مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(حَضْرَةُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ شَخْصِيَّةٌ مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهَا بَيْنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ)
(Hazrat Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, is a unanimously accepted figure among the believers)
Hadith 6021
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَرَضِهِ: ادْعِي لِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَبَاكِ وَأَخَاكِ حَتَّى أَكْتُبَ كِتَابًا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى مُتَمَنٍّ وَيَقُولَ قَائِلٌ: أَنَا وَلَا وَيَأْبَى اللَّهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا أَبَا بَكْرٍ «. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ وَفِي» كِتَابِ الْحميدِي: «أَنا أولى» بدل «أَنا وَلَا»
`A'isha told that during his illness God's messenger said to her, "Call me Abu Bakr, your father, and your brother, so that I may write a document, for I fear that someone may be desirous of succeeding me and that one may [make unjustifiable claims for himself[*]] whereas God and the believers will have no one but Abu Bakr." 3. Literally, "may say, `I'". Pt. 17 Muslim transmitted it.
