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graded by Al-Albani
Mishkat al-Masabih 6241
Narrator:Hudhayfah
وَعَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ: قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوِ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ؟ قَالَ: «إِنِ اسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَعَصَيْتُمُوهُ عُذِّبْتُمْ وَلَكِنْ مَا حَدَّثَكُمْ حُذَيْفَةُ فَصَدِّقُوهُ وَمَا أقرأكم عبد الله فاقرؤوه» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Hudhaifa told that when the people expressed a desire that God's messenger should name a successor he said, "If I were to name a successor and you were to disobey him you would be punished, but believe what Hudhaifa tells you and recite what `Abdallah[*] recites to you." *i.e., Ibn Masud. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 3812). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 6241).