[Machine] I served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he gave me land and gave Abu Bakr land. Then the world came and we had a dispute over a date palm. Abu Bakr said, "It is within my boundary." And I said, "It is within my boundary." There was a conversation between Abu Bakr and me. Abu Bakr said a word that I disliked and regretted. He said to me, "O Rabee'ah, respond to me with a similar word until there is justice." I said, "I will not do that." Abu Bakr rejected the land and went to the Prophet ﷺ , and I went to recite the Qur'an. Some Muslims came and said, "May Allah have mercy upon Abu Bakr. In what matter does he confront the Messenger of Allah while it was he who said to you what he said?" I said, "Do you know who this is? This is Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, the second of the two gray-haired Muslims. Do not look at him while you abandon me, supporting him, so he gets angry and comes to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and then Allah becomes angry with both of them and punishes Rabee'ah." They said, "What should we do?" He said, "Go back." Abu Bakr went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I followed him alone, reciting until he came to the Prophet ﷺ and narrated to him the incident as it happened before. The Prophet ﷺ then raised his head towards me and said, "O Rabee'ah, what is your problem with As-Siddiq?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, he said this and that." He said to me, "You hated his word. Say to him what you said, until there is justice." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, do not respond with the same word to him, but say, 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr! May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr!'" Abu Bakr turned away, and mercy from Allah upon him, while he was crying.  

كُنْتُ أَخْدُمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَانِي أَرْضًا وَأَعْطَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَرْضًا وَجَاءَتِ الدُّنْيَا فَاخْتَلَفْنَا فِي عِذْقٍ نَخْلَةٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ هِي فِي حَدِّ أَرْضِي وَقُلْتُ أَنَا هِي فِي حَدِّي وَكَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَلَامٌ فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ كَلِمَةً كَرِهْتُهَا وَنَدِمَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا رَبِيعَةُ رُدَّ عَلَيَّ مِثْلَهَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ قِصَاصًا قُلْتُ لَا أَفْعَلُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَتَقُولَنَّ أَوْ لَأَسْتَعْدِيَنَّ عَلَيْكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ مَا أَنَا بِفَاعِلٍ قَالَ وَرَفَضَ الْأَرْضَ فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَتْلُوَهُ فَجَاءَ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ فَقَالُوا رَحِمَ اللهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فِي أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يَسْتَعْدِي عَلَيْكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ وَهُوَ الَّذِي قَالَ لَكَ مَا قَالَ؟ فَقُلْتُ أَتَدْرُونَ مَنْ هَذَا؟ هَذَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ وَهُوَ ثَانِي اثْنَيْنِ هُوَ ذُو شَيْبَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِيَّاكُمْ يَلْتَفِتُ فَيَرَاكُمٍ تَنْصُرُونِي عَلَيْهِ فَيَغْضَبُ فَيَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَيَغْضَبُ لِغَضَبِهِ فَيَغْضَبُ اللهُ لِغَضَبِهِمَا فَيَهْلِكُ رَبِيعَةُ قَالُوا فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا؟ قَالَ ارْجِعُوا فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَتَبِعْتُهُ وَحْدِي وَجَعَلْتُ أَتْلُوا حَتَّى أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ الْحَدِيثَ كَمَا كَانَ فَرَفَعَ إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «يَا رَبِيعَةُ مَا لَكَ وَلِلصِّدِّيقِ؟» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَانَ كَذَا وَكَانَ كَذَا فَقَالَ لِي كَلِمَةً كَرِهْتُهَا فَقَالَ لِي قُلْ كَمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ قِصَاصًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَجَلْ فَلَا تُرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ وَلَكِنْ قُلْ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ» قَالَ فَوَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي