Dia adalah orang pertama yang menerima Islam, orang pertama yang mengumpulkan Al-Qur'an, orang pertama yang menamainya mushaf (salinan tertulis) - bukti tentang hal itu telah disebutkan sebelumnya - dan dia adalah orang pertama yang dijuluki "khalifah". Ahmad meriwayatkan bahwa Abu Bakr ibn Abi Mulaykah berkata: Ada yang berkata kepada Abu Bakr, "Khalifah Allah!" Dia berkata, "Aku adalah khalifah Rasulullah ﷺ, dan aku ridha dengan hal itu." Dia adalah orang pertama yang memerintah khilafah ketika ayahnya masih hidup.

He was the first to accept Islam, the first to collect the Qur’an together, the first to name it a mushaf (written copy) -The proof of that has already been mentioned - and he was the first to be named “khalifah Ahmad narrated that Abu Bakr ibn Abi Mulaykah said: It was said to Abu Bakr, ‘Khalifah of Allah!’ He said, ‘I am the Khalifah of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I am content with that.’ He was the first to rule the khilafah while his father was alive.

Dia adalah khalifah pertama yang rakyatnya menyisihkan sejumlah harta untuknya.

He was the first khalifah whose subjects allocated him a sum.

Al-Bukhari meriwayatkan dari cA’isyah, semoga Allah meridhainya, bahwa ia berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar diangkat menjadi khalifah, ia berkata, “Kaumku mengetahui bahwa pekerjaanku tidak membuatku tidak mampu menafkahi keluargaku, dan kini aku telah sibuk dengan urusan kepemimpinan dan urusan kaum Muslimin, maka keluarga Abu Bakar akan makan dari harta ini, sementara ia bekerja secara profesional untuk kaum Muslimin.” Ibnu Sa‘d meriwayatkan bahwa ‘Atha’ bin As-Sa’ib berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar dibaiat, ia bangun di pagi hari dengan membawa beberapa pakaian di lengannya dan hendak pergi ke pasar. ‘Umar berkata, “Hendak ke mana engkau?” Ia menjawab, “Ke pasar.” ‘Umar berkata, “Apa yang akan engkau lakukan, padahal engkau telah diserahi urusan kaum Muslimin?” Ia berkata, “Lalu apa yang akan kulakukan untuk memberi makan keluargaku?” ‘Umar berkata, “Mari kita pergi. Abu ‘Ubaidah akan menetapkan sejumlah harta untukmu.” Maka mereka pergi menemui Abu ‘Ubaidah, dan ia berkata, “Aku menetapkan untukmu kebutuhan hidup seorang laki-laki di antara kaum Muhajirin, bukan yang terbaik di antara mereka dan bukan yang paling rendah, serta pakaian untuk musim dingin dan musim panas. Jika engkau merusak sesuatu, kembalilah dan ambillah gantinya.” Kedua orang itu menetapkan untuknya setengah ekor kambing setiap hari dan apa yang dapat menutupi kepala serta badannya.

Al-Bukhari narrated that cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: When Abu Bakr was appointed khalifah he said, ‘My people know that my profession is not incapable of providing for my family, and I have become occupied with the command and the affairs of the Muslims so the family of Abu Bakr will eat from this property while he works professionally for the Muslims.’ Ibn Sacd narrated that cAta’ ibn as-Sa’ib said: When Abu Bakr was pledged allegiance he arose in the morning and upon his forearm there were some garments and he was going to the market place. cUmar said, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘To the market place.’ He said, ‘What are you going to do, when you have been put in charge of the affairs of the Muslims?’ He said, ‘What am I going to do to feed my family?’ He said, ‘Let us go. Abu cUbaydah will allocate a sum for you.’ So they went to Abu cUbaydah and he said, ‘I allocate you the supplies of a man among the Muhajirun, not the best of them nor the least of them, and the clothing of winter and summer. If you wear out something, return and take something in its place.’ The two of them allocated him half a sheep everyday and what would clothe his head and his person.

Ibnu Sa'd meriwayatkan bahwa Maimun berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar diangkat menjadi khalifah, mereka menetapkan untuknya dua ribu, lalu ia berkata, "Tambahkanlah untukku, karena aku memiliki tanggungan keluarga, dan kalian telah menyibukkanku sehingga aku tidak dapat berdagang," maka mereka menambahkan untuknya lima ratus.

Ibn Sacd narrated that Maymun said: When Abu Bakr was appointed khalifah they allocated him two thousand, so he said, ‘Increase me, for I have dependants and you have kept me busy so that I cannot engage in trade,’ so they increased him five hundred.

At-Tabarani meriwayatkan dalam Musnad-nya bahwa al-Hasan bin 'Ali bin Abi Thalib berkata: Ketika Abu Bakar hampir meninggal, ia berkata, "'A'isyah, lihatlah unta perah yang susunya dulu kami minum, mangkuk tempat kami biasa menyiapkan makanan, dan pakaian luar yang dulu kami kenakan, karena kami dulu mengambil manfaat darinya ketika kami memegang urusan kaum Muslimin. Ketika aku wafat, kembalikanlah semua itu kepada 'Umar." Ketika Abu Bakar wafat, 'A'isyah mengirimkannya kepada 'Umar. 'Umar berkata, "Semoga Allah merahmatimu, wahai Abu Bakar! Engkau telah membuat lelah orang yang datang sesudahmu." Ibnu Abi'd-Dunya meriwayatkan bahwa Abu Bakar bin Hafsh berkata: Ketika ia hampir meninggal, Abu Bakar berkata kepada 'A'isyah, semoga Allah meridainya, "Wahai putri kecilku, kami diserahi urusan kaum Muslimin, dan kami tidak mengambil untuk diri kami satu dinar pun maupun satu dirham, tetapi kami memakan tepung kasar dari makanan mereka untuk mengenyangkan perut kami, dan kami mengenakan pakaian kasar mereka di punggung kami. Tidak ada yang tersisa pada kami dari harta rampasan kaum Muslimin, baik sedikit maupun banyak, selain budak Habasyah ini, unta penimba air ini, dan pakaian luar yang tipis dan usang ini. Ketika aku wafat, kirimkanlah semua itu kepada 'Umar." Ia adalah orang pertama yang membuat bait al-mal (bangunan tempat zakat dan pendapatan lainnya disimpan selama dibagikan).

At-Tabarani narrated in his Musnad that al-Hasan ibn cAli ibn Abi Talib said: When Abu Bakr was near to death, he said, ‘cA’ishah, look to the milch camel whose milk we used to drink, the bowl in which we used to prepare food, and the outer garments we used to wear, for we used to benefit from that when we were in charge of the command of the Muslims. When I die, return them to cUmar.’ When Abu Bakr died she sent them to cUmar. cUmar said, ‘May Allah show mercy to you, Abu Bakr! You have exhausted the one who comes after you.’ Ibn Abi’d-Dunya narrated that Abu Bakr ibn Hafs said: When lie was close to death, Abu Bakr said to cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, ‘My little daughter, we were put in charge of the affairs of the Muslims, and we didn’t take for ourselves a dinar nor a dirham, but we ate of the coarse flour of their food in our bellies, and we dressed with their rough clothing upon our backs. Nothing remains with us of the booty of the Muslims, neither a little nor a lot, but for this Abyssinian slave, this camel for drawing water, and this threadbare worn-out outer garment. When I die, send them to ‘Umar.’ He was the first one to make a bait al-mal (a building in which zakat and other revenues were stored while they were being distributed).

Ibnu Sa'd meriwayatkan bahwa Sahl bin Abi Khaythamah dan yang lainnya berkata bahwa Abu Bakar memiliki bait al-mal di as-Sunh yang tidak dijaga oleh siapa pun.

Ibn Sacd narrated that Sahl ibn Abi Khaythamah and others said that Abu Bakr had a bait al-mal at as-Sunh which no-one guarded.

Seseorang berkata kepadanya, "Tidakkah engkau menugaskan seseorang untuk menjaganya?" Beliau menjawab, "Di situ ada gembok," dan beliau biasa membagikan apa yang ada di dalamnya sampai kosong. Ketika baitul mal itu dipindahkan ke Madinah, beliau menggantinya dan menyimpannya di rumahnya. Harta datang kepadanya, lalu beliau membagikannya kepada orang-orang yang paling miskin, dan beliau membagikannya secara merata di antara mereka. Beliau membeli unta, kuda, dan senjata, lalu menyimpannya di sana untuk digunakan di jalan Allah. Beliau membeli pakaian luar yang berasal dari daerah-daerah padang pasir pinggiran dan membagikannya kepada para janda di Madinah. Ketika Abu Bakar wafat dan dimakamkan, 'Umar memanggil para pengurus, di antaranya 'Abdurrahman bin 'Auf dan 'Utsman bin 'Affan, lalu bersama mereka masuk ke baitul mal Abu Bakar. Mereka membuka baitul mal itu dan tidak menemukan apa pun di dalamnya, tidak satu dinar pun dan tidak satu dirham pun.

Someone said to him, ‘Will you not put someone in charge of it to guard it?’ He said, ‘There is a lock on it,’ and he used to give away what was in it until it was empty. When it was moved to Madinah, he changed it and put it in his house. Property came to him and he used to divide it up among the poorest of the people and he would divide it equally among them. He would buy camels, horses and weapons and put them there to be used in the way of Allah. He would buy outer garments which came from the outlying desert tracts and distribute them among the widows of Madinah. When Abu Bakr died and was buried, cUmar summoned the trustees, amongst them cAbd ar-Rahman ibn cAwf and cUthman ibn cAffan, and with them entered the bait al-mal of Abu Bakr. They opened the bait al-mal and found nothing in it, neither a dinar nor a dirham.

Saya berpendapat bahwa riwayat ini membantah ucapan al-cAskari dalam kitab al-Awa'il (Permulaan-permulaan), "Orang pertama yang mengambil bait al-mal adalah cUmar. Nabi ﷺ tidak memiliki bait al-mal, begitu pula Abu Bakr, semoga Allah meridhainya." Saya telah membantah hal ini dalam kitab saya yang saya susun tentang "permulaan-permulaan", kemudian belakangan saya melihat bahwa al-cAskari juga mengisyaratkan hal ini di bagian lain kitabnya, dengan mengatakan, "Orang pertama yang memegang tanggung jawab bait al-mal adalah Abu cUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah atas nama Abu Bakr." Al-Hakim berkata: Julukan kesayangan pertama dalam Islam adalah julukan Abu Bakr, semoga Allah meridhainya, yaitu "cAteeq."

I say that this tradition refutes the words of al-cAskari in al-Awa’il (Firsts), ‘The first to take a bait al-mal was cUmar. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had no bait al-mal nor had Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him.’ I had refuted this in my book which I composed on ‘firsts’, then later I saw that alcAskari alluded to this in another part of his book saying, ‘The first to take charge of a bait al-mal was Abu cUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah on behalf of Abu Bakr.’ Al-Hakim said: The first affectionate nickname in Islam was the nickname of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, ‘cAteeq.’

Dua orang Syaikh meriwayatkan bahwa Jabir, semoga Allah meridhainya, berkata: Nabi ﷺ bersabda, "Seandainya harta dari Bahrain datang, aku akan memberimu sekian dan sekian." Ketika harta dari Bahrain datang setelah wafatnya Nabi ﷺ, Abu Bakar berkata, "Siapa pun yang mendapat janji dari Nabi ﷺ, hendaklah datang kepada kami." Aku pun datang dan memberitahukannya. Ia berkata, "Ambillah." Aku mengambilnya dan mendapatinya berjumlah lima ratus.

The two Shaykhs narrated that Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘If the wealth of Bahrain were to come, I would give you so much and so much.’ So when the wealth of Bahrain came after the death of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, Abu Bakr said, ‘Whoever was owed anything by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, let him come to us.’ I came and told him. He said, ‘Take.’ I took and found it to be five hundred.

Lalu dia memberiku seribu lima ratus.

Then he gave me one thousand and five hundred.