“If I
were to take a friend other than my lord, I would take Abu Bakr as a friend.” (Hadith)
Election to the Caliphate:
The
Prophet’s (saw) closest companion, Abu Bakr, was not present when the Holy
Prophet (saw) breathed his last in the apartment of his beloved wife of later
years, Aisha, Abu Bakr’s Daughter. When he came to know of the prophet’s (SAW)
passing, Abu Bakr hurried to the house of sorrow.
“How blessed
was your life and how beatific is your death,” he whispered as he kissed the
cheek of his beloved friend, and master who now was no more.
