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ahmad:64 – Muḥammad b. Yazīd > Nāfiʿ b. ʿUmar al-Jumaḥī > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Mulaykah Qālaqīl Liʾabī Bakr Yā Khalīfah Allāh > Faqāl Bal Khalīfah Muḥammad ﷺ

It was said to Abu Bakr: O khaleefäh of Allah. He said: Rather slam] the khaleefah (lit successor) of Muhammad ﷺ, and I am pleased with that,  

أحمد:٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْجُمَحِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَقِيلَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ يَا خَلِيفَةَ اللهِ

قال فَقَالَ بَلْ خَلِيفَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَرْضَى بِهِ