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أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَقَدْ رَاجَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ذَلِكَ وَمَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَى كَثْرَةِ مُرَاجَعَتِهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَقَعْ فِي قَلْبِي أَنْ يُحِبَّ النَّاسُ بَعْدَهُ رَجُلًا قَامَ مَقَامَهُ أَبَدًا وَلَا كُنْتُ أُرَى أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَقُومَ أَحَدٌ مَقَامَهُ إِلَّا تَشَاءَمَ النَّاسُ بِهِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَعْدِلَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَبُو مُوسَى وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Ubaidullah informed me that Aishah said: I kept checking on the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. The only reason I did so frequently was that it did not occur to me that people would ever love someone who took his place after him. I feared that no one would take his place except that people would see it as a bad omen. So I wanted the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, to shift that responsibility away from Abu Bakr. Narrated by Ibn Umar, Abu Musa, and Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.