It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Saeed that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, the orator of the Ansar stood up and one of them began to say: O group of Muhajireen! Whenever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed any one of you as a just (leader), he would also appoint one man from among us with him. Therefore, our opinion is that this matter (caliphate) should also be entrusted to two men, one from you and one from us. The narrator says: Thus, many orators from among the Ansar continuously said this. Upon this, Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit stood up and said: Surely, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was from among the Muhajireen. Therefore, the Imam will also be from among the Muhajireen. And we will be helpers of this Imam just as we were helpers of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then Hazrat Abu Bakr stood up and said: O group of Ansar! May Allah give you the best reward and keep your speaker steadfast. Then he said: By Allah! If you had decided anything other than this, we would not have reconciled with you.