حدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ کَيْسَانَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي مَرَضِهِ ادْعِي لِي أَبَا بَکْرٍ أَبَاکِ وَأَخَاکِ حَتَّی أَکْتُبَ کِتَابًا فَإِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّی مُتَمَنٍّ وَيَقُولُ قَائِلٌ أَنَا أَوْلَی وَيَأْبَی اللَّهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا أَبَا بَکْرٍ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6181
A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in his (last) illness asked me to call Abu Bakr, her father, and her brother too, so that he might write a document, for he feared that someone else might be desirous (of succeeding him) and that some claimant may say: I have better claim to it, whereas Allah and the Faithful do not substantiate the claim of anyone but that of Abu Bakr.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020