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Forty hadith on the superiority of AbuBakr the Truthful/ Meadow of thefastidious in the virtue of the truthful
Imam As-Suyuti
In the name of Allah, the most merciful the most compassionate
All praise belongs to Allah who made Abu Bakr the truthful the best of this nation and raised his rankabove all ranks lofty by certainty and truthfulness, by verification a scholar of Islam. I praise Him withthe praise of creation. I testify that there is no deity except Allah, the One, He has no partner, speechthat widens every restriction, I testify that Muhammad is his servant, his messenger, the Prophet of mercy (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him), his family, his companions, his partners, hisoffspring and those worthy of guidance and success.To begin: this book I have named Meadow of the fastidious in the virtue of the truthful. I havenarrated forty hadiths chosen for easy memorisation for whoever desires piety. I ask Allah to benefitus by connection to him and to gather us and you in the Dar Al-Zalafa (the house of proximity) withhim, with Muhammad (may Allah bestow peace and blessings be upon him and his family) O Allahaccept, O Allah accept, O Allah accept.
Hadith one
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow peaceand blessings
upon him) said, “Allah and the
believers deny those who dispute over you O Abu
Bakr.”
Imam Ahmed.
Hadith two
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow peaceand blessings upon him
) said, “Abu Bakr and Umar are mature masters of the first and the last withthe exception of the Prophets and the Messengers.”
Al
–
Tabarani in
Al-Kabir
part 22 p104 Al-Diyah in
Mukhtar
.
Hadith three
Sa’ed ibn Zayd reports that the Messenger of
Allah (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him)
said, “Abu Bakr is in Paradise, Umar is in Paradise, Uthman is in Paradise, Ali is in Paradise, Talha is in
Paradise, Al-Zubayr is
in Paradise, ‘
Abdurrahman
ibn ‘Awf is in Paradise, Sa’ad ib
n Abi Waqqas is in
Paradise, Sa’ed ibn Zayd in Paradise and Abu ‘Ubayd ibn Al
-Jarrah is
in Paradise.”
Abu Dawood.
Hadith four
Al-
Muttalib ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Hintab narrates from his father, from his grandfather that the
Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow peace and blessings
upon him) said, “Abu Bakr and Umar are
to me like the station of the hearing and sight to
the head.”
Al-
Barawadi, Abu Na’yim and others
.
Hadith five
Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestowpeace and blessings upon him) said, “Abu Bakr and Umar are to the religion like the station of the
hearing a
nd the sight to the head.”
Ibn Al-Najar and Al-Khattib in
Tarikh
from Jabir.
Hadith six
Jabir narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him) said,
“Abu Bakr the Truthful is my minister, my vicegerent of my nation a
fter me, Umar converses uponmy tongue, Ali is my cousin, my brother and bearer of my standard and Uthman is from me and I am
from Uthman.”
Al-Tabarani in
Al-Kabir
, Ibn ‘Addi in
Al-Kamal
and others.
Hadith seven
Shadad ibn Awais reports that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon
him) said, “
Abu Bakr is the most compassionate of my nation and the most merciful, Umar is thebest of my nation and the most just, Uthman is the shyest of my nation and the most generous, Ali isth
e most intelligent of my nation and the most courageous, ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud is the most
piousof my nation and its most faithful, Abu Dhar is the most ascetic of my nation and the most honest,Abu Darda is the most worshipful of my nation and fearful
and Mu’awiyah ibn Abu Sufyan is themost just of my nation and its most kind.”
Ibn
‘Asakir
who stated it as weak and others.
Hadith eight
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (may Allahbestow peace and blessi
ngs upon him) said, “Abu Bakr and Umar are the best of the early
community and the best of the inhabitants of paradise, the best of the people of the earth except
the Prophets and the Messengers.”
Ibn ‘Addi, Al
-Hakim in
Al-Kani
and Al-Khatib in
Tarikh
.
Hadith nine
‘Ikramah ibn ‘Amar reports from Iyas ibn Salamah ibn Al
-
Ikawa’ from his father that the Messenger
of Allah (may Allah bestow peace and blessings upon him
) said, “Abu Bakr is the best of my nation
after me, except if there would be a prophet.
”
Ibn ‘Addi, Al
-Tabarani in
Al-Kabir
and others
Hadith ten
Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bestowpeace and blessings upon him) said, “Abu Bakr is my companion, my friend in the cave, so know himfor this. If I were to take a bosom friend I would have taken Abu Bakr.”
‘Abdullah ibn Imam Ahmed in
Zawid Al-Musnad
, Al-Daylami and others
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