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السيوطي:٢٦٥٧٢a

"لَا يَنْبَغي لِقَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ أبُو بَكْرٍ أنْ يؤُمَّهُمْ غيرُهُ".  

[ت] الترمذي غريب عن عائشة

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Collected by Tirmidhī
tirmidhi:3673Naṣr

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."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Gharīb.
الترمذي:٣٦٧٣حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ الأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِقَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَؤُمَّهُمْ غَيْرُهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ