Is the widely circulated story about Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq's financial liability [or stipend]—which includes details about his salary being determined and then increased after he referred the matter to Ali ibn Abi Talib—authentic, or is it one of the stories that have emerged recently?
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The sermon of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was narrated by Ibn Ishaq with an authentic chain of transmission from Az-Zuhri, from Anas. As for the story of a stipend being allotted to him, Ibn Hajar mentioned in "Al-Fath" that Ibn Sa'd narrated it with a mursal (missing the Companion in the chain) whose narrators are trustworthy, and several other narrations corroborate it. Furthermore, Ibn Sa'd and Ibn Al-Mundhir narrated with an authentic chain from Aisha that Abu Bakr bequeathed that any increase in his wealth since he assumed leadership should be sent to the Caliph after him, and they acted upon this.
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