According to this tradition...

According to this tradition, prophet predicates about the events that take place after his death and the insistence of Muslims on the caliphate of Abu Bakr.[^9] Obviously this tradition is false, for Sunnis unanimously agree that the Prophet (S) did not install Abu Bakr as his successor. If the Prophet happened to say such a thing Sunni scholars would not resort to false arguments and difference would not emerge among them.

Commenting on this portion of the Prophet's word 'if Prophet were to choose his successor, whom would he choose? He emphatically says: This word indicates that Sunnis do not have any explicit statement from Prophet (S) regarding the caliphate of Abu Bakr. This is because according to this tradition it was the companions who…