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1211 — Abū al-Qāsim Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Azīz al-Baghawī ⦗1753⦘ narrated to us: Abū Ubayd Allah al-Makhzūmī al-Makkī narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Yahyā ibn Subayh, from Qatāda, from Sālim ibn Abī al-Jad, from Madān ibn Abī Talha, from Umar ibn al-Khattāb—may Allah be pleased with him—who said:
“I have entrusted authority after me to these six men with whom the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was pleased when he died: Uthmān, Alī, Abd al-Rahmān, Sad, Talha, and al-Zubayr. Whomever they appoint from among themselves shall be the caliph.”
١٢١١ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْبَغَوِيُّ ⦗١٧٥٣⦘ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ الْمَكِّيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ , عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ صُبْيَحٍ , عَنْ قَتَادَةَ , عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ , عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ , عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ﵁ قَالَ: " قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْأَمْرَ مِنْ بَعْدِي إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ السِّتَّةِ الَّذِينَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ: عُثْمَانَ , وَعَلِيٍّ , وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ , وَسَعْدٍ وَطَلْحَةَ , وَالزُّبَيْرِ , فَمَنِ اسْتَخْلَفُوا مِنْهُمْ فَهُوَ الْخَلِيفَةُ "