I asked: Who is that man?

I asked: Who is that man? They replied: Umar bin Khattab. So I pushed the people aside and came to the front to see a man talking to the people, nothing of which I could understand.

I interrupted his dialogue and asked: O Shaykh, what is the evidence of the superiority of your friend, Abu Bakr Ateeq bin Abi Qahafa from the verse: “He being the second of the two, when they were both in the cave…” He replied: The superiority of Abu Bakr can be proved from this verse in six ways: First: It is that the Almighty Allah has mentioned the Holy Prophet (S) and He has also mentioned Abu Bakr as the second of the two when He said: “He being the second of the two…” Second: He has described the two of them to be present at one and the same place when He said: “when they were both in the cave…” Third: It is that they added Abu Bakr to the Messenger of Allah (S) by mentioning his companionship so that the two of them could be together in this position of honor.

“when he said to his companion…” Fourth: It is that kindness and sympathy of the Holy Prophet (S) was in his favor since his status deserved this as He says: “Grieve not…” Fifth: It is that he informed him that the Almighty Allah is with both of them equally, friend of both of them as He said: “surely Allah is with us…” Sixth: It is that He informs that tranquility descended on Abu Bakr because in no way can his tranquility be separated from that of the Holy Prophet (S), and He said: “So Allah sent down His tranquility upon him…” These are the six points in this verse that prove the merit of Abu Bakr, that neither you not…