Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 27:402
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 27:402
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Hadith 27:402
'Affan narrated to us, he said: Sa'id ibn Zayd narrated to us, he said: 'Asim ibn Bahdala narrated to us, he said: Abu Wa'il narrated to us, from 'Aisha, she said: 'Uthman was writing the will of Abu Bakr. She said: Then he (Abu Bakr) fainted, so he (Uthman) hastened and wrote 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. When he (Abu Bakr) regained consciousness, he said to him: "Who did you write?" He said: "'Umar ibn al-Khattab." He said: "You wrote that which I intended to command you with, and if you had written yourself, you would have been worthy of it."
حدثنا عفان قال ثنا سعيد بن زيد قال ثنا عاصم بن بهدلة قال ثنا أبو وائل عن عائشة قالت كان عثمان يكتب وصية أبي بكر قالت فأغمي عليه فعجل وكتب عمر بن الخطاب فلما أفاق قال له أبو بكر من كتبت قال عمر بن الخطاب قال كتبت الذي أردت أن آمرك به ولو كتبت نفسك كنت لها أهلا