Sahih al-Bukhari 4460 (Book 65, Hadith 188)
caliphate?” I said (to myself), “I will support him and speak of his good traits as I did not do even for
Abu Bakr and `Umar though they were more entitled to receive al I good than he was.” I said “He (i.e
Ibn Az-Zubair) is the son of the aunt of the Prophet (ﷺ) and the son of AzZubair, and the grandson of Abu
Bakr and the son of Khadija’s brother, and the son of `Aisha’s sister.” Nevertheless, he considers
himself to be superior to me and does not want me to be one of his friends. So I said, “I never
expected that he would refuse my offer to support him, and I don’t think he intends to do me any good,
therefore, if my cousins should inevitably be my rulers, it will be better for me to be ruled by them
than by some others.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 4460 (Book 65, Hadith 188)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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