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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب المغازي
Book of Military Campaigns
ما جاء في خلافة أبي بكر (وسيرته) في الردة
Reports on the caliphate of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and his conduct regarding the apostasy
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39830 — Reports on the caliphate of Abu Bakr
٣٩٨٣٠ - حدثنا وكيع عن نافع بن عمر عن ابن أبي مليكة قال: قال رجل لأبي بكر: يا خليفة اللَّه، قال: لست بخليفة اللَّه، ولكني خليفة رسول اللَّه ﷺ، أنا راض بذلك (١).
It is narrated from Ibn Abi Mulaykah that a man said to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Caliph of Allah!" Sayyiduna Abu Bakr said: "I am not the Caliph of Allah. Rather, I am the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I am content with that."
