Sahih Muslim Book - 5, Hadith - 1258

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِى الْجَعْدِ عَنْ مَعْدَانَ بْنِ أَبِى طَلْحَةَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ خَطَبَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَذَكَرَ نَبِىَّ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَالَ إِنِّى رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ دِيكًا نَقَرَنِى ثَلاَثَ نَقَرَاتٍ وَإِنِّى لاَ أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ حُضُورَ أَجَلِى وَإِنَّ أَقْوَامًا يَأْمُرُونَنِى أَنْ أَسْتَخْلِفَ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُضَيِّعَ دِينَهُ وَلاَ خِلاَفَتَهُ وَلاَ الَّذِى بَعَثَ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَإِنْ عَجِلَ بِى أَمْرٌ فَالْخِلاَفَةُ شُورَى بَيْنَ هَؤُلاَءِ السِّتَّةِ الَّذِينَ تُوُفِّىَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَهُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ وَإِنِّى قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ أَقْوَامًا يَطْعَنُونَ فِى هَذَا الأَمْرِ أَنَا ضَرَبْتُهُمْ بِيَدِى هَذِهِ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَأُولَئِكَ أَعْدَاءُ اللَّهِ الْكَفَرَةُ الضُّلاَّلُ ثُمَّ إِنِّى لاَ أَدَعُ بَعْدِى شَيْئًا أَهَمَّ عِنْدِى مِنَ الْكَلاَلَةِ مَا رَاجَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى شَىْءٍ مَا رَاجَعْتُهُ فِى الْكَلاَلَةِ وَمَا أَغْلَظَ لِى فِى شَىْءٍ مَا أَغْلَظَ لِى فِيهِ حَتَّى طَعَنَ بِإِصْبَعِهِ فِى صَدْرِى فَقَالَ « يَا عُمَرُ أَلاَ تَكْفِيكَ آيَةُ الصَّيْفِ الَّتِى فِى آخِرِ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ ». وَإِنِّى إِنْ أَعِشْ أَقْضِ فِيهَا بِقَضِيَّةٍ يَقْضِى بِهَا مَنْ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَمَنْ لاَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّى أُشْهِدُكَ عَلَى أُمَرَاءِ الأَمْصَارِ وَإِنِّى إِنَّمَا بَعَثْتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْدِلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ وَلِيُعَلِّمُوا النَّاسَ دِينَهُمْ وَسُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِمْ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَيَقْسِمُوا فِيهِمْ فَيْئَهُمْ وَيَرْفَعُوا إِلَىَّ مَا أَشْكَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَأْكُلُونَ شَجَرَتَيْنِ لاَ أَرَاهُمَا إِلاَّ خَبِيثَتَيْنِ هَذَا الْبَصَلَ وَالثُّومَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- إِذَا وَجَدَ رِيحَهُمَا مِنَ الرَّجُلِ فِى الْمَسْجِدِ أَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَمَنْ أَكَلَهُمَا فَلْيُمِتْهُمَا طَبْخًا.

It was narrated from Ma'dan bin Abi Talhah that 'Umar bin Al-Khattab delivered a Khutbah one Friday, and he mentioned the Prophet of Allah (s.a.w) and Abu Bakr. He said: "I saw (in a dream) as if a rooster pecked me three times, I interpret it that my death is near. Some people are asking me to appoint a successor, but Allah will not cause His religion or His Khilafah, nor that with which He sent His Prophet (s.a.w), to be lost. If death comes to me soon, then the Khilafah is to be decided by these six men with whom the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was pleased when he died. I know that some people will resent their choice. I have struck them with my own hands in the defense of Islam. If they do that (i.e. resent the Khilafa ), then they are the enemies of Allah, of disbelieving and misguidance. I am not leaving behind me any issue that is more important to me than Kalalah. I did not consult the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) about any issue more than I consulted him about Kalalah, and he did not get annoyed with me for any issue more than he got annoyed with me for this, until he poked me in the chest with his finger and said: 'O 'Umar, is not Ayat As-Saif, which appears at the end of Surat An-Nisa ', sufficient for you?' If I live, I will issue a decree that will be so clear that those who read the Qur'an and those who do not read it will be able to make decisions concerning it." Then he said: "O Allah, I call you to bear witness over the governors of the regions, for I sent them to be just and to teach the people their religion and the Sunnah of the Prophet (s.a.w), to divide the Fai' justly among them and to refer to me concerning any difficult matter. O people, you eat two plants which I find to be nothing but repugnant, this onion and garlic. I remember the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), if he noticed their smell coming from a man in the Masjid, he would issue orders that he taken out Aoward (i.e. out of ghe Masjid) Al-Baqi'. Whoever eats them, let him cook them to death (i.e. till there is no more smell in them)."