiq va eng tajribalisiman. Bir amir bizdan, bir amir sizlardan bo‘lsin, ey Quraysh qavmi.’” U davom etdi: “Shovqin kuchayib, ovozlar baland ko‘tarildi, hatto ixtilof yuz berishidan qo‘rqdim. Shunda men dedim: ‘Qo‘lingni cho‘z, ey Abu Bakr.’ U qo‘lini cho‘zdi, men unga bay’at berdim, so‘ngra muhojirlar unga bay’at berdilar, so‘ngra ansorlar bay’at berdilar. Biz Sa’d ibn Ubodani bosib o‘tdik. Ulardan biri dedi: ‘Sa’d ibn Ubodani o‘ldirdingiz.’ Men dedim: ‘Alloh Sa’d ibn Ubodani o‘ldirsin.’” Ibn Kasir “Payg‘ambar siyrati”da bunga o‘xshash rivoyat qilgan.
Ibn Hisham reported in his book of Seerah that Ibn Ishaq said that when the Ansar met in the Saqeefah, ‘Abdullah ibn Abu Bakr narrated from the way of ‘Abdullah ibn Abbas that He said that ‘Umar said, “…from our news when Allah took His prophet (pbuh) to death, the Ansar disagreed with us. They met with their leaders in the saqeefah of Banu Saa’idah. ‘Ali bin Aby Talib, Zubair bin al- Awwam and others did not join us. The Muhajiroon gathered with Abu Bakr, so I said to Abu Bakr; ‘Let us rush to these brothers from the Ansar.’ So we rushed to them…” Then ‘Umar continued; “…until we came to them in the Saqeefah of Banu Saa’idah. All of a sudden there was amongst them a cloaked man. I asked, ‘Who is this?’ They replied, ‘Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah.’ I then asked, ‘What is the matter with him?’ They said, ‘He is not well.’ When we sat down, their speaker said the Shahadah, then praised Allah and said, ‘After all, we are the Ansar of Allah, and the battalion of Islam, and you, the people of the Muhajiroon, are part of us. A group of your people rushed in…’ Then He said, ‘Suddenly they wanted to depose us from our origin and usurp the matter (power) from us.’ When He stopped speaking, I wanted to speak. I prepared in my mind a word that I liked, and wished to present it before Abu Bakr and I was hiding my anger from him. Abu Bakr said, ‘Oh ‘Umar, be patient’, so I hated to make him angry. He spoke and He was more knowledgeable and more respected than me. By Allah, He did not leave any good word I had prepared, save He said it or the like of it, or better than it, by his nature until He finished. He said, ‘As regards what you said of good (khair) in you, you are worthy of it. The Arabs would not acknowledge this matter (power) except to this tribe from Quraish. They are in the heart of the Arabs in terms of lineage and place. I accept from you one of these two men, so give Bay’ah to whom you like from them.’ He took my hand and the hand of Abu ‘Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah while He was sitting between us. I did not hate what He said except that, by Allah, I preferred that I be killed, without becoming sinful, rather than become an Ameer over a people whom Abu Bakr is part of.” ‘Umar continued, “Some speaker from the Ansar said, ‘I am the one who is most fit and most experienced for it. One Ameer is from us and one Ameer is from you, Oh people of Quraish.’” He continued; “Noise increased and voices rose until I feared that disagreement would occur. So I said, ‘Extend your hand O Abu Bakr.’ He extended his hand so I gave him the Bay’ah, then the Muhajiroon gave him the Bay’ah, then the Ansar gave him the Bay’ah. We leapt over Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah. One of them said, ‘You killed Sa’d ibn ‘Ubadah.’ I said, ‘May Allah kill Sa’d bin Ubadah.’” Ibn Katheer narrated in the prophetic Seerah similar to that.