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.