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المقام حصل لأبي بكر الصديق السر الذي وقر في نفسه، وظهرت قوة ذٰلك السر مع رقته، وقول عائشة لرسول الله ص في مرضه، حين أمر أن يصلي بالناس أنه رجل أسيف، ورسول الله ص يعرف منه بالسر الذي حصل عنده، ما لا تعرفه الجماعة.

فما بقي أحد يوم مات رسول الله ص، إلا ذهل في ذٰلك اليوم، وخولط في عقله، وتكلم بما ليس الأمر عليه، إلا أبو بكر الصديق، فما طرأ عليه من ذٰلك أمر، بل رقى المنبر، وخطب الناس، وذكر موت النبي ص، فقال: «من كان منكم يعبد محمدا فإن محمدا قد مات ومن كان يعبد الله فإن الله حي لا يموت».

ثم تلا: ﴿إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ﴾ [الزمر: 30] ﴿وما مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ﴾ [آل عمران: 144] الآية، فسكن جأش الناس، حتى قال: عمر: والله ما كأني سمعت بهذه الآية إلا في ذٰلك اليوم، وهٰذا قوله ص إذا وجب، يعني الموت فلا تبكين باكية.

وأما قبل وقوع الموت، فالبكاء محمود، وكذا فعل أبو بكر لما قام رسول الله ص، فقال: ما تقولون في رجل خُيِّر فاختار لقاء الله؟، فبكى أبو بكر وحده، دون الجماعة، وعلم أن رسول الله ص قد نعى لأصحابه

station Abu Bakr al-Siddiq attained the secret that settled within his self. The power of that secret appeared despite his tenderness and ʿAʾishah’s telling the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, during his illness, when he commanded him to lead the people in prayer, that he was a sorrowful man. Through the secret he possessed, the Messenger of God knew of him what the group did not know.

On the day the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, died, everyone was bewildered, his intellect confused, and spoke contrary to how the matter was, except Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. None of this befell him. Rather, he ascended the pulpit, addressed the people, and mentioned the Prophet’s death, saying, “Whoever among you worshipped Muhammad, Muhammad has died. Whoever worshipped God, God is living and does not die.”

Then he recited, “You shall die, and they shall die” [al-Zumar 39:30], and, “Muhammad is only a messenger” [Al ʿImran 3:144], the verse. The people’s agitation subsided, until ʿUmar said, “By God, it was as though I had not heard this verse until that day.” This is his saying, may God bless him and grant him peace, “When it has occurred”—meaning death—“let no woman weep.”

Before death occurs, however, weeping is praiseworthy. Abu Bakr did this when the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, stood and said, “What do you say of a man given a choice who chose meeting God?” Abu Bakr alone wept, unlike the group. He knew that the Messenger of God had announced to his companions