Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
bayhaqi:16026Abū Saʿīd > Abū al-ʿAbbās > Baḥr > ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > Ibn Shihāb from my father

[Machine] Bakr, Siddiq and Umar ibn al-Khattab and Uthman ibn Affan gave the power from themselves and it was not taken from them, while they were the rulers.  

البيهقي:١٦٠٢٦وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ ثنا بَحْرٌ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ أَبَا

بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ وَعُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَعُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ ؓ أَعْطَوَا الْقَوَدَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَلَمْ يُسْتَقَدْ مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ سَلَاطِينُ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Suyūṭī
suyuti:1-309bIbn Shihāb
Request/Fix translation

  

السيوطي:١-٣٠٩b

"عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ، وَعُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، وَعُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانٍ أَعْطَوُا الْقَوَدَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ فَلَمْ يُسْتَقدْ مِنْهُمْ وَهُمْ سَلَاطِينُ".  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن