Most importantly...

Most importantly, even if Abu Bakr had been a bastard – and he was NOT – he would still have been appointed Imam in salat over the Sahabah by the Prophet at that point in time, according to Sunni Islam, as long as he had the best Qur’anic recitation among them. The problem however is that Abu Bakr was never the overall best reciter among his colleagues. So, he was unqualified, and therefore could never have been appointed as Imam during the period of the illness.

Still, even if he had been qualified and had been designated, it would have indicated absolutely nothing of spiritual status or choice for the khilafah after the Messenger. However, the ‘ulama of the Ahl al-Sunnah go to desperate lengths in exaggerating about…