Chapter 279

The desirability of the elders of the land addressing their people on the death of the leader, calming them, exhorting them and commanding them to have patience and to be steady in what they were already doing

Remembrance 1
WE NARRATE IN [the book of Ibn as-Sunnī] the famous hadith about the address of Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq Honorific symbol on the day the Prophet Honorific symbol passed away. He said: “For whoever worshipped Muḥammad, Muḥammad has passed away; and for whoever worshipped Allah, Allah is Living and does not die.” [1].
We relate in the two Ṣaḥīḥs, from Jarīr ibn ‘Abdullāh, that on the day that al-Mughīrah ibn Shu‘bah—who was the governor of Baṣrah and Kūfah—passed away he [Jarīr] stood up, praised Allah Honorific symbol and said: “I advise you to have fear of Allah alone without partner, and to remain dignified and calm until a leader comes to you, for he is coming now.” [2].

References

[1] Al-Bukhārī (3667).
[2] Al-Bukhārī (58) and Muslim (56).