Sayyiduna Humaid bin Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was in a corner of Madinah (in a settlement). When he came, he lifted the cloth from your face, kissed you, and said: "May my parents be sacrificed for you, how pure you are, whether alive or deceased. By the Lord of the Ka'bah! Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has passed away..." Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) went to the Ansar. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) spoke to them and mentioned all the verses and hadiths of the Messenger regarding them, and also said: "(O Ansar!) You know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 'If people walk in one valley and the Ansar walk in another valley, I will walk in the valley of the Ansar with them.'" Sa'd! You know that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, and you were sitting there: "'The Quraysh are responsible and deserving of this (caliphate) matter. The righteous people will follow the righteous Quraysh, and the evil people will be under the evil Quraysh.'" Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You are speaking the truth, we are the ministers and you are the rulers." This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq and Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with them both).