مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
Pecking of a rooster in a dream and entrusting the caliphate to six people
Hadith 29
29 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، ثنا يَحْيَي بْنُ صَبِيحٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْيَعْمَرِيِّ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ عَلَي الْمِنْبَرِ: " رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّ دِيكًا نَقَرَنِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَوْ نَقَرَنِي ثَلَاثَ نَقَرَاتٍ فَقُلْتُ: أَعْجَمِيٌّ وَإِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ بَعْدِي إِلَي هَؤُلَاءِ السِّتَّةِ الَّذِينَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ عُثْمَانُ، وَعَلِيٌّ، وَالزُّبَيْرُ، وَطَلْحَةُ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، وَسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ فَمَنِ اسْتُخْلِفَ فَهُوَ الْخَلِيفَةُ "
Ma'dan bin Talhah narrates about Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him: He said this from the pulpit: I saw in a dream as if a rooster pecked me three times (here the narrator is doubtful about the exact words). I thought: perhaps a non-Arab (will martyr me). I am entrusting the matter (of selecting a new caliph) after me to those six individuals, for when the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, departed from this world, he was pleased with these gentlemen. These gentlemen are Uthman, Ali, Zubair, Talhah, Abdur Rahman bin Awf, and Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with them. So, the person who is chosen as caliph among them will be considered the caliph.
