It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me to recite this supplication in the morning, evening, and when lying on the bed: «اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، أَنْتَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكُهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا» "O Allah! O Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Sustainer and Owner of everything! I bear witness that there is no deity except You; You are alone, You have no partner. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self, from the evil of Satan and his shirk, from burdening my soul with any sin, or from dragging any Muslim into it."

The last Musnad of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Harithah reports that once some people from Syria came to Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "We have acquired some wealth, horses, and slaves. We desire that there be means of purification and self-purification for us in this." Sayyiduna Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I will do as my two predecessors did before me." Then he consulted with the noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them), among whom Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was also present. He said, "This wealth is lawful, but on the condition that it is not made into a tax, so that it continues to be collected from people in the future."

Sayyiduna Abu Wa'il says that Sabi bin Ma'bad was from the rural tribe of Banu Taghlib and was a Christian who accepted Islam. He asked the people, "Which is the most virtuous deed?" The people replied, "Jihad in the way of Allah." So he intended to participate in Jihad. Meanwhile, someone asked him, "Have you performed Hajj?" He said, "No!" The person said, "First perform Hajj and Umrah, then participate in Jihad." So he set out with the intention of Hajj, and upon reaching the Miqat, he entered into Ihram for both Hajj and Umrah. When Zaid bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabiah found out, they said, "This person is more misguided than his camel." When Sabi presented himself before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he mentioned to him what Zaid and Salman had said. Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "You have been guided to the Sunnah of your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." The narrator of the hadith says, "I asked Abu Wa'il, 'Did Sabi himself narrate this to you?' He replied in the affirmative."

Amr bin Maymoon says that once Sayyiduna Farooq-e-Azam (may Allah be pleased with him) led us in the Fajr prayer at Muzdalifah, then he stayed there and said that the polytheists did not return before sunrise, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not adopt this method, after that Sayyiduna Farooq-e-Azam (may Allah be pleased with him) departed from Muzdalifah towards Mina before sunrise.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) would call the senior Companions (may Allah be pleased with them), he would also call me along with them and would say to me: "Do not speak until these gentlemen have spoken." In the same way, one day Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) called us and said: "Whatever the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has said regarding Laylat al-Qadr is also known to you, that you should seek Laylat al-Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten nights of Ramadan. Tell me, in which odd night of the last ten do you think Laylat al-Qadr is?" (It is obvious that every Companion's answer was different; Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) liked my opinion.)

Once, some people came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, "We have come to ask you three questions. What is the ruling on offering voluntary prayers at home? What is the method of performing ghusl after janabah? If a woman is in her 'days' (menstruation), to what extent is a man permitted (to have relations with her)?" Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, "You people seem very intelligent. Since the time I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about these matters, no one has asked me these questions until today, as you have. He said: When a person offers voluntary prayers at home, it is light, so whoever wishes may illuminate his house. Regarding the method of ghusl after janabah, he said: First wash the private parts, then perform wudu, then pour water over the head three times, and then bathe as usual. And regarding a woman in her 'days', he said: Whatever part is above the izar (waist-wrapper), a man may benefit from that."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that I saw Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) in Iraq wiping over his leather socks while performing ablution, and I was greatly surprised and astonished at this. Later, when we gathered in a gathering of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me,“The astonishment you had regarding «مسح على الخفين» , ask your father about it.”I mentioned the whole incident to him, so he said,“When Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates a hadith before you, do not reject it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) himself used to wipe over leather socks.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped over the leather socks (khuffs). Later, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked his father, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), about this matter. He replied: This is correct. When Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates any hadith to you, do not ask anyone else about it.

Once, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the pulpit on Friday to deliver the sermon. He praised Allah, mentioned the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and recalled Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Then he said: I have seen a dream, and it seems to me that the time of my departure from this world is near. In my dream, I saw that a rooster pecked me twice. I remember that the rooster was red in color. I mentioned this dream to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr’s wife, the honorable Sayyida Asma bint Umais (may Allah be pleased with her), and she interpreted it that a non-Arab person will martyr you. Then he said: People are telling me that I should appoint my successor. It is certain that Allah will neither let His religion go to waste nor the caliphate with which Allah sent His Prophet. Now, if my decision is made soon, I am appointing a council of those six people with whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was pleased at the time of his passing. When you pledge allegiance to any one of them, listen to him and obey him. I know that some people will try to create discord in the matter of caliphate. By Allah! I have fought with these hands of mine in defense of Islam against such people. These people are enemies of Allah, disbelievers, and misguided. By Allah! I have not left behind any issue more important than the issue of kalalah, about which my Lord has promised me. And by Allah! After accompanying the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I do not remember that he was ever displeased with me in any matter except the issue of kalalah, in which he was extremely displeased with me, to the extent that he placed his finger on my chest and said: For you, the last verse of Surah An-Nisa,“which was revealed in the heat,”is sufficient in this matter. If I remain alive, I will resolve this issue in such a way that both those who read this verse and those who do not will know the solution. And I make Allah a witness that the governors and rulers I have sent to various cities are only to teach people the religion, to present the Sunnahs of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) before the people, and to present to me those issues for which they have no solution. O people! You eat from two such plants which I consider impure: one is garlic and the other is onion (eating them raw causes bad breath). By Allah! I have seen that if the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) smelled their odor from someone’s mouth, he would order and that person would be taken by hand and expelled from the mosque, and not only that, but he would be escorted to Jannat al-Baqi and then people would return. If anyone wants to eat them, let him cook them to remove their odor. The narrator says that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered this sermon on Friday, and on Wednesday he was attacked.