و حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُمَيْسٍ ح و حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ أَخْبَرَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَوْنٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عُمَيْسٍ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ وَسُئِلَتْ مَنْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُسْتَخْلِفًا لَوْ اسْتَخْلَفَهُ قَالَتْ أَبُو بَکْرٍ فَقِيلَ لَهَا ثُمَّ مَنْ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَکْرٍ قَالَتْ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ قِيلَ لَهَا مَنْ بَعْدَ عُمَرَ قَالَتْ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ ثُمَّ انْتَهَتْ إِلَی هَذَا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6178
Ibn Abu Mulaika reported: I heard `A'isha as saying and she was asked as to whom Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) would have nominated as his successor if he had to nominate one at all. She said: Abu Bakr. It was said to her: Then whom after Abu Bakr? She said: `Umar. It was said to her. Then whom after `Umar? She said: Abu `Ubaida b. al-Jarrah, and then she kept quiet at this.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020