A baseless narration about Abu Bakr, may Allaah be pleased with him

15-10-2012 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamualaikum. I have heard a hadeeth which stated that Allah swt will come to meet all the inhabitants of jannah and second day Allah swt will come just to meet Abu bakr ra. Is this hadeeth true?? Jazakallah and may Allah bless you all.
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

With regard to the believers seeing Allaah in Paradise, then this is something certain beyond any dispute or doubt; we have already clarified this in Fataawa 10911 and 31498.

As regards saying that Abu Bakr may Allaah be pleased with him will particularly see Allaah in Paradise on the second day, then this is something that we have not come across (in the abundant resource books that we have at hand) and we do not think that such a statement is true at all.

Nonetheless, the virtues of Abu Bakr may Allaah be pleased with him are confirmed and so many.

Allaah Knows best.

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