Hadith 140

nded with it, except the two humiliated ones being a vein of life and the stabiliser. This is has been tied upon the wretched one with its ritual, and that one is with a scar, so no one will lament for him’. And it was said to Abu Qohafa (Abu Bakr’s father) on the day his son was in charge of the command, ‘Your son is in charge of the caliphate’. He recited, Say: ‘O Allah, Master of the Kingdom! You Give the Kingdom to whomsoever You so Desire to and Remove the Kingdom from the one You so Desire to, [3: 26]’. Then he said, ‘Why was he made the ruler? ’ They said, ‘Due to his age’. He said, ‘But I am older than him’. And he said as well during what he mentioned at the enforcement of the army of Usama, just as we shall be mentioning it, where he said, ‘When he rode, meaning Usama, a messenger of Umm Ayman came to him and he said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww has passed away’. So, he returned and with him was Abu Bakr and Umar and Abu Ubeyda, and they ended up to Rasool-Allah-saww when the sun had declined from the day of Monday, and he-saww had passed away. And the flag was with Bureyda Bin Al-Khaseeb, and he entered with the flag and tied it as the door of Rasool-Allah-saww, and it was locked, and Ali-asws and some of the Clan of Hashim-asws were pre-occupied with preparing his-saww funeral, and washing him-saww. Al-Abbas said to Ali-asws, and they were both in the house, ‘Extend your-asws hand, I shall pledge allegiance to you-asws, so the people can be saying, ‘Uncle of Rasool-Allah-saww has pledged allegiance to a son-asws of the uncle-as of Rasool-Allah-saww’, and no two would differ upon you-asws’. He-asws said to him: ‘Or are you greedy, O uncle, regarding it, the greed of others? ’ He said, ‘You-asws will soon know’. It was not long before news came to them that the Helpers had seated Sa’ad in order to pledge to him, and that Umar had come to Abu Bakr and pledged allegiance to him, and the Helpers had preceded with the allegiance’. Ali-asws was sad upon unreasonableness regarding the matter of his-asws caliphate, and staying back from it, and Al-Abbas prosed the words of Dureyd, ‘I instructed them of my instruction of twisting the flag, but they did not seek the advice except the next morning’’. [56] (Mu’tazali source)