give me Ghusl (the ritual bath) with the blessed bowl from which the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was given Ghusl, then after wrapping the shroud around me take my body to the enlightened tomb of the Holy Prophet           صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and then, seek permission from the court of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم by saying ‘اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ یَارَسُوْلَ اللہِ! ھٰذَا اَبُوْبَکْر یَسْتَاْذِنُ’                ‘Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Salam be upon you, Abu Bakr is present and seeks permission.’ If the door of the blessed Mausoleum opens, bury me in there and if permission is not granted, then bury me in the graveyard of the Muslims (Jannat-ul-Baqi’).’

Sayyiduna Ali-ul-Murtada کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی وَجۡھَـهُ الۡـکَرِیۡم said: “Having given Ghusl and enshrouding Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ, the body was placed at the door of the Beloved’s Mausoleum, and was humbly said: Ya Rasoolallah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! Abu Bakr seeks your permission. Sayyiduna Ali-ul-Murtada کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی وَجۡھَـهُ الۡـکَرِیۡم said: As soon as I said my words, I saw that the door of the Mausoleum of the beloved Rasool (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) opened and a voice came from inside:

اَدۡخِلُوا الۡحَبِيۡبَ اِلَي الۡحَبِيۡبِ فَاِنَّ الۡحَبِيۡبَ اِلَي الۡحَبِيۡبِ مُشۡتَاقٌ

‘Enter the beloved to the beloved, for surely the beloved eagerly awaits      the beloved.’ Then he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was buried at the side of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. (Al-Khasais, vol. 2, page, 492)

وہ یارِ غار بھی ہیں تو یارِ مزار بھی        بُوبکر آج بھی تو ہیں ہر دَم نبی کے ساتھ

After narrating the abovementioned parable, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, the founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri Razavi has stated on page 43 of his booklet ‘Aashiq-e-Akbar’ [Unparalleled Devotee]: