118 — ‘Abd Allāh narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: Ismā‘īl ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us, saying: Ghālib—meaning al-Qattān—narrated to us, saying: Bakr ibn ‘Abd Allāh said:

“Abū Bakr did not surpass the people because he prayed and fasted more than they did; rather, he surpassed them because of something that was in his heart.”