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مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند الخلفاء الراشدينMusnad of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
مُسْنَدِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُMusnad of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)
Hadith 299
اُردوEn
(حديث موقوف) حَدَّثَنَا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ : أَنَّ عُمَرَ قِيلَ لَهُ : أَلَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ ؟ فَقَالَ : " إِنْ أَتْرُكْ ، فَقَدْ تَرَكَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي : رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَإِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ ، فَقَدْ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي : أَبُو بَكْرٍ " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that it was said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "Will you appoint a successor (caliph)?" He replied: "If I do not appoint a successor, then one better than me did not appoint one, meaning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And if I do appoint one, then one better than me did appoint one, meaning Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)."
