Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39822 — Reports on the death of the Prophet

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, the speakers of the Ansar stood up, and one of them began saying: "O company of Muhajirun! When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed one of you as an official (leader), he would join with him a man from among us. So our opinion is that this matter (of the caliphate) should also be entrusted to two men, one from you and one from us." The narrator says: So many speakers of the Ansar said the same thing, one after another. At this Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was from the Muhajirun. Therefore the Imam will also be from the Muhajirun, and we will be helpers of that Imam just as we were the helpers of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up and said: "O company of Ansar! May Allah Almighty give you the best reward and keep your speaker firm." Then he said: "By Allah! If you had done (decided) otherwise, we would not have made peace with you."