{"id":5482,"collection_id":1,"collection":"bukhari","collection_name":"Sahih al-Bukhari","book_number":"93","bab_id":51.0,"english_bab_number":"51","arabic_bab_number":"51","hadith_number":"7218","our_hadith_number":78,"arabic_urn":163350,"arabic_bab_name":"باب الاِسْتِخْلاَفِ","arabic_text":"إِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَدِ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَإِنْ أَتْرُكْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ رَاغِبٌ رَاهِبٌ، وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي نَجَوْتُ مِنْهَا كَفَافًا لاَ لِي وَلاَ عَلَىَّ لاَ أَتَحَمَّلُهَا حَيًّا وَمَيِّتًا‏.‏","arabic_transliteration":"'in 'astakhlif faqadi astakhlafa man huwa khayrun minniy 'abuw bakrin، wa'in 'atruk faqad taraka man huwa khayrun minniy rasuwlu alllahi sly allh 'lyh wslm fa'athnawa 'alayhi faqaala raaghibun raahibun، wadidtu 'anniy najawtu minhaa kafaafana laa liy walaa 'alayya laa 'atahammaluhaa hayyana wamayyitana‏.‏","arabic_grade":"صحيح","english_urn":67810,"english_bab_name":"The appointment of a caliph","english_text":"<p>\nNarrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:\n\n<p>It was said to `Umar, \"Will you appoint your successor?\" `Umar said, \"If I appoint a Caliph (as my \nsuccessor) it is true that somebody who was better than I (i.e., Abu Bakr) did so, and if I leave the \nmatter undecided, it is true that somebody who was better than I (i.e., Allah's Apostle) did so.\" On \nthis, the people praised him. `Umar said, \"People are of two kinds: Either one who is keen to take over \nthe Caliphate or one who is afraid of assuming such a responsibility. I wish I could be free from its \nresponsibility in that I would receive neither reward nor retribution I won't bear the burden of the \ncaliphate in my death as I do in my life.\"","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}