Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3385
حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ مَرِضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَلْيُصَلِّ بِالنَّاسِ ". فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَجُلٌ. فَقَالَ مِثْلَهُ فَقَالَتْ مِثْلَهُ. فَقَالَ " مُرُوهُ فَإِنَّكُنَّ صَوَاحِبُ يُوسُفَ ". فَأَمَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم. فَقَالَ حُسَيْنٌ عَنْ زَائِدَةَ رَجُلٌ رَقِيقٌ.
Al-Rabiʿ ibn Yahya al-Basri narrated to us: Zaʾida narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from Abu Burda ibn Abi Musa, from his father, who said: The Prophet ﷺ became ill and said, ‘Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.’ She said, ‘Abu Bakr is a man…’ He said the same again, and she repeated her response. He said, ‘Tell him to do so, for you are like the companions of Yusuf.’ Abu Bakr led the prayer during the Messenger of Allah’s lifetime. Husayn said, reporting from Zaʾida: ‘A tender-hearted man.’
Translation notes
Preserved the abbreviated objection in Arabic and the explanatory variant from Husayn that Abu Bakr was tender-hearted.