1186 — And Abu al-Qāsim Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Azīz al-Baghawī ⦗1717⦘ informed us, saying: My grandfather narrated to me, saying: Yahyā ibn Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zāida narrated to us, saying: Nāfi ibn Umar narrated to me, from Ibn Abī Mulayka, who said: Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was addressed, “O Allah’s caliph!” He replied, “I am the successor to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and I am content with that.” That is, he disliked being addressed, “O Allah’s caliph”—Mighty and Majestic is He.