It is narrated from Qais bin Abi Hazim, he says: I was sitting in the service of the Caliph of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), one month after the passing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Suddenly, he remembered something and had it announced among the people: "As-Salāh Jāmi‘ah" (the prayer is gathering). This was the first prayer among the Muslims for which the words "As-Salāh Jāmi‘ah" were used to make the announcement. The people gathered, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ascended the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah, and said: O people! I wish that someone else would take up this burden of the caliphate and I would be relieved of it. If you begin to hold me accountable according to the Sunnah of your Prophet, I will not be able to bear it. Revelation used to descend from the heavens upon him (peace and blessings be upon him), so he was protected and safeguarded from the influence of Satan.

Qais bin Abi Hazim also narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, delivered a sermon and said: O people! You do recite this verse, but you are applying it out of its proper context. Allah Almighty says: {یَا أَیُّہَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوْا عَلَیْکُمْ أَنْفُسَکُمْ لَا یَضُرُّکُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اہْتَدَیْتُمْ} … O you who have believed! Take care of your own selves. He who has gone astray cannot harm you when you are rightly guided. I myself heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say that when people see an evil among them and do not object to it, then Allah Almighty will send punishment upon all those people.

It is narrated from Awsat bin Amr, he says: One year after the passing of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, I came to Madinah Munawwarah. I saw Sayyiduna Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, addressing the people. He said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood among us last year. Saying this, his voice was choked with tears. This happened three times. Finally, he said: O people! Ask Allah for well-being. After well-being, there is no blessing like faith and certainty that a servant has been given. And after disbelief, there is no greater sin than doubt and suspicion. Hold fast to truthfulness and honesty; it leads a person towards righteousness, and the end of truthfulness and righteousness is Paradise. And beware of lying; it leads towards sins, and the end of lying and sin is Hell.

. (Second chain) Awsat bin Amr says: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) addressed us and said: Last year, Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stood in this very place of mine. Saying this, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep. Then he said: Ask Allah Almighty for well-being. Then he mentioned as in the previous hadith and further said: Do not envy one another, do not bear malice towards one another, do not sever ties of kinship, do not adopt mutual estrangement and enmity, and remain brothers to one another, as Allah Almighty has commanded you.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) was passing away, he recited this verse:

وَاَبْیَضَ یُسْتَسْقٰی الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْھِہٖ
رَبِیْعُ الْیَتَامٰی عِصْمَۃٌ لِلْاَ رَامِلٖ

And the fair one, by whose face rain is sought from the clouds,
He is the nurturer of orphans and the protector of widows.

Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said upon hearing this: By Allah! This person was indeed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that when Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) became seriously ill, he asked, "What day is it today?" We said, "Today is Monday." He asked, "On which day did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pass away?" We said, "On Monday." He said, "I think I will pass away by tonight." He was wearing a garment that had a saffron stain on it. He said, "When I die, wash this garment of mine and add two new garments to it, and shroud me in three garments." We said, "Should we not make all the garments new?" He said, "No, this is for (the corpse's) pus." Then, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away on the night of Tuesday.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked her, "On which day did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) pass away?" She replied, "On Monday." He said, "Masha Allah, I feel that I will pass away tonight." He asked, "In what kind of clothes did you shroud the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" She replied, "In three white garments made in the Sahool village of Yemen; there was neither a shirt nor a turban among them." He said, "This garment of mine has a saffron stain on it, wash it and add two more garments to it." Sayyida (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "Father! This is old." He said, "A living person is more deserving of new clothes; the shroud is for pus (decayed body)." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) had given him a striped sheet, in which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was also wrapped. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was taken out of it and shrouded in three white garments. Afterwards, Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) kept that sheet for himself and said, "I will have my shroud made from the cloth that has touched the blessed body of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then later he said, "By Allah! I will not have myself buried in such a garment in which Allah did not allow His Prophet to be buried." Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away on the night of Tuesday and was buried that very night. And when Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair (may Allah be pleased with him) also buried her at night.

It is narrated from Qais, he says: I saw Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he had a branch of a date palm in his hand, he was making people sit and saying: Listen to the words of the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then a servant of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), whose name was Shadid, came with a written document and he read that document before the people. He said: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) says that whatever is in this document, listen to it and accept it. By Allah! I have not been negligent in your right. Qais says: After that, I saw Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) on the pulpit.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Aamir (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: If there were to be a prophet after me, it would have been Umar bin Khattab.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: O Allah! Grant honor to Islam through whichever of Abu Jahl and Umar bin Khattab is more beloved to You. Allah Almighty found Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, to be more beloved among them.