Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, there befell my father (Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him) such a calamity that, had it befallen the firm mountains, it would have shattered them. Disbelief appeared and hypocrisy raised its head. Then in whatever matter the people differed even slightly, my father rushed to it with its decisive resolution and sufficiency."
The narrator says: Umm al-Mu'minin Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) would mention Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and say: "By Allah, he was highly skilled, astute and capable in affairs, unique in his kind; he had prepared for every matter what matched it (in planning and provision)."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Ubaydullah bin Umar except Abdullah bin Ja'far; Abu Ma'mar is alone in narrating it."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب العين / 4318
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:رجال أحد أسانيده ثقات
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: ورجال أحدها ثقات «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 9، ص 50»» «أخرجه البيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 16949، وابن حجر فى «المطالب العالية» برقم: 3880 / 1، 3880 / 3، وابن أبي شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 38210، والطبراني فى «الصغير» برقم: 1051 م، 1051، 1051 م 1، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 4913»