روى الدِّينَوَرِيّ في "المجالسة"، وابنُ عساكر، أنَّ الشَّعْبِيَّ قال: خصَّ اللهُ أبا بكرٍ بأربعِ خِصالٍ لم يخصَّ بها أحدًا غيره: سمّاهُ الصِّدِّيقَ، ولم يُسمِّ بالصِّدِّيقِ أحدًا غيرَه؛ وكان صاحبَ الغارِ مع رسولِ اللهِ ﷺ؛ وصاحبَه في الهجرةِ؛ وأمرَه رسولُ اللهِ ﷺ أن يؤمَّ الصلاةَ والمسلمون شهودٌ على ذلك.

Ad-Dinuri narrated, in al-Mujalasah, and Ibn cAsakir that ash-Shacbi said: Allah singled out Abu Bakr for four qualities with which he did not single out any other person: He named him as-Siddiq and named no-one apart from him as-Siddiq; and he was the Companion of the Cave along with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; his close companion on the Hijrah; and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered him to lead the prayer while the Muslims were witnesses to that.

رَوَى أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي كِتَابِ الْمَصَاحِفِ أَنَّ جَعْفَرًا قَالَ:

lltii Abi Dawud narrated in Kitab al-Masahif that Jacfar said:

كان أبو بكر يستمع إلى المناجاة بين جبريل والنبي ﷺ دون أن يراه.

Abu Bakr used to listen to the intimate conversation of Jibril with I hr Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, without iceing him.

قال الحاكم عن ابن المسيّب: كان أبو بكر بمنزلة الوزير من النبي ﷺ، يستشيره في جميع أموره. وكان ثانيه في الإسلام، وثانيه في الغار، وثانيه في العريش يوم بدر، وثانيه في القبر. ولم يكن رسول الله ﷺ يفضّل عليه أحدًا.

Al-Hakim narrated that Ibn al-Musayyab said: Abu Bakr was, in relation to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, In l lie position of a deputy and he would take his counsel in all his rt I lairs. He was his second in Islam, and his second in the Cave, his second in the shelter on the Day of Badr, and his second in the arave. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not prefer anyone over him.