93/51. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 7221 — Judgments (Ahkaam)
The appointment of a caliph
Sahih Bukhari : 7221
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 7221
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لِوَفْدِ بُزَاخَةَ تَتْبَعُونَ أَذْنَابَ الإِبِلِ حَتَّى يُرِيَ اللَّهُ خَلِيفَةَ نَبِيِّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالْمُهَاجِرِينَ أَمْرًا يَعْذِرُونَكُمْ بِهِ.
Narrated Tariq bin Shihab: Abu Bakr said to the delegate of Buzakha. "Follow the tails of the camels till Allah shows the Caliph (successor) of His Prophet and Al-Muhajirin (emigrants) something because of which you may excuse yourselves."
[1] Buzâkha were the tribes who turned apostates after the death of the Prophet ﷺ. Some of them came to the Caliph Abû Bakr after they had regretted their dissention from Islâm. 'Umar ordered them to stay in the desert taking care of their camels till he and the other Muslims decided their case.Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 7221In-book reference : Book 93, Hadith 81USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 89, Hadith 328
