Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 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.
Abū Bakr said to the delegation of Buzākha: “You will follow the tails of camels until God shows the successor of His Prophet and the Emigrants a course of action for which they can excuse you.”
Translation notes
The source fragment consists only of Abū Bakr’s statement to the delegation. “Follow the tails of camels” is kept as the image used in the Arabic; the excerpt does not explain the terms or outcome of the matter under consideration.