Three matters about which I would have preferred the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to have given a clear ruling, more dearly than the world and all it contains, are kalalah, riba, and the caliphate.
حدثنا علي بن محمد وأبو بكر بن أبى شيبة قالا حدثنا وكيع حدثنا سفيان حدثنا عمرو بن مرة عن مرة بن شراحيل قال
ثلاث لأن يكون رسول الله ﷺ بينهن أحب إلي من الدنيا وما فيها الكلالة والربا والخلافة
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Its chain is daif. Busiri stated that it is munqati, and he related from Abu Hatim Razi that on one occasion he said it was a mursal narration from Umar. Bukhari, no. 5588, and Muslim, no. 3032, and others narrated from Umar that he said, "There are three matters I wish the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not left us before giving us a clear ruling about them, the grandfather's inheritance, the kalalah, and some of the matters of riba," but he did not mention the caliphate.