وَعَن ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: «أَنْتَ صَاحِبِي فِي الْغَارِ وصاحبي على الْحَوْض» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Ibn `Umar told that God’s messenger said to Abu Bakr, “You were my companion in the cave, and you will be my companion at the Pond. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: يَا خَيْرَ النَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَمَا إِنَّكَ إِنْ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ فَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْ عُمَرَ» رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ
Jabir told that when `Umar addressed Abu Bakr as the best of men after God’s messenger, Abu Bakr replied that seeing he had said that, he could tell him he had heard God’s messenger say, “The sun has not risen on a better man than `Umar.” Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا يَنْبَغِي لِقَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَؤُمَّهُمْ غَيْرُهُ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ
`A’isha reported God’s messenger as saying, “It is not fitting for a people among whom Abu Bakr is to be led by anyone else.” Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
وَعَن عُمَرَ قَالَ: أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَتَصَدَّقَ وَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي مَالًا فَقُلْتُ: الْيَوْمَ أَسْبِقُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنْ سَبَقْتُهُ يَوْمًا. قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ بِنِصْفِ مَالِي. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ؟» فَقُلْتُ: مِثْلَهُ. وَأَتَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِكُلِّ مَا عِنْدَهُ. فَقَالَ: «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟ مَا أَبْقَيْتَ لِأَهْلِكَ؟» . فَقَالَ: أَبْقَيْتُ لَهُمُ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ. قُلْتُ: لَا أَسْبِقُهُ إِلَى شَيْءٍ أَبَدًا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَأَبُو دَاوُد
`Umar said: God’s messenger ordered us to give sadaqa , and as that happened when I had some property I said, “If I am going to get ahead of Abu Bakr any day I shall do so to-day.” I brought half my property, and when God’s messenger asked what I had kept for my family I told him I had kept a similar amount. Abu Bakr, then brought all he had, and when he asked him what he had kept for his family he replied that he had kept God and His messenger for them. I then said, “I shall never get ahead of him in anything.” Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «أَنْت عتيقُ اللَّهِ من النَّار» . فَيَوْمئِذٍ سمي عتيقا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
`A’isha told that Abu Bakr came in to visit God’s messenger who said, “You are God’s freedman ( atiq ) from hell,” so on that day he was named `Atiq. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْأَرْضُ ثُمَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ آتِي أَهْلَ الْبَقِيعِ فَيُحْشَرُونَ مَعِي ثُمَّ أَنْتَظِرُ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى أحشرَ بَين الْحَرَمَيْنِ» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
Ibn `Umar reported God’s messenger as saying, “I am the first from whom the earth will burst open, then Abu Bakr and then `Umar. I shall then come to those who are buried in al-Baqi’ and they will be gathered along with me; and after that I shall wait for the people of Mecca so as to be gathered among the inhabitants of the two sacred cities.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَأَرَانِي بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ الَّذِي يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ أُمَّتِي» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَكَ حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَمَا إِنَّكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “Gabriel came, and taking me by the hand showed me the gate of paradise by which my people will enter.” Abu Bakr then said, “Messenger of God, I wish I had been with you so that I might have looked at it to which God’s messenger replied, “You, Abu Bakr, will be the first of my people to enter paradise.” Abu Dawud transmitted it.
عَن عمر ذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَبَكَى وَقَالَ: وَدِدْتُ أَنَّ عَمَلِي كُلَّهُ مِثْلُ عَمَلِهِ يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا مِنْ أَيَّامِهِ وَلَيْلَةً وَاحِدَةً مِنْ لَيَالِيهِ أَمَّا لَيْلَتُهُ فَلَيْلَةٌ سَارَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْغَار فَلَمَّا انتهينا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لَا تَدْخُلُهُ حَتَّى أَدْخُلَ قَبْلَكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ أَصَابَنِي دُونَكَ فَدَخَلَ فَكَسَحَهُ وَوَجَدَ فِي جَانِبِهِ ثُقْبًا فَشَقَّ إزَاره وسدها بِهِ وَبَقِي مِنْهَا اثْنَان فألقمها رِجْلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ادْخُلْ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَوُضِعَ رَأسه فِي حجره وَنَامَ فَلُدِغَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي رِجْلِهِ مِنَ الْجُحر وَلم يَتَحَرَّك مَخَافَة أَن ينتبه رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَقَطَتْ دُمُوعُهُ عَلَى وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟» قَالَ: لُدِغْتُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي فَتَفِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَهَبَ مَا يَجِدُهُ ثُمَّ انْتَقَضَ عَلَيْهِ وَكَانَ سَبَبَ مَوْتِهِ وَأَمَّا يَوْمُهُ فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ارْتَدَّتِ الْعَرَبُ وَقَالُوا: لَا نُؤَدِّي زَكَاةً. فَقَالَ: لَوْ مَنَعُونِي عِقَالًا لَجَاهَدْتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ. فَقُلْتُ: يَا خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَأَلَّفِ النَّاسَ وَارْفُقْ بِهِمْ. فَقَالَ لِي: أَجَبَّارٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَخَوَّارٌ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ؟ إِنَّهُ قَدِ انْقَطَعَ الْوَحْيُ وَتَمَّ الدِّينُ أَيَنْقُصُ وَأَنا حَيّ؟ . رَوَاهُ رزين
When Abu Bakr was mentioned in `Umar’s presence he wept and said, “I wish all my good deeds could compare with what he did on a certain day and a certain night. The night was the one on which he went with God’s messenger to the cave and said when they reached it, `I swear by God that you will not enter it before I have first done so, for if there is anything in it I shall be smitten by it and not you.’ He then entered and swept it and found some holes in the side of it, so he tore up his lower-garment and stopped them with it; but as two were still left he thrust his feet into them[*] and told God’s messenger to enter. When he had done so the Prophet laid his head on his lap and went to sleep. Abu Bakr’s foot in one of the holes received a sting, but he did not move for fear God’s messenger might awake. His tears, however, fell on God’s messenger’s face, and he asked him what was the matter with him. He replied, `O you for whom I would give my father and mother as ransom, I have been stung.’ God’s messenger then spat and the pain left him, but the effect of the poison later returned and was the cause of his death. The day was when God’s messenger died and the Arabs apostatised and refused to pay zakat . He said, `If they were to refuse me a tether, I would strive with them over it.’ I said, `Successor of God’s messenger, be affable and gentle to the people,’ but he replied, `Have you who were a powerful man in the pre-Islamic period become weak in the Islamic period? The revelation has ceased and the religion has been perfected. Is it to diminish while I am alive?’” *Literally gave his feet as mouthfuls. Razin transmitted it.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَقَدْ كَانَ فِيمَا قَبْلَكُمْ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ مُحَدَّثُونَ فَإِنْ يَكُ فِي أمّتي أحدٌ فإِنَّه عمر» . مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ
Abu Huraira reported God’s messenger as saying, “Among the nations before your time there have been inspired people, and if there is one among my people he is `Umar.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا وَلَكِنَّهُ أَخِي وَصَاحِبِي وَقَدِ اتَّخَذَ اللَّهُ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلًا» . رَوَاهُ مُسلم
`Abdallah b. Mas’ud reported the Prophet as saying, “If I were taking a friend, I would take Abu Bakr as a friend, but he is my brother and my companion, and God has taken your companion[*] as a friend.” *i.e., the Prophet himself. Muslim transmitted it.