I wish...

I wish, on the Saqifa day, I had submitted caliphate to 'Umar or Abu 'Ubayda, so as one of them had been emir and I had been his vizier.” Then he added, “I wish I had asked the Prophet (S.A.W.S.) about the matter of caliphate; to whom did it belong so as the people did not argue about it?” [^8] He ignored the great sin of his commander, Khalid b. Walid, when he ordered the execution of a Muslim, Malik b.

Nuwayra, and married his widow at the same night.[^9] We wonder how such a man could be more God-fearing than one who never worshipped any god but the One God and never committed any sins, neither in the Time of Ignorance nor after the advent of Islam.

Quoting the verse ﴾Allah was certainly pleased with the faithful when they swore allegiance under the tree.﴿ (Q: 48/18); he says that Abu Bakr was among those who swore allegiance under the tree.[^10] The pledge of Good Pleasure ( al-ridhwan ) took place under a tree in Hudaybiya; there were at least seven hundred men present there;[^11] and Abu Bakr was one them. God says ﴾O you who have faith! Obey Allah and obey the Apostle, and do not render your works void.﴿ **(**Q: 47/33).

Elsewhere He says ﴾Say, 'I do not ask of you any reward for it except the affection for [my] relatives.'﴿ **(**Q: 42/23). May God be pleased with whom His Apostle's daughter, Fatima is displeased?[^12] God knows best. He says the verse ﴾Let the well off and the opulent among you not fail to give the relatives and the needy, and to those who have emigrated in the way of Allah.﴿ (Q: 24/22) refer to Abu Bakr. It is true. This verse refers to Abu Bakr and his nephew, Mistah b. Uthatha b.

al-Muttalib b. 'Abd Manaf. The latter had been among those who cast doubt on the fidelity of 'A’isha during the affair of her absence from the camp of Muslims. Abu Bakr, deeply offended by his conduct, vowed that he would no longer provide him as he had done in the past, even after Mistah formally repented of his mistake. The Holy Qur'an, however, commanded him not to neglect his duty towards his needy nephew and to pardon him. It is a reminder, not an approval.

He believes the verse ﴾O you who have faith! Should any of you desert his religion, Allah will soon bring a people whom He loves and who loves Him, [who will be] humble towards the faithful stern towards the faithless.﴿ (Q: 5/54) is concerned with Abu Bakr. As we saw above[^13] it was 'Ali b.