حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَی أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِکٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ خُطْبَةَ عُمَرَ الْآخِرَةَ حِينَ جَلَسَ عَلَی الْمِنْبَرِ وَذَلِکَ الْغَدَ مِنْ يَوْمٍ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَشَهَّدَ وَأَبُو بَکْرٍ صَامِتٌ لَا يَتَکَلَّمُ قَالَ کُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ يَعِيشَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّی يَدْبُرَنَا يُرِيدُ بِذَلِکَ أَنْ يَکُونَ آخِرَهُمْ فَإِنْ يَکُ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ مَاتَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی قَدْ جَعَلَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِکُمْ نُورًا تَهْتَدُونَ بِهِ هَدَی اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَإِنَّ أَبَا بَکْرٍ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ أَوْلَی الْمُسْلِمِينَ بِأُمُورِکُمْ فَقُومُوا فَبَايِعُوهُ وَکَانَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ قَدْ بَايَعُوهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِکَ فِي سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ وَکَانَتْ بَيْعَةُ الْعَامَّةِ عَلَی الْمِنْبَرِ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ لِأَبِي بَکْرٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ اصْعَدْ الْمِنْبَرَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حَتَّی صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَبَايَعَهُ النَّاسُ عَامَّةً
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7219
Narrated Anas bin Malik: That he heard `Umar's second speech he delivered when he sat on the pulpit on the day following the death of the Prophet `Umar recited the Tashahhud while Abu Bakr was silent. `Umar said, "I wish that Allah's Apostle had outlived all of us, i.e., had been the last (to die). But if Muhammad is dead, Allah nevertheless has kept the light amongst you from which you can receive the same guidance as Allah guided Muhammad with that. And Abu Bakr is the companion of Allah's Apostle He is the second of the two in the cave. He is the most entitled person among the Muslims to manage your affairs. Therefore get up and swear allegiance to him." Some people had already taken the oath of allegiance to him in the shed of Bani Sa`ida but the oath of allegiance taken by the public was taken at the pulpit. I heard `Umar saying to Abu Bakr on that day. "Please ascend the pulpit," and kept on urging him till he ascended the pulpit whereupon, all the people swore allegiance to him.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020