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Narrated `Amr bin Maimun Al-Audi:I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab (when he was stabbed) saying, "O `Abdullah bin `Umar! Go to the mother of the believers Aisha and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his greetings to you,' and request her to allow me to be buried with my companions." (So, Ibn `Umar conveyed the message to `Aisha.) She said, "I had the idea of having this place for myself but today I prefer him (`Umar) to myself (and allow him to be buried there)." When `Abdullah bin `Umar returned, `Umar asked him, "What (news) do you have?" He replied, "O chief of the believers! She has allowed you (to be buried there)." On that `Umar said, "Nothing was more important to me than to be buried in that (sacred) place. So, when I expire, carry me there and pay my greetings to her (`Aisha ) and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab asks permission; and if she gives permission, then bury me (there) and if she does not, then take me to the graveyard of the Muslims. I do not think any person has more right for the caliphate than those with whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was always pleased till his death. And whoever is chosen by the people after me will be the caliph, and you people must listen to him and obey him," and then he mentioned the name of `Uthman, `Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf and Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas. By this time a young man from Ansar came and said, "O chief of the believers! Be happy with Allah's glad tidings. The grade which you have in Islam is known to you, then you became the caliph and you ruled with justice and then you have been awarded martyrdom after all this." `Umar replied, "O son of my brother! Would that all that privileges will counterbalance (my short comings), so that I neither lose nor gain anything. I recommend my successor to be good to the early emigrants and realize their rights and to protect their honor and sacred things. And I also recommend him to be good to the Ansar who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith. He should accept the good of the righteous among them and should excuse their wrongdoers. I recommend him to abide by the rules and regulations concerning the Dhimmis (protectees) of Allah and His Apostle, to fulfill their contracts completely and fight for them and not to tax (overburden) them beyond their capabilities

حدثنا قتيبة، حدثنا جرير بن عبد الحميد، حدثنا حصين بن عبد الرحمن، عن عمرو بن ميمون الاودي، قال رايت عمر بن الخطاب رضى الله عنه قال يا عبد الله بن عمر، اذهب الى ام المومنين عايشة رضى الله عنها فقل يقرا عمر بن الخطاب عليك السلام، ثم سلها ان ادفن مع صاحبى. قالت كنت اريده لنفسي، فلاوثرنه اليوم على نفسي. فلما اقبل قال له ما لديك قال اذنت لك يا امير المومنين. قال ما كان شىء اهم الى من ذلك المضجع، فاذا قبضت فاحملوني ثم سلموا ثم قل يستاذن عمر بن الخطاب. فان اذنت لي فادفنوني، والا فردوني الى مقابر المسلمين، اني لا اعلم احدا احق بهذا الامر من هولاء النفر الذين توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو عنهم راض، فمن استخلفوا بعدي فهو الخليفة، فاسمعوا له واطيعوا. فسمى عثمان وعليا وطلحة والزبير وعبد الرحمن بن عوف وسعد بن ابي وقاص، وولج عليه شاب من الانصار فقال ابشر يا امير المومنين ببشرى الله، كان لك من القدم في الاسلام ما قد علمت، ثم استخلفت فعدلت، ثم الشهادة بعد هذا كله. فقال ليتني يا ابن اخي وذلك كفافا لا على ولا لي اوصي الخليفة من بعدي بالمهاجرين الاولين خيرا، ان يعرف لهم حقهم، وان يحفظ لهم حرمتهم، واوصيه بالانصار خيرا الذين تبوءوا الدار والايمان ان يقبل من محسنهم، ويعفى عن مسييهم، واوصيه بذمة الله وذمة رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم ان يوفى لهم بعهدهم، وان يقاتل من ورايهم، وان لا يكلفوا فوق طاقتهم