حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ يَحْيَی أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ سَمِعْتُ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا وَارَأْسَاهْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاکِ لَوْ کَانَ وَأَنَا حَيٌّ فَأَسْتَغْفِرُ لَکِ وَأَدْعُو لَکِ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَا ثُکْلِيَاهْ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَظُنُّکَ تُحِبُّ مَوْتِي وَلَوْ کَانَ ذَاکَ لَظَلَلْتَ آخِرَ يَوْمِکَ مُعَرِّسًا بِبَعْضِ أَزْوَاجِکَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَلْ أَنَا وَارَأْسَاهْ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَوْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَی أَبِي بَکْرٍ وَابْنِهِ فَأَعْهَدَ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْقَائِلُونَ أَوْ يَتَمَنَّی الْمُتَمَنُّونَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَأْبَی اللَّهُ وَيَدْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ أَوْ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ وَيَأْبَی الْمُؤْمِنُونَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7217
Narrated Al-Qasim bin Muhammad: `Aisha said, "O my head!" Allah's Apostle said, "If that (i.e., your death) should happen while I am still alive, I would ask Allah to forgive you and would invoke Allah for you." `Aisha said, "O my life which is going to be lost! By Allah, I think that you wish for my death, and if that should happen then you would be busy enjoying the company of one of your wives in the last part of that day." The Prophet said, "But I should say, 'O my head!' I feel like calling Abu Bakr and his son and appoint (the former as my successors lest people should say something or wish for something. Allah will insist (on Abu Bakr becoming a Caliph) and the believers will prevent (anyone else from claiming the Caliphate)," or "..Allah will prevent (anyone else from claiming the Caliphate) and the believers will insist (on Abu Bakr becoming the Caliph).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020