Ayesha reported,

I appealed to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ repeatedly about that matter, and what drove me to press him so often was nothing other than the fact that it had not settled in my heart that people could ever love a man who stood in his place after him. I believed that no one would take his place without people regarding him as a bad omen, so I wanted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to direct that responsibility away from Abu Bakr.This was narrated by Ibn Umar, Abu Musa, and Ibn Abbas from the Prophet ﷺ.

أخبرني عبيد الله أن

عائشة قالت

لقد راجعت رسول الله ﷺ في ذلك وما حملني على كثرة مراجعته إلا أنه لم يقع في قلبي أن يحب الناس بعده رجلا قام مقامه أبدا ولا كنت أرى أنه لن يقوم أحد مقامه إلا تشاءم الناس به فأردت أن يعدل ذلك رسول الله ﷺ عن أبي بكر رواه ابن عمر وأبو موسى وابن عباس رضي الله عنهم عن النبي ﷺ