´Narrated 'Aishah:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "It is not befitting that a group, among whom is Abu Bakr, be led by other than him."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:
(In some manuscripts, it is written as "hasan ghareeb" (good and rare), and in some manuscripts and in Tuhfat al-Ashraf, it is written only as "ghareeb" (rare), and this appears to be more correct, because in the chain of narration is 'Isa ibn Maymun, who is a weak narrator. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi said to him: With the chain of Qasim, how do you narrate such ahadith from 'Aishah? So he replied that he would not narrate them again. And Imam Bukhari said that he is munkar al-hadith (one whose narrations are rejected). (al-Da'ifah: 4820)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3673