在此授权之下,艾布·伯克尔与资深的圣门弟子进行了多次磋商。他秘密地与阿卜杜勒·拉赫曼·本·奥夫、奥斯曼·本·阿凡、赛义德·本·宰德、乌赛德·本·胡达尔进行商议。他心中权衡的人选在欧麦尔和阿里之间。然而,此后他的意见定于欧麦尔,于是他向众人进行了公开的协商。他从家中望向人们,此时他的妻子和女儿扶着他,他对众人说:“你们是否接受我为你们指定的人选?以真主发誓,关于我的意见,我没有丝毫懈怠,也没有任命自己的亲属。”他们说:“是的。”他接着说:“我指定欧麦尔·本·赫塔布接替我,你们要听从他、服从他。”众人回答说:“我们听从并且服从。”听到这些,艾布·伯克尔举起双手望向天空,说:“我的主啊!我做此选择,只是为了他们的利益,我担心他们陷入分裂。你比我更清楚我为他们所做的一切。我已为他们尽力考虑,并为他们指定了其中最有力量、最关心他们福祉的人。”众人听到他的祷告,对他的决定充满信心。
艾布·伯克尔去世后,欧麦尔前往清真寺,人们大批地前来向他宣誓效忠,除了塔勒哈之外,没有人留下。欧麦尔从早晨一直留在清真寺,前来宣誓效忠的人越来越多,直到晌礼时,清真寺已经完全坐满。欧麦尔登上讲台,站在艾布·伯克尔曾经站立的那一级台阶之下,赞颂真主,为先知ﷺ祝福,并提及艾布·伯克尔及其美德。然后他说:“众人啊,我只是你们中间的一个普通人。如果不是我不愿违背真主使者ﷺ的继任者(艾布·伯克尔)的要求,我本不会担任你们的领导。” 然后他仰望天空,说道:“我的主啊!我性情粗暴,求你使我柔和。我的主啊!我软弱,求你使我坚强。主啊,我吝啬,求你使我慷慨。”随后他停了一会儿,说道:“真主正借我考验你们,也借你们考验我,他在我的同伴们离去之后,让我留在你们中间。我指着真主(SWT)发誓,凡是传到我这里的你们的事务,我都不会委托任何人去处理;凡是离我较远的事务,我也不会不竭力为之委任那些能干而可靠的人。如果他们(受委托的人)做得好,我就会与他们一同做好;如果他们做得不好,我就会惩罚他们。”随后他站起身来,带领众人礼拜。这就是清真寺中的众人对欧麦尔·本·赫塔卜的效忠宣誓(Bay'ah),正是这一宣誓确定了他的哈里发地位,也正是这一效忠宣誓使民众有义务服从他。
With this authorisation, Abu Bakr made numerous consultations with the senior companions. He consulted in confidence with ‘Abdul Rahman ibn Awf, ‘Uthman ibn Affan, Saeed ibn Zayd, Usayd bin Hudhyr. The choice that revolved in his mind was for either ‘Umar or ‘Ali. However, later on his opinion settled on ‘Umar and He consulted the people in an open consultation. He looked over to the people from his house, while his wife and daughter held him and He addressed the people saying: “Do you accept whom I appoint for you? For by Allah, I have not spared any effort regarding my opinion, nor have I appointed a relation.” They said: “Yes.” He continued saying: “I appoint ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab to succeed me, so listen to him and obey him.” Then the people replied, “We heard and we will obey”. Upon hearing that Abu Bakr raised his hands to the sky and said “O my Lord! I did not want by that choice except their interest, and I feared that they might fall in Fitna, so You know better about what I have done to them. I have exerted my opinion for them and appointed upon them the strongest and most concerned of them about what is best for them.” The people heard his prayer, and were filled with confidence about his decision. After the death of Abu Bakr, ‘Umar went to the Masjid and the people came to him in large numbers to give their Bay’ah, and no one stayed back except Talha. ‘Umar remained in the Masjid from the morning until Zuhr time, and the number of people who came to give their Bay’ah increased, until at Zuhr time the Masjid was completely full. ‘Umar stepped up onto the Minbar, one step below the one which Abu Bakr used to stand on, praised Allah, sent blessings to His Prophet, and mentioned Abu Bakr and his points of excellence. He then said: “O people, I am but a man from amongst you, and if it wasn’t because I disliked disobeying the request of the successor of the Messenger of Allah (Abu Bakr), I would not have taken charge over you.” He then turned his eyes to the sky and said: “O my Lord!, I am harsh, so make me soft. O my Lord! I am weak so make me strong. O Lord, I am miserly so make me generous.” Then He stopped for a while and said: “Verily Allah is testing you with me, and testing me with you, and He has left me with you after taking away my companions. By Allah (swt) I will not authorise anybody (to dispose) of any of your affairs that reaches to me nor will spare any effort to authorise the efficient and the reliable in any affair that is far from me. If they (the authorised people) did well I would do well with them, and if they did bad I would punish them. Then He rose up, and led the people in prayer. This was the Bay’ah for ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab from the people in the Masjid, and it was this that contracted the Khilafah to him, and it was this Bay’ah that made it obligatory upon the people to obey him.