\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\nWhen Abu Bakr As-Siddiq was chosen Caliph, he said, "My people know that my profession was not \nincapable of providing substance to my family. And as I will be busy serving the Muslim nation, my \nfamily will eat from the National Treasury of Muslims, and I will practice the profession of serving \nthe Muslims."\n

\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\nWhen Abu Bakr As-Siddiq was chosen Caliph, he said, "My people know that my profession was not \nincapable of providing substance to my family. And as I will be busy serving the Muslim nation, my \nfamily will eat from the National Treasury of Muslims, and I will practice the profession of serving \nthe Muslims."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ لَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ قَوْمِي أَنَّ حِرْفَتِي لَمْ تَكُنْ تَعْجِزُ عَنْ مَئُونَةِ أَهْلِي، وَشُغِلْتُ بِأَمْرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَسَيَأْكُلُ آلُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ وَيَحْتَرِفُ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فِيهِ‏.‏