Abu Bakr came out while Umar was addressing the people. Abu Bakr said, "Sit down, Umar." Umar refused to sit, so the people turned away from Umar and came toward Abu Bakr.Abu Bakr said, "To proceed. Whoever among you used to worship Muhammad ﷺ, Muhammad ﷺ has died. And whoever among you used to worship Allah, Allah is alive and does not die. Allah has said, 'Muhammad is no more than a messenger, and indeed messengers have passed on before him' until His words 'the grateful' [Aal Imran 3:144]."The narrator said, "By Allah, it was as if the people had not known that Allah had revealed this verse until Abu Bakr recited it. The people then took it from him, and you would not hear anyone among them except reciting it."Saeed bin Musayab informed me that Umar said, "By Allah, the moment I heard Abu Bakr recite it, my legs gave way beneath me until they could no longer carry me, and I sank to the ground. When I heard him recite it, I knew that the Prophet ﷺ had truly died."
أن أبا بكر خرج وعمر يكلم الناس، فقال: اجلس يا عمر، فأبى عمر أن يجلس فأقبل الناس إليه وتركوا عمر، فقال أبو بكر: أما بعد! فمن كان منكم يعبد محمدا ﷺ فإن محمدا ﷺ قد مات، ومن كان منكم يعبد الله، فإن الله حي لا يموت، قال الله: {وما محمد إلا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسل} إلى قوله: {الشاكرين} [آل عمران: ١٤٤]، وقال: والله لكأن الناس لم يعلموا أن الله أنزل هذه الآية حتى تلاها أبو بكر، فتلقاها منه الناس كلهم، فما أسمع بشرا من الناس إلا يتلوها. فأخبرني سعيد بن المسيب أن عمر قال: والله ما هو إلا أن سمعت أبا بكر تلاها فعقرت حتى ما تقلني رجلاي، وحتى أهويت إلى الأرض حين سمعته تلاها، علمت أن النبي ﷺ قد مات.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Military Expeditions (4454) from Yahya bin Bukayr, who said, Layth narrated to us, from Aqeel, from Ibn Shihab, Abu Salama narrated to me, from Abdullah bin Abbas, who said, and then he mentioned it.Abdul-Razzaq also narrated it in his Musannaf (5/436–437) from Maamar, from Zuhri, with his chain of transmission, at greater length.Ibn Hibban, in his Sahih (6620), combined the hadith of Anas about the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiling, as mentioned before, with the hadith of Anas about Umar's denial of the Prophet's ﷺ death, with the hadith of Ayesha about Abu Bakr kissing the Prophet ﷺ, and with the hadith of Ibn Abbas about Abu Bakr's sermon, all together in a single context.