This insistence of Omar could not be interpreted as the friendship that was between them because the matter was not a matter of friendship and the dispute of the Ansar did not depend on that Omar was to find a friend but to be assisted by anyone, who was to agree with him on the precedence of the Muhajireen.
Lakini Imamu, pamoja na kuyajua yote hayo, alikuwa akihisi taabu kuhusiana na suala hilo alilo ambiwa, kwa sababu kukataa moja kwa moja itamaanisha kuwa anakubali na kukiri kuwa hana haki ya suala lile, na kuwa hana uwezo wa kustahmili mikiki yake, kwa maana hiyo akakubaliana na fikra ya wilayatul ahdi (mrithi wa ukhalifa) ili kiwe ni kipimo cha majaribio na mtihani kwa Maamun. Basi Imamu akawa mrithi wa ukhalifa rasmi wa serikali.