{"id":5471,"collection_id":1,"collection":"bukhari","collection_name":"Sahih al-Bukhari","book_number":"93","bab_id":43.0,"english_bab_number":"43","arabic_bab_number":"43","hadith_number":"7207","our_hadith_number":67,"arabic_urn":163240,"arabic_bab_name":"باب كَيْفَ يُبَايِعُ الإِمَامُ النَّاسَ","arabic_text":"إِنِّي قَدْ نَظَرْتُ فِي أَمْرِ النَّاسِ فَلَمْ أَرَهُمْ يَعْدِلُونَ بِعُثْمَانَ، فَلاَ تَجْعَلَنَّ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ سَبِيلاً‏.‏ فَقَالَ أُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى سُنَّةِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَالْخَلِيفَتَيْنِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ‏.‏","arabic_transliteration":"'inniy qad nazartu fiy 'amri alnnaasi falam 'arahum ya'diluwna bi'uthmaana، falaa taj'alanna 'alay nafsika sabiylaan‏.‏ faqaala 'ubaayi'uka 'alay sunnahi alllahi warasuwlihi waalkhaliyfatayni min ba'dihi‏.‏","arabic_grade":"صحيح","english_urn":67700,"english_bab_name":"How do the people give the Bai'a to the Imam","english_text":"<p>\nNarrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:\n\n<p>The group of people whom `Umar had selected as candidates for the Caliphate gathered and consulted \neach other. `Abdur-Rahman said to them, \"I am not going to compete with you in this matter, but if \nyou wish, I would select for you a caliph from among you.\" \nSo all of them agreed to let `Abdur-Rahman decide the case. So when the candidates placed the case \nin the hands of `Abdur-Rahman, the people went towards him and nobody followed the rest of the \ngroup nor obeyed any after him. So the people followed `Abdur-Rahman and consulted him all those \nnights till there came the night we gave the oath of allegiance to `Uthman. Al-Miswar (bin Makhrama) \nadded: `Abdur-Rahman called on me after a portion of the night had passed and knocked on my door \ntill I got up, and he said to me, \"I see you have been sleeping! By Allah, during the last three nights I \nhave not slept enough. Go and call Az-Zubair and Sa`d.' \nSo I called them for him and he consulted them and then called me saying, 'Call `Ali for me.\" I called \n`Ali and he held a private talk with him till very late at night, and then 'Al, got up to leave having had \nmuch hope (to be chosen as a Caliph) but `Abdur-Rahman was afraid of something concerning `Ali. \n`Abdur-Rahman then said to me, \"Call `Uthman for me.\" I called him and he kept on speaking to him \nprivately till the Mu'adh-dhin put an end to their talk by announcing the Adhan for the Fajr prayer. \nWhen the people finished their morning prayer and that (six men) group gathered near the pulpit, \n`Abdur-Rahman sent for all the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the Ansar present there and sent for the \narmy chief who had performed the Hajj with `Umar that year. When all of them had gathered, `Abdur- \nRahman said, \"None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,\" and added, \"Now then, O `Ali, I have \nlooked at the people's tendencies and noticed that they do not consider anybody equal to `Uthman, so \nyou should not incur blame (by disagreeing).\" Then `Abdur-Rahman said (to `Uthman), \"I gave the \noath of allegiance to you on condition that you will follow Allah's Laws and the traditions of Allah's \nApostle and the traditions of the two Caliphs after him.\" So `Abdur-Rahman gave the oath of \nallegiance to him, and so did the people including the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the Ansar and the \nchiefs of the army staff and all the Muslims.","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}