Then, we do not know what he will do without you.

Then, we do not know what he will do without you.” Abu Bakr was angered by his objection.[^13] Another quotation says the people objected to Abu Bakr for appointing a bad-tempered man to rule them.[^14] According to Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Abu Bakr asked Mu'ayqab al-Rusi about the people's opinion regarding the appointment of 'Umar and he replied, “Some are satisfied, some are not.” Abu Bakr said, “Which group is greater in number?” He said, “Those who are dissatisfied.” Abu Bakr said, “The truth always shows its ugly face first, but it is finally the winner.”[^15] 'Umar, himself, in his first sermon said he was aware of the fact that some people hated his caliphate.[^16] Ibn Qutayba has said that after hearing the news of Abu Bakr's death, Muslims in Damascus expressed their concern over 'Umar's likely coming to power and said, “If 'Umar assumes power, he will not be our “master” and we will topple him.”[^17] Abu Bakr did not make any serious consultations about 'Umar's caliphate.[^18] He believed that many of the Muhajirun were thinking about occupying the seat of caliphate.

Once he told 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Awf that many men of Muhajirun were yearning for the seat of caliphate since the start of his caliphate.[^19] In his deathbed, Abu Bakr warned 'Umar about the Muhajirun and their greed for ruling.[^20] Abu Bakr's act of setting an age for caliphate, the principle of “succession” became legitimate in the political jurisprudence of the Sunnites sect. However, according to Sunnites sources, this had no background in the Prophet's biography.

The succession rule shares two pillars of hereditary government. In a hereditary government, the first pillar is succession and the second pillar is family and hereditary advantages. Its first pillar in the caliphate's biography took on a legitimate form. Just as Muhammad Rashid Riďa has noted, this brought about hereditary caliphate in the time of the Umayya.[^21] Abu Bakr's written oath practically appointed 'Umar as the caliph.

Therefore, the people's allegiance could not be influential in his reign. Finally, we should say that the people's disagreement did not mean he could not be a caliph. This was indeed a sort of swearing obedience and loyalty to caliph. 'Umar, himself, believed that Abu Bakr's selection as the caliph of Muslims was impromptu and that the government had to be undertaken at the consultation of the believers, but he sat on the seat of caliphate based on an oath.