Yazid bin Abi Sufyan narrates that when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) sent me towards Syria, he advised me, saying: "Yazid! You have some relatives, and it is possible that, because you are the commander of the army, you may give preference to your relatives. Of all things, this is what I fear most regarding you, because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever is made responsible for any collective affair of the Muslims and, by giving preference to others, appoints someone to a position, the curse of Allah is upon him. Allah will not accept any obligatory or voluntary act of worship from him, until He admits him into Hell. And whoever gives someone protection in the name of Allah, and then unjustly breaks the promise of protection given in Allah’s name, the curse of Allah is upon him, or he said: Allah is free from him."

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Seventy thousand people from my Ummah have been granted to me who will enter Paradise without reckoning; their faces will shine like the moon of the fourteenth night, and their hearts will be like the heart of a single person, free from every kind of disease. I requested my Lord to increase this number, so He accepted my request and added seventy thousand more with each one of them. (Thus, by multiplying each of the seventy thousand by seventy thousand, the resulting number will all enter Paradise in the mentioned manner.)" Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) says: In my opinion, these will be the people who live in towns or are settled on the outskirts of villages.

It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever commits evil deeds will be recompensed for them in this world itself."

Hazrat Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) once narrated this hadith that after the passing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), many of the noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them) began to remain sorrowful, and in fact, some individuals started to be surrounded by various kinds of doubts and misgivings. I too was in a similar state. After this, the narrator mentioned the entire hadith, the translation of which has already been mentioned under hadith number 21.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) that after the blessed passing of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Hazrat Fatimah al-Zahra (may Allah be pleased with her) requested Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) to distribute the inheritance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the spoils of war. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said to her that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Inheritance is not established in our wealth; whatever we leave behind is charity." Hazrat Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) felt some burden in her heart about this, so she stopped speaking to Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding this matter, and this continued until the death of Hazrat Fatimah al-Zahra (may Allah be pleased with her). It should be noted that Hazrat Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) lived only six months after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In fact, Hazrat Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) was demanding the inheritance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) from the lands of Khyber and Fadak, and she also wanted to receive her share from the charities of Madinah. Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) apologized for fulfilling this demand and said that just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do things, I cannot leave them, rather I will act in the same way as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded, because I fear that if I leave any action or way of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I will go astray. Later, Hazrat Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) entrusted the management of the charities of Madinah to Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), in which Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) prevailed over Hazrat Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), while the lands of Khyber and Fadak were kept under the administration of the caliph by Hazrat Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said that these are the charity of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and their use is for emergent rights and difficult circumstances, and their responsibility will be borne by whoever is the caliph. That is why this is their situation to this day.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was spending the last moments of this worldly, mortal life, I recited a verse of poetry (the translation of which is) «وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ . . . رَبِيعُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِ» "He is the one with such a beautiful face that by the blessing of his radiant countenance, rain is sought; he is the support of orphans and the protector of widows." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: By Allah! This is indeed the attribute of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Ibn Jurayj says that my father narrated this hadith to me: When the Prophet (peace be upon him) passed away, people did not know where the grave of the Prophet (peace be upon him) should be made. Until Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) resolved this issue by saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say that every Prophet is buried at the place where he passes away. Thus, the noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them) lifted the blessed bed of the Prophet (peace be upon him), dug the grave beneath it, and the burial took place there.

Once, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) submitted to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Teach me a supplication that I may recite in my prayer." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught him this supplication: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ» "O Allah! I have greatly wronged myself, and none forgives sins except You, so forgive me with Your special grace and have mercy on me. Surely, You are the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful."

Qais says that once Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up to deliver a sermon, and after praising Allah, he said: O people! You recite this verse «يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ» [5-المائدة:105] "O you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you follow the right guidance, no one who goes astray can harm you." Remember! When people see a sinful act being committed and do not try to change it, soon Allah's punishment will encompass all of them. Remember! I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying this in the same way.

Qais reports that once Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up to deliver a sermon, and after praising Allah, he said: O people! You recite this verse: «يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ» [5-المائدة:105] "O you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you follow the right guidance, no one who goes astray can harm you." Remember! When people see a sinful act being committed and do not try to change it, soon Allah's punishment will encompass all of them.