There are many Qura'nic verses about the exaltation of Hazrat Abu Bakr ® one is in chapter Tauba: "Verily, Allah gives him support, when infidels expelled him."
About a verse in chapter Zammer: "And who brought forward the true verse and that when believed it truth those are pious," Hazrat Ali ® said that prophet (PBUH) is indicated by words 'who brought forward the true verse and the one who testified it is Hazrat Abu Bakr ®."
Among all the people, he was called "Al-Atiq," the most pious, delivered from the punishments of the fire.
Besides, there are many Hadiths in praise of Hazrat Abu Bakr ®. The Prophet (PBUH) said: "Had I made anyone my friend except Allah, I would have chosen Abu Bakr ®.
"What ever Allah poured into my heart, I poured into the heart of Abu Bakr."
The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said: "Whenever I offered Islam to anyone, he always showed some reluctance and hesitation and tried to enter into an argument. Abu Bakr ® was the only person who accepted Islam without any doubt or hesitation, and without any argument."
"Allah will show His glory to the people in a general way, but He will show it to Hazrat Abu Bakr ® in a special way."
"Never was anything revealed to me that I did not pour into the heart of Abu Bakr."
"There is no one to whom I am obligated and have not repaid my debt except Abu Bakr, for I owe him much for which Allah will compensate him on the Day of Judgment."
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Before, his departure to the Afterworld, he told his daughter Syeda Ayesha Siddiqa ® that he be shrouded in his used clothes as was the Prophet (PBUH) and some new pieces be added to his shroud. When his funeral became ready for the burial, he be taken to the shrine of the Prophet (PBUH) and permission for entering the Shrine of the Prophet (PBUH) be sought. If the door of the shrine opens of its own, he may be buried there.
When the mourners took his funeral at the door of the shrine of the Prophet (PBUH) they said: "O prophet of Allah! your companion Abu Bakr seeks permission to enter," and the door of the shrine of the Prophet (PBUH) opened without touching by anybody. Then Hazrat Abu Bakr ® was laid to rest besides his beloved, the Prophet (PBUH).
Hazrat Abu Bakr ® initiated the recitation of La Ilaha Illallah in a circle of his friends in his house.
