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A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "Please take my Pledge of allegiance for Islam." So the
Prophet took from him the Pledge of allegiance for Islam. He came the next day with a fever and said
to the Prophet (ﷺ) "Cancel my pledge." But the Prophet (ﷺ) refused and when the bedouin went away, the
Prophet said, "Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and
clears its good."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 93, Hadith 76
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We gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he recited to me the verse (60.12). That they will
not associate anything in worship with Allah (60.12). And he also prevented us from wailing and
lamenting over the dead. A woman from us held her hand out and said, "Such-and-such a woman
cried over a dead person belonging to my family and I want to compensate her for that crying" The
Prophet did not say anything in reply and she left and returned. None of those women abided by her
pledge except Um Sulaim, Um Al-`Ala', and the daughter of Abi Sabra, the wife of Al-Mu`adh or the
daughter of Abi Sabra, and the wife of Mu`adh.
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`Aisha said, "O my head!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If that (i.e., your death) should happen while I am
still alive, I would ask Allah to forgive you and would invoke Allah for you." `Aisha said, "O my life
which is going to be lost! By Allah, I think that you wish for my death, and if that should happen then
you would be busy enjoying the company of one of your wives in the last part of that day." The
Prophet said, "But I should say, 'O my head!' I feel like calling Abu Bakr and his son and appoint (the
former as my successors lest people should say something or wish for something. Allah will insist (on
Abu Bakr becoming a Caliph) and the believers will prevent (anyone else from claiming the
Caliphate)," or "..Allah will prevent (anyone else from claiming the Caliphate) and the believers will
insist (on Abu Bakr becoming the Caliph).