The best gift is certainty and well-being

[AI] Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ entered upon us while we were in the Rawdah. He ascended the pulpit, praised Allah ﷻ and extolled Him, then said: "O people, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say on these wooden steps last year: "The servant is given nothing better than sound certainty and well-being, so ask Allah ﷻ for sound certainty and well-being."" We do not know of any hadith that Sahl ibn Sad narrated with a connected chain from Abu Bakr from the Prophet ﷺ except this hadith. This hadith is not narrated from Sahl ibn Sad except through this route with this chain. Sahl ibn Sad has also narrated from Abu Bakr a mawquf hadith.

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ وَنَحْنُ فِي الرَّوْضَةِ، فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأَعْوَادِ عَامَ أَوَّلَ: «مَا أُعْطِيَ الْعَبْدُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْيَقِينِ وَالْعَافِيَةِ، فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ حُسْنَ الْيَقِينِ وَالْعَافِيَةَ». وَلَا نَعْلَمُ أَسْنَدَ سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَّا هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ، وَلَا يُرْوَى عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ إِلَّا مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، وَقَدْ رَوَى سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَدِيثًا مَوْقُوفًا.

قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَا يَلْتَفِتُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ