At-Tirmidhi dan Ibn Hibban, dalam kitab Sahih-nya, meriwayatkan bahawa Abu Sa'id al-Khudri berkata: Abu Bakr berkata, "Bukankah aku orang yang paling layak untuk jawatan khalifah itu? Bukankah aku orang pertama yang memeluk Islam? Bukankah aku orang yang begini dan begitu? Bukankah aku orang yang begini dan begitu?" Ibn 'Asakir meriwayatkan melalui jalan al-Harith, yang menceritakan bahawa 'Ali, semoga Allah meredainya, berkata: Orang pertama dalam kalangan lelaki yang memeluk Islam ialah Abu Bakr.

At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Hibban, in his Sahih, narrated that Abu Sacid al-Khudri said: Abu Bakr said, ‘Am I not the most suitable of people for it (the khilafahy. Am I not the first to accept Islam? Am I not the one of such-and-such? Am I not the one of such-and-such?’ Ibn cAsakir narrated by way of al-Harith who related that cAli, may Allah be pleased with him, said: The first among men to accept Islam was Abu Bakr.

Ibn Abi Khaythamah meriwayatkan dengan isnad yang sahih bahawa Zaid bin Arqam berkata: Orang pertama yang solat bersama Nabi ﷺ ialah Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.

Ibn Abi Khaythamah narrated with a sahih isnad that Zaid ibn Arqam said: The first to perform the prayer with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.