Musnad Ahmad #283
Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra)
It was narrated from Ibn ʻUrmar that It was said to `Umar: Why don`t you appoint a successor? He said: If I do not do that, one who is better than me did not do it either, namely the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ); if I do that, one who is better than me did it too, namely Abu Bakr.
Narrated by It was narrated from Ibn ʻUrmar that It was said to `Umar:
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This hadith is #283 from Musnad Ahmad, in the Book of Musnad `Umar b. al-Khattab (ra) and narrated by It was narrated from Ibn ʻUrmar that It was said to `Umar:. Musnad Ahmad contains 1,374 hadiths across 8 books.