I was sitting with Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq, the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one month after the death of the Prophet ﷺ and he was telling a story, then the call went out among the people, ʿAs-salatu jami'ah (prayer is about to begin),ʿ and it was the first time that this call of ʿas-salatu jami'ahʿ went out to the people. The people gathered and he ascended the minbar, which was something that was made for him to deliver speeches, and it was the first speech he gave in Islam. He praised and glorified Allah, then he said: O People, I wish that someone else could have taken care of this for me, for if you compare my way to the way of your Prophet ﷺ, I cannot be like him, for he was protected from the shaitan and the revelation used to come to him from heaven.

عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ قَالَ إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِشَهْرٍ فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً فَنُودِيَ فِي النَّاسِ أَنَّ الصَّلاةَ جَامِعَةٌوَهِيَ أَوَّلُ صَلاةٍ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ نُودِيَ بِهَا أنَّ الصَّلاةَ جَامِعَةٌ فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ شَيْئًا صُنِعَ لَهُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَيْهِ وَهِيَ أَوَّلُ خُطْبَةٍ خَطَبَهَا فِي الْإِسْلامِ قَالَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا كَفَانِيهِ غَيْرِي وَلَئِنْ أَخَذْتُمُونِي بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ مَا أُطِيقُهَا إِنْ كَانَ لَمَعْصُومًا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ