Successor After Umar When Umar was buried, the group (recommended by Umar as candidates to hold the next successor) held a meeting. Abdur-Rahman (bin Auf) said, Reduce the candidates for rulership to three of you. Az-Zubair said, I give up my right to Ali. Talha said, I give up my right to Uthman. Sad said, I give up my right to Abdur-Rahman bin Auf. Abdur-Rahman then said (to Uthman and Ali), Now which of you is willing to give up his right of candidacy so that he may choose the better of the (remaining) two, bearing in mind that Allah and Islam will be his witnesses? . Both the sheiks (i.e. Uthman and Ali) kept silent. Abdur-Rahman said, Will you both leave this matter to me, and I take Allah as my Witness that I will not choose but the better of you? They said, Yes. So Abdur-Rahman took the hand of one of them (i.e. Ali) and said, You are related to Allahs Apostle and one of the earliest Muslims as you know well. So I ask you by Allah to promise that if I select you as a ruler you will do justice, and if I select Uthman as a ruler you will listen to him and obey him. Then he took the other (i.e. Uthman) aside and said the same to him. When Abdur-Rahman secured (their agreement to) this covenant, he said, O Uthman! Raise your hand. So he (i.e. Abdur-Rahman) gave him (i.e. Uthman) the solemn pledge, and then Ali gave him the pledge of allegiance and then all the (Medina) people gave him the pledge of allegiance. Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 57, Number 50
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