他是第一个皈依伊斯兰教的人，是第一个将《古兰经》收集整理成册的人，是第一个将其称为“穆师哈夫”（成文的经卷）的人——这一点的证据前文已经提到过。他也是第一位被称为“哈里发”的人。艾哈迈德记载，阿布·伯克尔·伊本·阿比·穆莱凯说：有人对阿布·伯克尔说：“安拉的哈里发！”他说：“我是先知ﷺ的哈里发，我对此感到满意。”他也是在父亲还在世时就开始执掌哈里发政权的人。

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.

他是第一位由臣民为他拨付一笔钱款的哈里发。

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

据布哈里传述，阿伊莎（愿真主喜悦她）说：阿布·伯克尔被任命为哈里发后说：“我的族人知道，我的职业并不足以供养我的家庭，而我现在已经专注于穆斯林的事务，所以阿布·伯克尔的家人将从这笔财产中取食，而他则为穆斯林工作。” 伊本·萨德传述，阿塔·本·赛布说：阿布·伯克尔被宣誓效忠后，一天早上他起身，手臂上搭着几件衣服，正要前往市场。欧麦尔问道：“你要去哪里？”他说：“去市场。”欧麦尔说：“你被委以穆斯林的事务，还要做什么？”他说：“我要做什么来养活我的家人？”欧麦尔说：“我们去吧，阿布·欧拜代会为你拨出一笔款项。”于是他们去见阿布·欧拜代，他说：“我为你拨付一个迁士中普通人的供给，不是最好的，也不是最差的，还有冬夏两季的衣物。若你的衣服磨损了，就回来换取替代的。”二人每天为他拨给半只羊，以及足以覆盖头部和身体的衣物。

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.

伊本·萨德记载：麦慕ēn说：阿布·伯克尔被任命为哈里发时，他们给他定了两千（迪尔汗）的俸禄。他说：“请增加给我，因为我有家眷要养，而你们让我忙于政务，无法经商。”于是他们又给他增加了五百。

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.

至-Tabarani在其《Musnad》中记载,al-Hasan ibn cAli ibn Abi Talib说:Abu Bakr临终时说:"cA'ishah,看看那头我们常喝它奶的奶骆驼,我们用来做饭的那只碗,还有我们常穿的外衣,因为我们在执掌穆斯林事务时曾靠这些东西获益。我死后,把它们还给cUmar。"Abu Bakr去世后,她把这些东西送给了cUmar。cUmar说:"愿真主怜悯你,Abu Bakr!你让接替你的人为难了。" Ibn Abi'd-Dunya记载,Abu Bakr ibn Hafs说:Abu Bakr临近死亡时,对cA'ishah(愿真主喜悦她)说:"我的小女儿,我们被委以穆斯林事务的管理,但我们没有为自己取过一第纳尔或一dirham,只是把他们的粗面食物填入肚中,穿着他们粗糙的衣服。穆斯林的战利品中,除了这个埃塞俄比亚奴隶、这头用来打水的骆驼和这件磨损破旧的外衣之外,我们没有留下任何东西,无论多少。我死后,把它们送给'Umar。"他是第一个设立bait al-mal(即储存天课及其他收入、并在分配前存放它们的建筑)的人。

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).

伊本·萨阿德叙述道：萨赫勒·本·艾布·海赛迈以及其他人说，艾布·伯克尔在阿斯-苏赫（as-Sunh）设有一座公库（bait al-mal），却无人看守。

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.

有人对他说:“你不派个人看守它吗?”他说:“上面有把锁。”他就把里面的东西分发出去,直到它空了。当它被迁到麦地那后,他换了锁,把它放在自己家里。财物送到他那里,他就把它分给人群中最贫穷的人,并且平均分配。他会购买骆驼、马匹和武器,放在那里用于真主的事业。他会购买从边远沙漠地带运来的外袍,分发给麦地那的寡妇们。阿布·伯克尔去世并下葬后,欧麦尔召集了受托人,其中有阿卜杜·拉赫曼·本·奥夫和奥斯曼·本·阿凡,他们与他一同进入阿布·伯克尔的公库。他们打开公库,发现里面什么也没有,既没有一第纳尔,也没有一迪拉姆。

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.

我说，此段圣训驳斥了al-cAskari在《al-Awa’il》（《首创》）中的话："最先设立公库（bait al-mal）的是cUmar。先知ﷺ没有公库，Abu Bakr也没有，愿真主喜悦他。"我曾在我所撰写的关于"首创"的书中反驳过此说。后来我看到al-cAskari在其书的另一处暗示了这一点，他说："最先主管公库的是Abu cUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah，代表Abu Bakr。"al-Hakim说：伊斯兰中最早的尊称是Abu Bakr，愿真主喜悦他，的称号"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.’

两位谢赫一致辑录：贾比尔（愿安拉喜悦他）说：先知（愿安拉赐福他并赐他平安）说：“如果巴林的财富到来，我会给你这么多、那么多。”后来先知（愿安拉赐福他并赐他平安）去世后，巴林的财富到来，艾布·伯克尔说：“凡是先知（愿安拉赐福他并赐他平安）欠过谁的东西，让他来找我们。”我便去告诉他。他说：“拿去吧。”我拿了，发现是五百。

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.

然后他给了我一千五百。

Then he gave me one thousand and five hundred.