THE PROPHET’S COMPANIONS AND EARLY MUSLIMS SPEAK OF ABU BAKR
Umar Ibn Al-Khattaab, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Abu Bakr is our master.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari.) He also said: “If Abu Bakr’s faith was placed in one of the scales of a balance and the faith of all the people in the other, his would outweigh theirs.” (Reported by Al-Bayhaqyy.)
‘Umar further said; “I wish I were a hair in Abu Bakr’s breast.” (Reported by Musaddid.)
‘Umar was also reported to have said: “The smell of Abu Bakr was far more better than the smell of musk.”
‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, is reported to have said: “The best of people after the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, are Abu Bakr and ‘ Umar. Never should 1 be loved by a man who hates Abu Bakr and ‘ Umar.” (Reported by At-Tabaraani)
‘Ali narrates: “Never did I compete with Abu Bakr in doing good deeds but found that he outdid me.” (Reported by At-Tabaraani.)
Ar-Rubayyi’ Ibn Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “We read about the Companions of Prophets, yet we did not find that any of them had a Companion like Abu Bakr As- Sideeq ” (Reported by Ibn ‘ Asaakir.)
Az-Zuhri said, “One of the virtues of Abu Bakr was that he never had doubt concerning Allah.”
Az-Zubayr Ibn Bakkaar said: “I heard some scholars say, the orators of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, were Abu Bakr As-Sideeq and ‘Ali Ibn Abi Taalib, may Allah be pleased with them both.”
Ar-Rubayyi Ibn Anas said, “Abu Bakr is like rain wherever it falls it brings good.”
(Source: Biographies of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.)
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