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Minhaj as-SunnahIbn Taimiya

by which you may be guided, and through which Allah guided Muhammad. Abū Bakr is the companion of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—the second of the two. He is the Muslim most entitled to take charge of their affairs, so rise and pledge allegiance to him.” A group of them had already pledged allegiance to him in the portico of Banī Sā‘ida; the general pledge of allegiance took place at the pulpit (1).

Another chain of transmission (2) in al-Bukhārī gives the following wording:

“To proceed: Allah chose for His Messenger what is with Him over what is with you. This is what He used to guide His Messenger, so hold fast to it and you will be guided. It was only (3) through this that Allah guided His Messenger—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”

Al-Bukhārī included this in the Book of Holding Fast to the Sunnah (4).

Al-Bukhārī also reported that ‘Āisha said concerning this incident:

“Allah brought benefit through every sermon the two of them delivered. ‘Umar certainly frightened the people (5), among whom there was hypocrisy, and Allah thereby brought them back. Then Abū Bakr made the people see the guidance and made the truth known to them (6)”—the truth that was binding upon them.

The accounts of his composure and serenity in the shelter on the day of Badr and on the day of al-Hudaybiyya are also well known. In this he surpassed (7) all the other Companions, so how can he be accused of

(1) The hadith, narrated by Anas ibn Mālik, may Allah be pleased with him, is in al-Bukhārī, 9:81 (Book of Judgments, Chapter on Appointing a Successor). (2) s, b: ukhrā (“another”). (3) n, m, s: limā (“because of what”). (4) The hadith, narrated by Anas ibn Mālik, may Allah be pleased with him, is in al-Bukhārī, 9:91 (Book of Holding Fast to the Quran and Sunnah, chapter beginning “Al-Humaydī narrated to us…”). (5) n, s, b: “Allah certainly caused ‘Umar to frighten the people.” The adopted reading follows (m) and al-Bukhārī. (6) The hadith, narrated by ‘Āisha, may Allah be pleased with her, is in al-Bukhārī, 5:7 (Book of the Merits of the Companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; chapter beginning “Al-Humaydī narrated to us…”). (7) m: yazīdu bi-dhālika (“in this he surpasses”).

تَهْتَدُونَ بِهِ، وَبِهِ هَدَى اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا، وَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ، وَإِنَّهُ أَوْلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِأُمُورِهِمْ فَقُومُوا فَبَايِعُوهُ، وَكَانَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ قَدْ بَايَعُوهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ، وَكَانَتْ بَيْعَةُ الْعَامَّةِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ (١) . وَفِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ (٢) فِي الْبُخَارِيِّ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَاخْتَارَ اللَّهُ لِرَسُولِهِ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ عَلَى الَّذِي عِنْدَكُمْ، وَهَذَا الَّذِي هَدَى بِهِ رَسُولَهُ فَخُذُوا بِهِ تَهْتَدُوا، وَإِنَّمَا (٣) هَدَى اللَّهُ بِهِ رَسُولَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " ذَكَرَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي كِتَابِ " الِاعْتِصَامِ بِالسَّنَةِ " (٤) . وَرَوَى الْبُخَارِيُّ أَيْضًا عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَتْ: " مَا كَانَ مِنْ خُطْبَتِهِمَا مِنْ خُطْبَةٍ إِلَّا نَفَعَ اللَّهُ بِهَا، لَقَدْ خَوَّفَ عُمَرُ النَّاسَ (٥) ، وَإِنَّ فِيهِمْ لَنِفَاقًا فَرَدَّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ لَقَدْ بَصَّرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّاسَ الْهُدَى وَعَرَّفَهُمُ الْحَقَّ (٦) " الَّذِي عَلَيْهِمْ. وَأَيْضًا فَقِصَّةُ يَوْمِ بَدْرٍ فِي الْعَرِيشِ وَيَوْمِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ فِي طُمَأْنِينَتِهِ وَسَكِينَتِهِ مَعْرُوفَةٌ، بَرَزَ بِذَلِكَ (٧) عَلَى سَائِرِ الصَّحَابَةِ فَكَيْفَ يُنْسَبُ إِلَى

(١) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/٨١ (كِتَابُ الْأَحْكَامِ، بَابُ الِاسْتِخْلَافِ) . (٢) س، ب: أُخْرَى. (٣) ن، م، س: لِمَا. (٤) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٩/٩١ (كِتَابُ الِاعْتِصَامِ بِالْكِتَابِ وَالسُّنَّةِ، بَابُ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ. .) . (٥) ن، س، ب: لَقَدْ خَوَّفَ اللَّهُ عُمَرَ النَّاسَ. وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (م) ، الْبُخَارِيِّ. (٦) الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٥/٧ (كِتَابُ فَضَائِلِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. . بَابُ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ. . .) (٧) م: يَزِيدُ بِذَلِكَ.