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suyuti:4-294bʿAli Nnah > Yawm al-Jamal In Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
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السيوطي:٤-٢٩٤b

"عن عَلِىٍّ أنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ الجَمَلِ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ لَمْ يَعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا عَهْدًا

نَأخُذُ بِهِ فِى الإِمَارَةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ شَىْءٌ رَأيْنَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِنَا، فَإِنْ يَكُ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ الله، ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَحْمَةُ الله عَلَى أَبِى بَكْرٍ، فَأقَامَ وَاسْتَقَامَ، ثُم اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ - رَحْمَةُ الله عَلَى عُمَرَ فَأقَامَ وَاسْتقَاَم حَتَّى ضَرَب الدِّينُ بِجِرَانِهِ (*) ".  

[حم] أحمد ونعيم بن حماد في الفتن، وابن أبى عاصم، [عق] العقيلى في الضعفاء واللالكائى، [ق] البيهقى في السنن في الدلائل، والدورقى، [ض] ضياء المقدسي في مختاره

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ahmad:921ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > al-Aswad b. Qays > a man > ʿAlī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not promise us anything on which we might base a claim of succession, rather it is something that we thought of ourselves, then Abu Bakr was appointed as his successor; may the mercy of Allah be upon Abu Bakr, for he did well and remained steadfast. Then ‘Umar was appointed as his successor, may the mercy of Allah be upon ‘Umar, for he did well and remained steadfast, until the religion of Islam became well established.  

أحمد:٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَعْهَدْ إِلَيْنَا عَهْدًا نَأْخُذُ بِهِ فِي إِمَارَةٍ وَلَكِنَّهُ شَيْءٌ رَأَيْنَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنْفُسِنَا ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَأَقَامَ وَاسْتَقَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَأَقَامَ وَاسْتَقَامَ حَتَّى ضَرَبَ الدِّينُ بِجِرَانِهِ