Selected Arabic Poems of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 244
244 The Status of Ab u Bakr ra in the Eyes of the Holy Prophet may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him Ibn Khaldūn writes— Then, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, after making three recommenda- tions, said: All the doors which open onto the Mosque should be closed except the door of Ab u Bakr as I do not know anyone more beneficent than Ab u Bakr. ([ History of Ibn Khald u n, ] Part II, p. 62) Ab u Bakr’s Great Love for the Holy Prophet may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him Ibn Khaldūn writes— When Ab u Bakr entered the room in which the body of the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, lay, he uncovered his face and kissed his forehead and said: ‘Let my mother and father be sacrificed for you; you have tasted the death which Allah decreed for you, and you will never taste death ever again. ’ ([ History of Ibn Khald u n, Part II,] p. 63) According to Ibn Khaldūn 1 — one of the favours Allah bestowed on Hadrat Ab u Bakr in terms of his complete nearness to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was that he, may Allah be pleased with him, was carried in the same coffin that had carried the Messenger of Allah, may peace and 1. Scribal error. It should be Ibn al-Ath i r. [Publisher]