Hadith 144

om them a ruler’. Umar said, ‘Far be it! Two swords cannot gather in one sheath. The Arabs will not agree to make you the rulers and their Prophet-saww is from others, and the Arabs will not refuse for their affairs to be ruled by ones the Prophet-hood was among them, and the first of the commands from them is for us due to that apparent argument against the ones who oppose us, and the clear authorisation against the ones who dispute us. Who is that who would dispute us regarding the authority of Muhammad-saww, and his-saww inheritance, and we are his-saww friends, and his-saww clan, except one pointing with the falsehood, or congruent with the sin, or one embroiled in destruction’. Al-Hubab got up and said, ‘O community of the Helpers! Do not listen to the words of this one and his companions, for they will go away with your share from the command. If they refuse upon you what you are giving them, then exile them from your city, and take charge of this command upon them, for you are foremost of the people with this command. Surely this command has come by your swords. One who does not happens to profess to it, I will encourage its criterion, and make it taste the hope. If you like, we can return it as ‘Jaz’a’ (after four years). By Allah-azwj! No one will return upon me what I am saying except I will smash his nose with the sword! ’
He said, ‘When Bashir Bin Sa’ad Al-Khazraji saw what the Helpers had united upon, from the matter of Sa’ad Bin ubada, and he was jealous to him, and he was from the chiefs of Al-Khazraj, he stood up and said, ‘O you Helpers! We, and even though we are with precedence, we do not want our fight and our Islam to be except for Pleasure of our Lord-azwj and obedience of our Prophet-saww. And it is not befitting for us what we prevail with that upon the people and we do not seek any compensation with it from the world. Muhammad-saww was a man from Quraysh, and his-saww people are more rightful with inheriting his-saww command. And I swear by Allah-azwj! May Allah-azwj no Show me disputing them of this command, therefore fear Allah-azwj and do not dispute them nor oppose them’. Abu Bakr stood up and said, ‘This is Umar and Abu Ubeyda! Pledge allegiance to whichever of the two you desire to’. They both said, ‘By Allah-azwj! We will not take charge of this command upon you, and you are the most superior of the Emigrants, and second of the two (in the cave), and a replacement of Rasool-Allah-saww upon the Salat, and the Salat is the most superior of the Religion. Extend your hand, we shall pledge allegiance to you! ’
When he extended his hand and they went to pledge their allegiances, Bashir Bin Sa’ad beat them to it and pledged. Al-Hubab Bin Al-Munzir called out to him, ‘O Bashir! Detach your bitterness. By Allah-azwj! You are not desperate to this except for the envy for the son of your uncle’. When Al-Aws saw that a chief from the chiefs of Al-Khazrah had pledged allegiance, Ased Bin Huzeyr stood up, and he was a chief of Al -Aws, and he pledged out of envy for Sa’ad as well, and ri