Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2225
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قِيلَ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ لَوِ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ قَالَ إِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَدِ اسْتَخْلَفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Yaḥyā ibn Mūsā narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Razzāq narrated to us; Ma‘mar informed us, from al-Zuhrī, from Sālim ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn ‘Umar, from his father, who said: ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb was asked, “Would you appoint a successor?” He replied: “If I appoint one, then Abū Bakr appointed one; and if I do not appoint one, the Messenger of Allah did not appoint one.”
Abū ‘Īsā said: This report has a lengthy story. This is a ṣaḥīḥ hadith, transmitted through more than one route from Ibn ‘Umar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness gives the saying but omits al-Tirmidhī’s closing note about the longer account and the report’s authenticity and routes.
قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ . وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ قَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ
The Arabic source adds a compiler note not present in the English witness.
Should a fuller English witness be located for this note?