Abu Bakr refuses to divide what the Prophet ﷺ left behind
[AI] When the Prophet ﷺ died, al-Abbas disputed with Ali over things that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had left behind. They took their dispute to Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ and asked him to divide it between them, but he refused and said, "Something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left, I would never introduce any change concerning it." Abu Bakr said, "The chain of this hadith is good, and I do not recall that anyone narrated this hadith except al-A'mash from Ismail ibn Raja with this chain."
لَمَّا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، خَاصَمَ الْعَبَّاسُ عَلِيًّا فِي أَشْيَاءَ تَرَكَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ، فَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَقْسِمَ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَأَبَى وَقَالَ: شَيْئًا تَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ، مَا كُنْتُ لِأُحْدِثَ فِيهِ. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ إِسْنَادُهُ حَسَنٌ، وَلَا أَحْفَظُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ إِلَّا الْأَعْمَشَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ رَجَاءٍ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ.
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