[Machine] "I accompanied Abu Bakr during the Battle of Dhat al-Salasil, and he had a cloak made of a fabric called "Fdaki" that he would let me wear when he would mount his horse and we would wear it when we dismounted."  

«رَافَقْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فِي غَزْوَةِ ذَاتِ السَّلَاسِلِ وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ لَهُ فَدَكِيٌّ يُخَلِّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا رَكِبَ وَنَلْبَسُهُ أَنَا وَهُوَ إِذَا نَزَلْنَا»  

‘Weep, and if you cannot weep then pretend to weep.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4196)   

قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ «ابْكُوا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَبْكُوا فَتَبَاكَوْا»  

[Machine] "Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said, 'I wish I was a strand of hair on the side of a faithful servant.'"  

أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ ؓ «وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي شَعْرَةٌ فِي جَنْبِ عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ»  

I came to Madinah one year after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and I found Abu Bakr addressing the people. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood before us last year... and he wept and struggled to speak three times, then he said: 0 people, ask Allah for well-being for no one is given, after certainty of faith, anything like well being and nothing worse than doubt after disbelief. You should be truthful, for it guides to righteousness and they lead to Paradise. Beware of lying, for it guides to immorality and they both lead to Hell. (Using translation from Aḥmad 44)   

قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِسَنَةٍ فَأَلْفَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ قَالَ قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَامَ أَوَّلٍ فَخَنَقَتْهُ الْعَبْرَةُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ سَلُوا اللَّهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْتَ أَحَدٌ مِثْلَ يَقِينٍ بَعْدَ مُعَافَاةٍ وَلَا أَشَدَّ مِنْ رِيبَةٍ بَعْدَ كُفْرٍ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ  

[Machine] I saw Abu Bakr holding his tongue and saying, "This has revealed to me the resources."  

رَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ آخِذًا بِلِسَانِهِ يَقُولُ «هَذَا أَوْرَدَنِيَ الْمَوَارِدَ»  

[Machine] When Abu Bakr became seriously ill, Aisha recited the following verse [from the long ocean]:

"Avoid what distracts you from the youth, when the chest becomes narrow with worry" (Quran 19).

So Abu Bakr said, "That's not it, my dear daughter. But say instead, 'And the stupor of death will bring the Truth; that is what you were trying to avoid'" (Quran 19).

Then he said, "Look at these two garments of mine. Wash them and shroud me in them, for the living have more need of new clothes than the dead."  

لَمَّا احْتُضِرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ تَمَثَّلَتْ عَائِشَةُ ؓ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ [البحر الطويل] أَعَاذِلُ مَا يُغْنِي الْحَذَارُ عَنِ الْفَتَى إِذَا حَشْرَجَتْ يَوْمًا وَضَاقَ بِهَا الصَّدْرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ يَا بُنَيَّةُ وَلَكِنْ قُولِي {وَجَاءَتْ سَكْرَةُ الْمَوْتِ بِالْحَقِّ ذَلِكَ مَا كُنْتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ} [ق 19] فَقَالَ «انْظُرُوا ثَوْبِي هَذَيْنِ فَاغْسِلُوهُمَا ثُمَّ كَفِّنُونِي فِيهِمَا فَإِنَّ الْحَيَّ أَحْوَجُ إِلَى الْجَدِيدِ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ»  

[Machine] "By Allah, Abu Bakr did not leave a dinar or dirham without spending it in the cause of Allah."  

«وَاللَّهِ مَا تَرَكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ دِينَارًا وَلَا دِرْهَمًا ضَرَبَ لِلَّهِ سَكْتَهُ»  

[Machine] "Indeed, a Muslim will be rewarded in every aspect, even in times of calamity and loss. His goods may be lost and his merchandise may be missing, causing him distress, but then he will find them intact in his saddlebag."  

«إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ لَيُؤْجَرُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى فِي النَّكْبَةِ وَانْقِطَاعِ شِثْعِهِ وَالْبِضَاعَةِ تَكُونُ فِي كُمِّهِ فَيُفْتَقَدُ بِهَا فَيَفْزَعُ لَهَا فَيَجِدُهَا فِي ضَبَّتِهِ»  

[Machine] Abu Bakr had a slave boy. When the boy brought his food, Abu Bakr would not eat from it until he asked him. If it was something that he liked, he would eat it, and if it was something that he disliked, he would not eat it. He forgot one night and ate without asking. Then he asked him and he informed him that it was something he disliked, so he put his hand in his mouth and vomited until nothing was left.  

كَانَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ غُلَامٌ فَكَانَ إِذَا جَاءَ بِغَلَّتِهِ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ مِنْ غَلَّتِهِ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ شَيْئًا مِمَّا يُحِبُّ أَكَلَ وَإِنْ كَانَ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ قَالَ فَنَسِيَ لَيْلَةً فَأَكَلَ وَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ كَرِهَهُ فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فَتَقَيَّأَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئًا  

[Machine] "No hunting game or timber is ever found except what has been lost from glorification (of God)."  

«مَا صِيدَ مِنْ صَيْدٍ وَلَا عُضِدَتْ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ إِلَّا بِمَا ضُيِّعَتْ مِنَ التَّسْبِيحِ»  

[Machine] When death approached Abu Bakr, he said to Aisha, "I do not possess anything from the money of Abu Bakr except for this vial and this obedient servant boy who used to make swords for the Muslims and serve us. So, when I die, give him to Umar." When she sent him to Umar, he said, "May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr, he has exhausted those who came after him."  

إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ حِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِعَائِشَةَ إِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ فِي آلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا هَذِهِ اللِّقْحَةَ وَهَذَا الْغُلَامَ الصَّقِيلَ كَانَ يَعْمَلُ سُيُوفَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيَخْدُمُنَا فَإِذَا مُتُّ فَادْفَعِيهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَلَمَّا بَعَثَتْ بِهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ قَالَ يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَقَدْ أَتْعَبَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُ  

[Machine] "That Allah may complete this matter for you, O tribe of 'Urayb, to the extent that a man among you would call upon his household by means of his handful of wheat. If He wills, He would say to them, 'Mix it with oil,' and if He wills, He would say, 'Mix it with butter.'"  

أَنْ يُتَمِّمَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْعُرَيْبِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْكُمْ لَيَدْعُو بِخُبْزَتِهِ مِنَ الْحِنْطَةِ فَإِنْ شَاءَ قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ أَيْدِمُوا بِسَمْنٍ وَإِنْ شَاءَ قَالَ أَيْدِمُوا بِزَيْتٍ  

[Machine] Abu Bakr divided the people and distributed among them. Umar asked him, "O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah, why do you distribute among the companions and others from the people?" Abu Bakr replied, "The world is just a temporary place, and the best distribution is the widest one. Their merit lies in their rewards."  

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ قَسَمَ قَسْمًا سَوَّى فِيهِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ «يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ تُسَوِّي بَيْنَ أَصْحَابٍ وَسِوَاهُمْ مِنَ النَّاسِ؟» فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ «إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا بَلَاغٌ وَخَيْرُ الْبَلَاغِ أَوْسَعُهُ وَإِنَّمَا فَضْلُهُمْ فِي أُجُورِهِمْ»  

[Machine] "O successor of the Messenger of Allah, advise me," said Abu Bakr to him. He replied, "Indeed, Allah has opened the world for you, so do not take from it except what is due to you. And whoever prays the Fajr prayer is under the protection of Allah, so do not betray His trust, lest He throws you into the fire upon your face."  

يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنِي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ فَاتِحٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الدُّنْيَا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهَا إِلَّا بَلَاغَكُمْ وَإِنَّ مَنْ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ فَهُوَ فِي ذِمَّةِ اللَّهِ ﷻ فَلَا تَخْفِرَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ فِي ذِمَّتِهِ فَيُكِبَّكَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وَجْهِكَ»  

[Machine] "So you fed me the leftovers of Ibn Nu'man's food? And then you made me drink this or something similar?"  

«فَأَطْعَمْتُمُونِي كِهَانَةَ ابْنِ النُّعْمَانِ؟ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَاءَ هَذَا أَوْ نَحْوَهُ»  

[Machine] Aisha, may Allah have mercy on him, invited me when my father attended and said, "Oh my daughter, I used to give you the dates of Khaybar, but you didn't take them and I would like for you to return them to me." She said, so I cried and then said, "May Allah forgive you, oh father, by Allah if Khaybar were all gold, I would return it to you." He said, "It is in the book of Allah, oh my daughter, I used to trade with the Quraysh and most of them have money, but when I became occupied with leadership, I saw that I would be afflicted with money to the extent that it occupied me. Oh my daughter, this is the cloak of Qattan and a garment, and a servant, so when I die..."  

عَائِشَةُ ؓ لَمَّا حَضَرَ أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ دَعَانِي فَقَالَ «يَا بُنَيَّةُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْطَيْتُكِ تَمْرَ خَيْبَرَ وَلَمْ تَكُونِي أَخَذْتِيهَا وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرُدِّيهَا عَلَيَّ» قَالَتْ فَبَكَيْتُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ «غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَتِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْبَرُ ذَهَبًا جَمِيعًا لَرَدَدْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ» فَقَالَ «هِيَ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ﷻ يَا بُنَيَّةُ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَتْجَرَ قُرَيْشٍ وَأَكْثَرَهُمْ مَالًا فَلَمَّا شَغَلَتْنِي الْإِمَارَةُ رَأَيْتُ أَنْ أُصِيبَ مِنَ الْمَالِ بِقَدْرِ مَا شَغَلَنِي يَا بُنَيَّةُ هَذِهِ الْعَبَاءَةُ الْقَطْوَانِيَّةُ وَحِلَابٌ وَعَبْدٌ فَإِذَا مُتُّ  

[Machine] That he heard Abu Bakr As-Siddiq say, "Indeed, the prayer of a brother for his brother in Allah is answered."  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ دُعَاءَ الْأَخِ لِأَخِيهِ فِي اللَّهِ ﷻ يُسْتَجَابُ»  

[Machine] Abu Bakr died, and he did not leave any dinar or dirham, as he had already given away his wealth before that, and he threw it into the treasury.  

«مَاتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَمَا تَرَكَ دِينَارًا وَلَا دِرْهَمًا وَكَانَ قَدْ أَخَذَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مَالَهُ فَأَلْقَاهُ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَالِ»  

[Machine] That Umar mentioned Abu Bakr while he was on the pulpit and said, "Indeed, Abu Bakr was a leading and outstanding person."  

أَنَّ عُمَرَ ذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ ؓ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَانَ سَابِقًا مُبْرِزًا  

[Machine] What was the position of Abu Bakr and Umar from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? He said, "Like their position from him is the position of the hour."  

مَا كَانَ مَنْزِلَةُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «كَمَنْزِلَتِهِمَا مِنْهُ السَّاعَةَ»  

[Machine] "Among people are those whose faults are not mentioned."  

«مِنَ النَّاسِ نَاسٌ لَا تُذْكَرُ عُيُوبُهُمْ»  

[Machine] Ibn Abbas said, "The first person to offer prayer after Abu Bakr and then imitate the saying of Hassaan [Al-Bahr Al-Taweel], 'If you remember a virtue from your trustworthy brother, then remember your brother Abu Bakr for what they both did of the best deed that the creatures feared most and considered the most just except the Prophet and fulfilled it with what they both carried of goodness. He is the second, the praised scene, and the first among the people, truly he affirmed the messengers."  

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَوَّلُ مَنْ صَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ تَمَثَّلَ بِقَوْلِ حَسَّانَ [البحر الطويل] إِذَا تَذَكَّرْتَ شَجْوًا مِنْ أَخِي ثِقَةٍ فَاذْكُرْ أَخَاكَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِمَا فَعَلَا خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ أَتْقَاهَا وَأَعْدَلَهَا إِلَّا النَّبِيَّ وَأَوْفَاهَا بِمَا حَمِلَا الثَّانِي التَّالِي الْمَحْمُودُ مَشْهَدُهُ وَأَوَّلُ النَّاسِ حَقًّا صَدَّقَ الرُّسَلَا  

[Machine] That Umar saw Abu Bakr while he was holding his tongue with his hand and said, "What are you doing, O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah?" And he said, "Did anything bring me distress except this?"  

أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَأَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ مُدْلٍ لِسَانَهُ آخِذُهُ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ «مَا تَصْنَعُ [93] يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ؟» فَقَالَ «وَهَلْ أَوْرَدَنِيَ الْمَوَارِدَ إِلَّا هَذَا»  

[Machine] Abu Bakr said, "By Allah, I wish I were this tree that is eaten and supported!"  

قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ «وَاللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ تُؤْكَلُ وَتُعْضَدُ»  

[Machine] "To you, from me, do not deceive me, neither you nor the son of Al-Khattab, from my kin."  

«إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي لَا تَغُرَّنِي أَنْتَ وَلَا ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مِنْ عِيَالِي»  

[Machine] I wish I were grass that the animals would eat me.  

وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي خُضْرَةً يَأْكُلُنِي الدَّوَابُّ  

[Machine] "It was part of the supplication of Abu Bakr, 'O Allah, I ask You for that which is good for me in its outcome. O Allah, make the last thing You give me of the goodness, Your pleasure and the highest ranks in the gardens of bliss.'"  

أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي عَاقِبِهِ الْخَيْرُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ آخِرَ مَا تُعْطِينِي مِنَ الْخَيْرِ رِضْوَانَكَ وَالدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى مِنْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ»  

[Machine] That Abu Bakr used to fast in the summer and break his fast in the winter.  

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَانَ يَصُومُ الصَّيْفَ وَيُفْطِرُ الشِّتَاءَ  

[Machine] "Verily, the world did not want Abu Bakr, nor did he want it, and it wanted Ibn Al-Khattab, but he did not want it."  

«إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا لَمْ تُرِدْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا وَأَرَادَتِ ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَلَمْ يُرِدْهَا»  

[Machine] Abu Bakr fell ill, so they took him back and said, "Shouldn't we call a doctor for you?" He replied, "The doctor has already seen me." They asked, "What did he say to you?" He said, "He said that I am capable of doing what he wants."  

مَرِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَعَادُوهُ فَقَالُوا أَلَا نَدْعُو لَكَ الطَّبِيبَ؟ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَآنِي الطَّبِيبُ قَالُوا فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ قَالَ لَكَ؟ قَالَ قَالَ إِنِّي فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ  

[Machine] That Abu Bakr, when he was entrusted, threw every dirham and dinar he had in the treasury of the Muslims and said, "I used to trade with it and seek provision with it, but when I was entrusted [with the caliphate], I became preoccupied with other matters and unable to engage in trade and seek provision with it."  

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ حِينَ اسْتُخْلِفَ أَلْقَى كُلَّ دِرْهَمٍ لَهُ وَدِينَارٍ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَقَالَ «كُنْتُ أَتَّجِرُ فِيهِ وَأَلْتَمِسُ بِهِ فَلَمَّا وُلِّيتُ شَغَلُونِي عَنِ التِّجَارَةِ وَالطَّلَبِ فِيهِ»  

[Machine] Death had come to the son of Abu Bakr, and he began looking into a cushion. When he passed away, they said to Abu Bakr, "We saw your son looking into the cushion." They lifted the cushion and found five or six dinars underneath it. Abu Bakr then hit his hand against the other and said, "We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return." "O so-and-so, I don't think your skin could contain it."  

حَضَرَتِ الْوَفَاةُ ابْنًا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ فَجَعَلَ يَلْحَظُ إِلَى وِسَادَةٍ فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ قَالُوا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ رَأَيْنَا ابْنَكَ يَلْحَظُ إِلَى وِسَادَةٍ فَرَفَعُوا عَنِ الْوِسَادَةِ فَوَجَدُوا تَحْتَهَا خَمْسَةَ دَنَانِيرَ أَوْ سِتَّةً قَالَ فَضَرَبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى يُرَجِّعُ بِقَوْلِهِ {إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ} [البقرة 156] يَا فُلَانُ مَا أَحْسَبُ جِلْدَكَ يَتَّسِعُ لَهَا  

[Machine] Abu Bakr addressed the people and praised and thanked Allah. Then he said, "Indeed, Sham (Greater Syria) will be opened for you, and you will come to a land where you will be provided with bread and oil, and mosques will be built for you. Be warned that Allah should not know that you have come for the sake of amusement. It was only built for remembrance."  

خَطَبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّاسَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّهُ سَتُفْتَحُ لَكُمْ الشَّأْمُ فَتَأْتُونَ أَرْضًا [94] رَفِيعَةً حَيْثُ تُمَتَّعُونَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْخُبْزِ وَالزَّيْتِ وَسَتُبْنَى لَكُمْ بِهَا مَسَاجِدُ فَإِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ ﷻ أَنَّكُمْ إِنَّمَا تَأْتُونَهَا تَلَهِّيًا إِنَّمَا بُنِيَتْ لِلذِّكْرِ»  

[Machine] That Abu Bakr used to embody this house, still mourns a dead person until he becomes it and the young man hopes that he dies before him.  

أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَانَ يَتَمَثَّلُ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ لَا تَزَالُ تَنْعَى مَيِّتًا حَتَّى تَكُونَهُ وَقَدْ يَرْجُو الْفَتَى الرَّجَا يَمُوتُ دُونَهُ