Shahih Bukhari - 6667

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Asma`], telah menceritakan kepada kami [Juwairiyah] dari [Malik] dari [Az Zuhri], bahwa [Humaid bin Abdurrahman] mengabarinya, bahwa [Miswar bin Makhramah] mengabarinya; beberapa orang yang diserahi Umar untuk memegang mandat berkumpul dan bermusyawarah. Abdurrahman berkata kepada mereka; 'aku bukan bermaksud menyaingi kalian dalam masalah ini, namun jika kalian berkenan saya akan memilih (seorang pemimpin) untuk kalian dari kalian sendiri, ' maka mereka limpahkan wewenang itu kepada Abdurrahman. Ketika mereka sudah menguasakan urusannya kepada Abdurrahman, dan orang-orang menjadi simpati kepada Abdurrahman sehingga aku tidak melihat seorang pun mengikuti yang lain, dan tidak pula melangkahi kebijakan Abdurrahman, dan semua manusia sudah simpati kepada Abdurrahman, mereka memusyawarahkan kekuasaan itu beberapa malam, hingga setelah tiba malam yang pagi harinya kami berbaiat kepada Ustman. -Miswar melanjutkan; - Abdurrahman mengetukku setelah malam kian larut, ia mengetuk pintu hingga aku bangun, dan ia mengatakan; 'Kulihat dirimu tidur? Demi Allah, malam ini aku tidak bisa tidur nyenyak, tolong bertolaklah dan panggilah Zubair dan Sa'd, ' maka aku memanggil keduanya agar bertemu Abdurrahman, Abdurrahman kemudian mengajak keduanya bermusyawarah, kemudian ia memanggilku lagi dan berujar; 'Tolong panggillah Ali agar menemuiku! ' serta merta aku memanggilnya, dan Abdurrahman melakukan pertemuan empat mata dengannya hingga muadzin subuh memisahkan pertemuannya. Tatkala dia selesai shalat subuh, dan beberapa pemuka itu telah berkumpul di minbar, Abdurrahman mengutus utusan kepada hadirin dari muhajirin dan anshar, juga kepada para petinggi militer, yang ketika itu mereka bersama-sama haji bersama Umar. Dikala mereka telah berkumpul, Abdurrahman menyatakan kesaksian dan berujar; 'Amma ba'd. Wahai Ali, saya telah mencermati masalah manusia, dan tak kulihat mereka berpaling dari Ustman, maka janganlah engkau mencari-cari alasan terhadap dirimu.' Abdurrahman kemudian mengucapkan; 'Saya berbai'at kepadamu diatas sunnatullah dan sunnah rasul-Nya serta dua khalifah sepeninggalnya.' Selanjutnya Abdurrahman berbaiat kepadanya yang diikuti sahabat muhajirin dan anshar, para pejabat tinggi militer dan muslimin secara umum. (HR. Bukhari: 6667)

Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: The group of people whom ʿUmar had selected as candidates for the Caliphate gathered and consulted each other. ʿAbdur-Rahman said to them, "I am not going to compete with you in this matter, but if you wish, I would select for you a caliph from among you." So all of them agreed to let ʿAbdur-Rahman decide the case. So when the candidates placed the case in the hands of ʿAbdur-Rahman, the people went towards him and nobody followed the rest of the group nor obeyed any after him. So the people followed ʿAbdur-Rahman and consulted him all those nights till there came the night we gave the oath of allegiance to ʿUthman. Al-Miswar (bin Makhrama) added: ʿAbdur-Rahman called on me after a portion of the night had passed and knocked on my door till I got up, and he said to me, "I see you have been sleeping! By Allah, during the last three nights I have not slept enough. Go and call Az-Zubair and Saʿd.' So I called them for him and he consulted them and then called me saying, 'Call ʿAli for me." I called ʿAli and he held a private talk with him till very late at night, and then 'Al, got up to leave having had much hope (to be chosen as a Caliph) but ʿAbdur-Rahman was afraid of something concerning ʿAli. ʿAbdur-Rahman then said to me, "Call ʿUthman for me." I called him and he kept on speaking to him privately till the Muʾadh-dhin put an end to their talk by announcing the Adhan for the Fajr prayer. When the people finished their morning prayer and that (six men) group gathered near the pulpit, ʿAbdur-Rahman sent for all the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the Ansar present there and sent for the army chief who had performed the Hajj with ʿUmar that year. When all of them had gathered, ʿAbdur-Rahman said, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah," and added, "Now then, O ʿAli, I have looked at the people's tendencies and noticed that they do not consider anybody equal to ʿUthman, so you should not incur blame (by disagreeing)." Then ʿAbdur-Rahman said (to ʿUthman), "I gave the oath of allegiance to you on condition that you will follow Allah's Laws and the traditions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the traditions of the two Caliphs after him." So ʿAbdur-Rahman gave the oath of allegiance to him, and so did the people including the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the Ansar and the chiefs of the army staff and all the Muslims. (Bukhari: 6667)