On the day of the Battle of the Camel, he said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not entrust us with any binding covenant regarding leadership. Rather, it was something we determined ourselves. Then Abu Bakr was appointed as successor, may Allah's mercy be upon Abu Bakr, and he established the affair and remained upright. Then Umar was appointed as successor, may Allah's mercy be upon Umar, and he established the affair and remained upright, until the religion settled firmly upon its foundation."
حدثنا عبد الرزاق أنبأنا سفيان عن الأسود بن قيس عن رجل
يوم الجمل إن رسول الله ﷺ لم يعهد إلينا عهدا نأخذ به في الإمارة ولكنه شيء رأيناه من قبل أنفسنا ثم استخلف أبو بكر رحمة الله على أبي بكر فأقام واستقام ثم استخلف عمر رحمة الله على عمر فأقام واستقام حتى ضرب الدين بجرانه
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Its isnad is daif, because of the ambiguity of the man who narrated from Ali. Aswad bin Qays al-Abdi, also said to be al-Bajali, is trustworthy. All six book compilers narrated from him. Sufyan here is Thawri. The hadith is found in Majma al-Zawaid 5:175, where it is said, Ahmad narrated it, and it contains an unnamed man, while the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the sahih.Al-jiran, with a kasrah on the jim and a light ra, means the front part of the neck, from the slaughtering point of the camel to its jugular notch. When a camel kneels and stretches its neck along the ground, it is said, "It laid down its jiran on the ground." So his saying, "the religion struck its jiran," means that it became settled and firmly established in its place, like the state of a camel when it kneels, rests, and settles firmly.See 909.