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ahmad:24346 – Wakīʿ > Abū al-ʿUmays > Ibn Abū Mulaykahaʿan ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away without appointing a successor. If he had appointed a successor, it would have been Abu Bakr or Umar.  

أحمد:٢٤٣٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ أَحَدًا وَلَوْ كَانَ مُسْتَخْلِفًا أَحَدًا لَاسْتَخْلَفَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَوْ عُمَرَ  

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hakim:4464 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Ḥāfiẓ > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Wakīʿ > Abū al-ʿUmays > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿĀʾishah > Law

[Machine] "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had appointed a successor, he would have chosen Abu Bakr and Umar."  

الحاكم:٤٤٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أَنْبَأَ وَكِيعٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْعُمَيْسِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«لَوْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُسْتَخْلِفًا لَاسْتَخْلَفَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
nasai-kubra:8064 – Zakariyyā b. Yaḥyá > Isḥāq > Wakīʿ > Abū al-ʿUmays > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ passed away without appointing a successor." The Prophet ﷺ said, "If I were to appoint a successor, I would have appointed Abu Bakr and Umar."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٠٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعُمَيْسِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

«قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ» قَالَتْ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ كُنْتُ مُسْتَخْلِفًا أَحَدًا لَاسْتَخْلَفْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ»