Ma'dan bin Talhah narrates about Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him: He said this from the pulpit: I saw in a dream as if a rooster pecked me three times (here the narrator is doubtful about the exact words). I thought: perhaps a non-Arab (will martyr me). I am entrusting the matter (of selecting a new caliph) after me to those six individuals, for when the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, departed from this world, he was pleased with these gentlemen. These gentlemen are Uthman, Ali, Zubair, Talhah, Abdur Rahman bin Awf, and Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with them. So, the person who is chosen as caliph among them will be considered the caliph.