Jumadal Ukhra, 13^th Hijri, after spending the day of Monday. The leader of believers, Sayyiduna ‘Umar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ led the funeral Salah and Sayyiduna Siddeeq-e-Akbar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ was laid to rest beside the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. (Tareekh-ul-Khulafa, pp. 62, 27, 81)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Most abstinent

Dear Islamic sisters! At one place in the Holy Quran, Allah Almighty has called Sayyiduna Siddeeq-e-Akbar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ most pious.

وَ سَیُجَنَّبُهَا الْاَتْقَىۙ(۱۷)

And he (i.e. Abu Bakr Siddeeq) will be kept far away
from it (Hell) who is most pious.

(Part 30, Surah Al-Layl, Ayah 17)

The [اَتْقٰی] ‘most pious’ as mentioned in this blessed Ayah refers to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ. Dear Islamic sisters! Have you heard! Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ had such a great status in the Merciful Court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ that many blessed Ayahs have been revealed about him. Similarly, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ had very high status in the court of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

Blessed status of Siddeeq-e-Akbar in the court of Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Sayyiduna Abu ‘Usman رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that blessed companions humbly asked: Amongst people who do you love the most? He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘Aaishah.’ They again humbly asked, ‘Who is from amongst men?’ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم replied, ‘The father of ‘Aaishah.’ (i.e., Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ.) (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 3, pp. 126, Hadees 4358)