A--- Ibn 'Umar (Allah ya yarda da su) ya ruwaito: "A lokacin rayuwar Manzon Allah ﷺ, mun kasance muna ɗaukar Abu Bakr a matsayin wanda babu wani kamarsa, sannan 'Umar, sannan 'Uthman (wanda ke zuwa na gaba a matsayi), sannan ba mu kasance muna bambance tsakanin sahabban Manzon Allah ﷺ ba." (Sahih Al-Bukhari) ...him): "Na ce wa Manzon Allah ﷺ yayin da nake cikin kogon: 'Idan ɗayansu ya duba ƙarƙashin ƙafafunsa, zai gan mu.' Sai ya ce: 'Ya Abu Bakr! Me kake tunani game da mutum biyu wanda na uku daga cikinsu shi ne Allah?'" (Bukhari da Muslim) ...him): Manzon Allah ﷺ ya ce: "Idan da zan ɗauki wani khalil (aboki na kusa), da na ɗauki Abu Bakr, amma shi ɗan'uwana ne kuma abokina (a Musulunci)." (Bukhari da Muslim)

A--- Narrated Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them): "During the lifetime of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) we considered Abu Bakr as peerless and then`Umar and then' Uthman (coming next to him in superiority) and then we used not to differentiate between the companions of the Prophet.”(Sahih Al-Bukhari) him): "I said to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) while I was in the Cave. "If any of them should look under his feet, he would see us. "He said: "O Abu Bakr! What do you think of two (persons) the third of whom is Allah?" (Bukhari and Muslim) him): The Prophet (Peace be upon him) says: "If I were to take a Khalil, I would have taken Abu Bakr, but he is my brother and my companion (in Islam)." (Bukhari and Muslim)