from Ḥumayd ibn Hilāl, who said: When Abū Bakr was given the pledge of allegiance, he came out the next morning with several bolts of cloth draped over his forearm. ʿUmar asked, “What is this?” He replied, “I have a family to support.” ʿUmar said, “Come—Abū ʿUbaydah will fix an allowance for you.” So we went to Abū ʿUbaydah, who said, “I will allot you the daily food and clothing of one of the Emigrants, and you may keep your riding beast for your trips home.”

ʿĀʾishah said: When Abū Bakr assumed the caliphate he placed every dinar and dirham he possessed in the public treasury, saying, “I used to trade with this money and earn from it, but once they charged me with leadership they kept me occupied.”

ʿAṭāʾ ibn al-Sāʾib reported: When Abū Bakr became caliph he rose one morning with bundles of cloth slung around his neck, intending to sell them. ʿUmar and Abū ʿUbaydah met him and spoke to him. He said, “Then from where shall I feed my dependents?” They answered, “Come, we shall set an allowance for you.” They therefore fixed for him half a sheep each day and clothing for his head and body. ʿUmar said, “I will take charge of judicial matters,” and Abū ʿUbaydah said, “I will oversee the state revenue.” ʿUmar added, “A whole month would pass without two people coming to litigate before me.”

Maymūn ibn Mihrān said: They set his stipend at 2,500.

Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn said: After the Prophet ﷺ, Abū Bakr was this ummah’s most gifted interpreter of dreams.

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār, quoting one of his teachers, said: The foremost orators among the Companions were Abū Bakr and ʿAlī.

ʿAnbasah ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid said: Yūnus related to me, from Ibn Shihāb, from