Abu Bakr asy-Syafi'i meriwayatkan dalam al-Ghaylaniyyat, dan Ibnu 'Asakir: Bahawa Hafsah, semoga Allah meredai dirinya, berkata kepada Nabi ﷺ, "Ketika engkau sakit, engkau mendahulukan Abu Bakar." Baginda bersabda, "Bukan aku yang mendahulukannya, tetapi Allah yang mendahulukannya."
Ad-Daraqutni meriwayatkan dalam al-Afrad, dan al-Khatib serta Ibnu 'Asakir: Bahawa 'Ali, semoga Allah meredainya, berkata: Nabi ﷺ bersabda kepadaku, "Aku telah memohon kepada Allah tiga kali supaya Dia mendahulukan engkau, tetapi Dia menolakku melainkan dengan mendahulukan Abu Bakar."
Ibnu Sa'd meriwayatkan bahawa al-Hasan berkata: Abu Bakar berkata, "Wahai Rasulullah, aku masih melihat diriku (dalam mimpi) berjalan di halaman-halaman manusia." Baginda bersabda, "Engkau akan menjadi, di kalangan manusia, di atas jalan {sabil}!" Dia berkata, "Dan aku melihat di dadaku sesuatu seperti dua tanda gelap yang kecil." Baginda bersabda, "Dua tahun."
Ibnu 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahawa Abu Bakrah berkata: Aku datang kepada 'Umar, dan ada orang-orang bersamanya yang sedang makan. Dia melemparkan pandangan kepada seorang lelaki di kalangan orang-orang yang paling belakang dan berkata, "Apa yang kamu dapati dalam apa yang kamu baca daripada kitab-kitab sebelum kamu?" Lelaki itu berkata, "Khalifah Nabi ﷺ ialah Siddiq baginda."
Ibnu 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahawa Muhammad bin az-Zubair berkata: 'Umar bin 'Abd al-'Aziz menghantar aku kepada al-Hasan al-Basri untuk bertanya kepadanya beberapa perkara. Maka aku datang kepadanya dan berkata, "Puaskanlah hatiku mengenai perkara yang manusia berselisih padanya. Adakah Nabi ﷺ melantik Abu Bakar sebagai khalifah?" Maka al-Hasan yang sedang duduk itu menegakkan dirinya dan berkata, "Adakah ada keraguan padanya? Tiada bapa bagimu! (ungkapan Arab yang bersifat peribahasa)! Demi Allah, yang tiada Tuhan selain Dia, baginda sudah tentu melantiknya sebagai khalifah. Baginda sememangnya lebih mengenal Allah, lebih taat dengan penuh takut kepada-Nya, dan lebih kuat takutnya kepada-Nya, sehingga baginda tidak akan membiarkan dirinya mati tanpa menjadikannya memegang tampuk pemerintahan." Ibnu 'Adi meriwayatkan bahawa Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash berkata: Ar-Rashid berkata kepadaku, "Abu Bakr, bagaimanakah orang ramai melantik Abu Bakr sebagai khalifah?" Aku menjawab, "Amir al-Mu'minin, Allah diam, Rasul-Nya diam dan orang-orang mukmin diam." Dia berkata, "Demi Allah, engkau hanya menambahkan kekeliruanku."
Dia (Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash) berkata: "Amir al-Mu'minin, Nabi ﷺ jatuh sakit selama lapan hari, lalu Bilal masuk menemui baginda dan berkata, 'Wahai Rasulullah, siapakah yang patut mengimami solat orang ramai?' Baginda bersabda, 'Suruhlah Abu Bakr mengimami solat orang ramai.' Maka Abu Bakr mengimami solat orang ramai selama lapan hari, sedangkan wahyu masih diturunkan. Oleh itu, Rasulullah ﷺ diam kerana diamnya Allah, dan orang-orang mukmin diam kerana diamnya Rasulullah ﷺ."
Maka dia (Ibnu 'Ayyash) membuatnya (ar-Rashid) kagum, lalu dia berkata, "Semoga Allah memberkatimu."
Sekumpulan ulama telah mengambil dalil tentang khilafah as-Siddiq daripada ayat-ayat al-Qur'an. Al-Hasan al-Basri berkata mengenai firman-Nya, Yang Maha Tinggi, "Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, sesiapa antara kamu yang murtad daripada agamanya, maka Allah akan mendatangkan suatu kaum yang Dia kasihi dan yang mengasihi-Nya..." (Al-Qur'an 5: 54), bahawa maksudnya ialah Abu Bakr dan para sahabatnya. Ketika orang Arab murtad daripada Islam, Abu Bakr dan para sahabatnya berjihad memerangi mereka sehingga mereka kembali kepada Islam.
Yunus bin Bukayr meriwayatkan bahawa Qatadah berkata, "Apabila Nabi ﷺ wafat, orang Arab murtad (daripada Islam)." Kemudian dia menyebut tentang Abu Bakr yang memerangi mereka, sehingga dia berkata, "Kami dahulu berkata bahawa ayat ini diturunkan mengenai Abu Bakr dan para sahabatnya, 'Maka Allah akan mendatangkan suatu kaum yang Dia kasihi dan yang mengasihi-Nya!'" (Al-Quran 5: 54)' Ibn Abi Hatim meriwayatkan bahawa Juwaybir berkata, mengenai firman-Nya, Maha Tinggi Dia, '{Katakanlah kepada orang-orang Arab badwi yang ditinggalkan, "Kamu akan diseru (untuk memerangi) kaum yang memiliki kekuatan yang besar ...}'" (Al-Quran 48:
Abu Bakr ash-Shafici narrated, in al-Ghaylaniyyat, and Ibn cAsakir I hat Hafsah, may Allah be pleased with her, said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘When you were ill you gave precedence to Abu Bakr.’ He said, ‘I am not the one who gives precedence to him, but it is Allah Who gives him precedence.’ Ad-Daraqutni narrated, in al-Afradal-Khateeb and Ibn cAsakir that cAli, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to me, ‘I asked Allah to give precedence to you three times, but He refused me save to give precedence to Abu Bakr.’ Ibn Sacd narrated that al-Hasan said: Abu Bakr said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I still see myself (in dream) treading in people’s courtyards.’ He said, ‘You will be, among men, on a way {sabeel)! He said, ‘And I saw on my breast something like two small dark marks.’ He said, ‘Two years.’ Ibn cAsakir narrated that Abu Bakrah said: I came to cUmar, and there were people with him eating. He threw a look among the hindmost of the people to a man and said, ‘What do you find in what you read of the books from before you?’ He said, ‘The khalifah of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is his Siddiq.’ Ibn cAsakir narrated that Muhammad ibn az-Zubayr said: cUmar ibn cAbd al-cAziz sent me to al-Hasan al-Basri to ask him some things. So I came to him and said, ‘Satisfy me regarding that about which people disagree. Did the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, appoint Abu Bakr as khalifahV So al-Hasan who was seated drew himself up and said, ‘Is it in any doubt? You have no father (a proverbial Arabic expression)! By Allah, the One Whom there is no god but Him, he definitely appointed him as khalifah. He was certainly more knowing of Allah, and more fearfully obedient of Him, and more strongly fearful of Him than that he should die upon it without making him take the command.’ Ibn cAdi narrated that Abu Bakr ibn cAyyash said: Ar-Rashid said to me, Abu Bakr, how did the people appoint Abu Bakr as khalifah?’ I said, ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Allah was silent, and His Messenger was silent and the mu’minun were silent.’ He said, ‘By Allah, you have only increased me in confusion.’ He said, Amir al-Mu’minin, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was sick for eight days and Bilal entered upon him and said, “Messenger of Allah, who should lead the people in prayer?” He said, “Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.” So Abu Bakr led the people in prayer for eight days while the revelation was still descending. So the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was silent because of the silence of Allah, and the mu’minun were silent because of the silence of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.’ So he (Ibn cAyyash) astonished him (ar-Rashid), and he said, ‘May Allah bless you.’ A group of the men of knowledge deduced the khilafah of as-Siddiq from ayat of the Qur’an. Al-Hasan al-Basri said, concerning His words, exalted is He, ‘O you who believe, whoever of you reneges on his deen then Allah will bring a people whom He loves and who love I Uni, ..! (Qur’an 5: 54) — ‘It means Abu Bakr and his companions, lor, when the Arabs reneged on their Islam, Abu Bakr and his t ompanions waged jihad against them until they made them return to Islam.’ Yunus ibn Bukayr narrated that Qatadah said, ‘When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, the Arabs reneged (on their Islam).’ Then he mentioned Abu Bakr’s fighting them until lie said, ‘We used to say that this ayah was revealed about Abu Bakr unci his companions, “Then Allah will bring a people whom He loves and who love Him!’ (Qur’an 5: 54)’ Ibn Abi Hatim narrated that Juwaybir said, concerning His words, exalted is He, ‘Say to those who were left behind of the desert Arabs, "You will be called to (fight) a people of great power ...’” (Qur’an 48: