VERSES, HADITHS AND SCHOLARS SAYING REFERRING TO ABU BAKR’S CALIPHATE
On the authority of Hudhayfah, may Allah be pleased with him, who quotes the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as saying: “Among those who will succeed me, follow Abu Bakr and ‘Umar.” (Reported by At-Tirmidhi and Al-Haakim.)
Jubayr Ibn Mufam, may Allah be pleased with him, reports: “A woman came to the Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him, to ask him about something, but he told her to come some other time. She said. “O Messenger of Allah! What if I come but do not find you? It seemed as if she meant that he might die?” The Prophet said, “If you do not find me, then go to Abu Bakr.” (Reported by Al- Bukhari and Moslem.)
Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates: “Banu Al-Mustaliq sent me to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. in order to ask him to whom would they pay alms after the Prophet’s demise. I went to the Prophet to ask him about this, and he said to me. “To Abu Bakr” (Reported by Al- Haakim.)
Aa’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, reports that Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, said to her in his (last) illness.’ “Calf Abu Bakr, your father and your brother too, so that / may write a document, for he fear lest someone else might be desirous (of succeeding me) and (that some claimant might say, ‘I have better claim to it, whereas Allah and the believers do not substantiate the claim of anyone but that of Abu Bakr. “(Reported by Moslem.)
Ibn Abu Mulaykah reports that ‘Aa’ishah. may Allah be pleased with her, was asked about the person Allan’s Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, would have nominated his successor if he had to nominate one at all. She said, “Abu Bakr.” It was said to her, “Then who after Abu Bakr?” “Umar,’ she replied. It was said to her, ‘Then who after ‘Umar?” She said, ‘Abu ‘Ubaydah Ibn Al-Jarraah, and then she kept silent. (Reported by Moslem.)
Abu Moosa Al-Ash’aryy, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates: “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, fell ill and when his illness aggravated, he said, “Tell Abu Bcikr to lead the people in Salaah.” ‘ Aa’ishah said, “O Messenger of Allah, “Abu Bakr is a softhearted man, he would not be able to lead the Salaah in your place.” The Prophet said again, “Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in Salaah.” She repeated the same reply, and the Prophet said: “Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in Salaah. You are even as the women who were with Prophet Yoosuf (Joseph).” So the Messenger of Allah went to Abu Bakr (with that order), and he led the people in Salaah in the lifetime of the Prophet. (Reported by Al-Bukhari and Moslem.)
Scholars have deduced the reference to Abu Bakr’s caliphate from some verses of the Qur’an. Al-Hasan Al-Basri, commenting on the verse:
“O ye who believe if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will Allah produce a people whom He will love as they will love Him, lowly with the Believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of Allah, and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the Grace of Allah, which he will bestow on whom he pleaseth. And Allah enconipasseth all, and he knoweth all things.” (Al-Maa’idah: 54), he said: “By Allah, they arc Abu Bakr and his companions. When some Arabs
relinquished Islam after the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, Abu Bakr and his Companions fought them until hey returned back to Islam.
(Source: Biographies of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.)
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