A'isha, the wife of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ), said:
I tried to dissuade the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) from it (i. e. from appointing Abu Bakr as the Imam.) and my insistence upon it was not due to the fact that I entertained any apprehension in my mind that the people would not love the man who would occupy his (Prophet's) place (i. e. who would be appointed as his caliph) and I feared that the people would be superstitious about one who would occupy his place. I, therefore, desired that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) should leave Abu Bakr aside in this matter.