Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that when the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was taken on the Night Journey to Masjid al-Aqsa, and in the morning people began to discuss this matter, some people who had already believed in him and affirmed him became apostates. They came to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said:“Your companion is making such a claim that he was taken to Bayt al-Maqdis last night. Now, what do you say about this?”Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked:“Did he (peace and blessings be upon him) make this claim?”They said:“Yes.”Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“If he (peace and blessings be upon him) has said such a thing, then he has spoken the truth.”They said:“Will you affirm that he went to Bayt al-Maqdis in the night and returned before morning?”Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“Yes. (Reflect that) I affirm him in matters even more difficult and remote (according to your understanding) than this incident. I affirm the heavenly news, that is, the revelation sent down to him (peace and blessings be upon him), whether it comes in the morning or in the evening.”It is for this reason that Abu Bakr was called“al-Siddiq”(the Truthful).

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I (in a dream) was drawing water from a well. Abu Bakr came to me and took the bucket and drew one or two buckets, and there was some weakness in his drawing, and Allah will forgive him. Then Umar ibn al-Khattab took the bucket from Abu Bakr's hand, and it became a very large bucket. I have never seen such a strong and capable man working in such a way. He drew so much water that the people watered their camels and stayed by the water." This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, and Sayyiduna Abu Tufail (may Allah be pleased with them).

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: When the illness of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intensified, he ordered (my brother) Abdur Rahman bin Abu Bakr to "bring a tablet or a bone, so that I may write something regarding Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), so that no one will differ about it." When Abdur Rahman went away, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abu Bakr! Allah Almighty and the believers have refused that there should be any disagreement concerning you."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah! Grant Islam dominance through Umar bin Khattab."

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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I saw in a dream that I entered Paradise, and suddenly my gaze fell upon Rumaisa, the wife of Abu Talha, and I heard the sound of someone moving from the front side. I said: 'Jibril! Who is this?' He said: 'This is Bilal.' Then I saw a white palace, and there was also a girl in its courtyard. I asked: 'Whose palace is this?' He replied: 'This is Umar ibn Khattab's.' I wanted to enter it and look inside, but Umar! I remembered your sense of honor." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! May my parents be sacrificed for you, could I ever have a sense of honor over you?"

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I entered Paradise and suddenly saw a palace made of gold. I asked: Whose palace is this? They said: It belongs to a young man from the Quraysh. I thought it would be mine (because I am from the Quraysh). Anyway, I asked: Who is this Qurayshi? They said: It is ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "‘Umar! If it were not for your sense of honor and modesty, I would have surely entered it." Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Could I ever feel any sense of honor against you?"

Abu Umamah bin Sahl bin Hunaif narrates from a companion of the Messenger of Allah that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was sleeping, when suddenly I saw that people were being presented before me in such a state that they were wearing shirts; some people's shirts reached their chests, some were lower than that. Then Umar was presented, and his shirt was (so long that) it was trailing." The companions asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is the interpretation of this dream? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(The shirts represent) religion."

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Abu Bakr and Umar are the leaders of the elderly people who will enter Paradise from the first and the last (of mankind)." This hadith is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib, Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, Sayyiduna Abu Juhaifah, Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah, and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with them).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Hantab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: "These are (for my Ummah) its ears and its eyes."