Hadith 9257

Chapter 51

باب 51

(51) باب الاِسْتِخْلاَفِ

(51) Chapter: The appointment of a caliph (RU)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لِوَفْدِ بُزَاخَةَ تَتْبَعُونَ أَذْنَابَ الإِبِلِ حَتَّى يُرِيَ اللَّهُ خَلِيفَةَ نَبِيِّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ أَمْرًا يَعْذِرُونَكُمْ بِهِ.

Narrated Tariq bin Shihab:
Abu Bakr said to the delegate of Buzakha. "Follow the tails of the camels till Allah shows the Caliph (successor) of His Prophet and Al-Muhajirin (emigrants) something because of which you may excuse yourselves." (RU)

Reference (RU): Sahih al-Bukhari 7221 (RU)

In-book reference (RU): Book 93, Hadith 81 (RU)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 9, Book 89, Hadith 328 (RU)