Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #44545

Ali bin Ayyash told us, Al-Walid bin Muslim told us, he said: Yazid bin Saeed bin Dhi, Aswan Al-Ansi told me, on the authority of Abdul Malik Ibn Umair Al-Lakhmi, on the authority of Rafi’ Al-Ta’i, Abu Bakr’s companion in the Battle of Al-Silsil, said: I asked him about what was said about their pledge of allegiance, and he said: He tells him about what the Ansar spoke and what he told them about and what Omar bin Al-Khattab spoke about to the Ansar and what he reminded them of about my Imamate. them by order of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, during his illness, so they pledged allegiance to me for that reason, and I accepted it from them, and I feared that it might be A trial followed by apostasy.