U bbirinchi bo‘lib Islomni qabul qilgan, birinchi bo‘lib Qur’onni bir joyga to‘plagan, birinchi bo‘lib uni mushaf (yozma nusxa) deb atagan — buning dalili avval zikr qilingan — va birinchi bo‘lib “xalifa” unvoni bilan atalgan kishidir. Ahmad rivoyat qilishicha, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Mulaykah dedi: Abu Bakrga: “Allohning xalifasi!” deyilganda, u shunday dedi: “Men Payg‘ambarning ﷺ xalifasiman va bundan rozиman.” U otasi hayot ekanida xalifalik boshqaruviga birinchi bo‘lib kirgan kishidir.

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.

U'zining fuqarolari unga ma'lum miqdordagi mablag' ajratgan birinchi xalifa edi.

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

Al-Bukhari rivoyat qilgan: Oisha, Alloh undan rozi bo‘lsin, aytdi: Abu Bakr xalifa etib tayinlanganda dedi: "Mening qavmim mening kasbim oilamni boqishga ojiz emasligini biladi, endi men musulmonlarning ishlari va boshqaruvi bilan band bo‘ldim, shuning uchun Abu Bakr oilasi shu mulkdan yeydi, u esa musulmonlar uchun kasbi bilan shug‘ullanadi." Ibn Sa‘d rivoyat qilgan: Ato ibn as-Sa’ib aytdi: Abu Bakr bay‘at qilinganda, u tongda turdi, bilagida bir necha kiyim bor edi va bozorga ketayotgan edi. Umar dedi: "Qayoqqa ketyapsiz?" U dedi: "Bozorga." Umar dedi: "Musulmonlarning ishlari sizga topshirilgan ekan, nima qilmoqchisiz?" U dedi: "Oilamni boqish uchun nima qilaman?" Umar dedi: "Keling, Abu Ubayda sizga ma’lum miqdor ajratsin." Ular Abu Ubaydaning oldiga borishdi, u dedi: "Men sizga muhojirlardan bir kishining ta’minotini ajrataman, na eng yaxshisining va na eng kambag‘alining, shuningdek, qish va yoz kiyimlarini. Agar biror narsangiz eskirsa, qaytib kelib, o‘rniga boshqasini olasiz." Ikkovi unga har kuni yarim qo‘y va boshi hamda tanasini yopadigan kiyim ajratib berishdi.

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.

Ibn Sa'd rivoyat qilib, Maymun aytdi: Abu Bakr xalifa etib tayinlanganida, unga ikki ming dirham belgilab berishdi. Shunda u: «Menga ziyodaroq bering, chunki mening oilam bor, siz esa meni shu qadar band qildingizki, savdo bilan shug'ullana olmayman», dedi. Shunda ular unga besh yuz dirham qo'shib berishdi.

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-Tabaroniy o'zining "Musnad" kitobida rivoyat qilishicha, al-Hasan ibn Aliy ibn Abu Tolib shunday degan: Abu Bakr vafot yaqinlashganda dedi: "Oyisha, sut berib turadigan urg'ochi tuyaga qarang, biz undan sut ichardik, taom tayyorlaydigan qozonga, va kiyadigan tashqi kiyimlarimizga qarang, chunki biz musulmonlar ishini boshqargan paytimizda ulardan foydalanardik. Men vafot etganimdan keyin ularni Umarga qaytarib yuboring." Abu Bakr vafot etgach, Oyisha ularni Umarga yubordi. Umar dedi: "Alloh sizga rahm qilsin, ey Abu Bakr! Siz o'zingizdan keyin keladiganni qiynab qo'ydingiz." Ibn Abu d-Dunyo rivoyat qilishicha, Abu Bakr ibn Hafs shunday degan: Abu Bakr vafotiga yaqinlashganda Oyishaga, Alloh undan rozi bo'lsin, dedi: "Kichkina qizim, biz musulmonlarning ishlariga mas'ul qilindik, lekin o'zimiz uchun na dinor, na dirham olmadik. Biz ularning oddiy taomidan, qo'pol un bilan qorin to'ydirdik va ularning qo'pol kiyimlarini yelkamizga kiydik. Musulmonlarning o'ljasidan bizda hech narsa qolmadi, na oz, na ko'p, faqat shu habashistonlik qul, suv tortadigan shu tuya va shu yirtilib eskirgan tashqi kiyim qoldi. Men vafot etganimdan keyin ularni Umarga yuboring." U bayt al-mol (zakot va boshqa daromadlar taqsimlanguncha saqlanadigan bino) qurdirgan birinchi kishi edi.

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).

Ibn Sa'd rivoyat qilishicha, Sahl ibn Abi Xaysama va boshqalar aytdilar: Abu Bakrning as-Sunhda bayt al-mol (xazina) bor edi, uni hech kim qo'riqlamas edi.

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.

Kimdir unga aytdi: “Uni qo‘riqlash uchun biror kishini mas’ul qilib qo‘ymaysizmi?” U: “Unda qulf bor”, dedi va unda bor narsani to‘la tugaguncha tarqatib berardi. U Madinaga ko‘chirilganda, uni almashtirib, o‘z uyiga qo‘ydi. Unga mol-mulk kelar edi, u uni odamlarning eng kambag‘allari orasida bo‘lib berardi va ularga teng ulushda taqsimlardi. U tuyalar, otlar va qurollar sotib olib, ularni Alloh yo‘lida foydalanish uchun u yerga qo‘yardi. U cho‘l chekka hududlaridan keladigan ustki kiyimlarni sotib olib, ularni Madinaning beva ayollari orasida tarqatardi. Abu Bakr vafot etib, dafn qilingach, Umar xazinachilarni, ular orasida Abdurrahmon ibn Avf va Usmon ibn Affon ham bor edi, chaqirtirdi va ular bilan birga Abu Bakrning bayt al-molига kirdi. Ular bayt al-molни ochib, unda hech narsa topmadilar, na bir dinor, na bir dirham.

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.

Men aytamanki, bu rivoyat al-Askariyning "al-Awa'il" (Birinchilar) kitobidagi so'zlarini rad etadi: "Bayt al-mol (davlat xazinasi)dan birinchi bo'lib foydalangan kishi Umar bo'lgan. Payg'ambar ﷺ da bayt al-mol bo'lmagan, Abu Bakr ham (roziyallohu anhu) da bo'lmagan." Men bu so'zni "Birinchilar" haqidagi o'z kitobimda rad etgan edim. Keyinroq esa al-Askariyning o'z kitobining boshqa bir qismida shunday deganini ko'rdim: "Bayt al-molning mas'ulligini birinchi bo'lib Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah Abu Bakr nomidan qabul qilgan." Al-Hakim aytadi: "Islomda birinchi bo'lib berilgan mehrli laqab Abu Bakr (roziyallohu anhu) ning "Atiq" laqabidir."

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.’

Ikki shayx rivoyat qilgan: Jobir, Alloh undan rozi bo'lsin, aytdi: Nabiy ﷺ dedilar: "Agar Bahrayn mollari kelsa, senga shunchalik va shunchalik beraman". Nabiy ﷺ vafotlaridan keyin Bahrayn mollari keldi, Abu Bakr dedi: "Kimning Nabiy ﷺ zimmasida biror narsa bo'lsa, bizning oldimizga kelsin". Men kelib, unga aytdim. U dedi: "Ol". Men oldim va u besh yuz ekanini topdim.

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.

Keyin u menga ming besh yuz berdi.

Then he gave me one thousand and five hundred.