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) became sorrowful, and in fact, some individuals began to be surrounded by various kinds of doubts and whispers. I too was in a similar state. In this context, one day I was sitting in the shade of a mound when Hazrat Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by. He greeted me with salam, but I did not even realize that he had passed by or that he had greeted me. Hazrat Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) went straight from there to Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him, "Shall I tell you something astonishing? I just passed by Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), I greeted him with salam, but he did not reply to my salam." This incident is from the time of the caliphate of Siddiq. Accordingly, a little while later, Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Umar Farooq (may Allah be pleased with him) were seen coming from the front. As soon as they arrived, both of them greeted me with salam. After this, Hazrat Siddiq Akbar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Just now your brother Umar came to me. He was saying that he passed by you, greeted you with salam, but you did not reply to his salam. Why did you do this?" I said, "I did not do any such thing." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Why not! I swear that you did this. The real issue is, O Banu Umayyah! You people consider yourselves superior to others." I said, "By Allah! I was neither aware of your passing by nor did I know that you greeted me with salam." Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Uthman is telling the truth. Well, tell me, were you lost in thought?" I replied, "Yes." Hazrat Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked, "What thoughts were you absorbed in?" I replied, "Allah Almighty has called His Prophet to Himself, and I was not even able to ask him what the way to be saved safely from this calamity would be." Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I have already asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this." Hearing this, I stood up and said, "May my parents be sacrificed for you! You were more deserving to ask this question, so now please tell me the answer as well." Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), 'O Messenger of Allah! What will be the way to salvation from this grievous calamity?' So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever accepts from me that word of Tawheed which I presented to my uncle Khawaja Abu Talib and he refused to say that word, that very word is the way and means of salvation for every person.'"