‏الإمارة : Hadeeth No:4664 A similar tradition has been narrated on the authority of al-A'mash....

‏فضائل الصحابة‏ : Hadeeth No:5877 Ibn Abu Mulaika reported: I heard A'isha as saying and she was asked as to whom Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) would have nominated his successor if he had to nominate one at all. She said: Abu Bakr. It was said to her: Then whom after Abu Bakr? She said: Umar. It was said to her....