[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to send Mu'adh to Yemen, he consulted with some of his companions, including Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Talha, Zubayr, and Usayd ibn Hudayr. He consulted them and Abu Bakr said, "If you had not consulted us, we would not speak." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "In what has not been revealed to me, I am like any one of you." So the people spoke and each person spoke his opinion. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What do you think, Mu'adh?" Mu'adh said, "I see what Abu Bakr said." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Above the heavens, Allah dislikes Abu Bakr being wrong."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَرِّحَ مُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ اسْتَشَارَ نَاسًا مَنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَعَلِيٌّ وَطَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ وَأُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ فَاسْتَشَارَهُمْ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ اسْتَشَرْتَنَا مَا تَكَلَّمْنَا فَقَالَ «إِنِّي فِيمَا لَمْ يُوحَ إِلَيَّ كَأَحَدِكُمْ» قَالَ فَتَكَلَّمَ الْقَوْمُ فَتَكَلَّمَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ بِرَأْيِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا تَرَى يَا مُعَاذُ؟» قَالَ أَرَى مَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللهَ ﷻ يَكْرَهُ فَوْقَ سَمَائِهِ أَنْ يُخْطِئَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ »