For instance, note the following two narrations: 1 .
For instance, note the following two narrations: 1 .“When the living men weep over a dead person, hot water would pour over the dead one” “إنَّ الميت ينضح عليه الحميم ببكاءِ الحي” the content of this narration is wrong for several reasons: Firstly: the rational weeping over the dead body indicates human feelings and the Prophet wept a lot over the body of his son, Ibrahim. The Prophet in his lamenting said: dear Ibrahim, we cannot do anything for you and divine fate can not be reversed.
The eye of your father is filled with tears and his heart is full of sorrow, but I will not say any word which might cause God's anger[^5]“. When the Prophet became aware of the martyrdom of Jafar Ibn Abu Talib at the war of Mutah “he wept so much so that the tear-drops could be seen on his beard[^6].
Secondly, the holy Quran says: ﴿ لا تَزِرُ وازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرى ﴾ “No bearer of burden shall bear the burden of another” [^7] ; then how could the Prophet according to Abu Bakr, have said that through a person's weeping over a dead body, the latter would be hurt? “The heat of hell for my Ummah is like the heat of the bath-room”. إنّما حرّ جهنم علی أُمّتي مثل الحمّام This statement not only may embolden the sinners, it is against the Quranic texts that deal with this issue.
Thus, as we see, some narrations by Abu Bakr are either among his everyday conversations or are against common sense and the contents of the divine book, and could not be labeled as narrations. It is clear that such a person with this little amount of knowledge could not lead the Islamic community towards perfection and could not satisfy his Ummah's needs.
In one of his speeches, the caliph betrays himself by saying: “ إنى وليّت ولست بخيّركم وإن رأيتموني على الحق فأعينونى وإن رأيتموني على الباطل فسددوني” “You have bestowed upon me the rein of your own affairs while I am not considered the best among you. If you realized that I am right, then help me; but if you saw me doing wrong actions, stop me”. A religious leader in whose light the Islamic community should proceed, should not beg the Ummah for help.
Instead of helping the Ummah such a leader should be helped by his Ummah? Some samples of the ignorance of the first caliph Here are some samples of the caliph's general knowledge which also reveal the state of his religious knowledge. These samples reveal to us that he did not know the answers to many questions: The caliph was not aware of the amount of inheritance for one's grandmother.