Is it true what is narrated that Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) will not stand for judgment and will enter Paradise directly, and has a hadith been reported that Omar ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) will be the first to receive his book in his right hand on the Day of Judgment, and that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "And who told you that he has a book," in reference to Abu Bakr?
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The Muslim Ummah has agreed that the best of this Ummah after its Prophet are Abu Bakr, then Umar, then Uthman, then Ali, may Allah be pleased with them.
As for the reported concerning Abu Bakr, that he will enter Paradise without standing for reckoning, it is a very weak and unsound hadith.
As for the other hadith reported that Umar will be the first to receive his book in his right hand, it is an unsound hadith, and the accused in its fabrication is Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi, who is a liar and fabricates hadith.
As for the statement, "And who informed you that he has a book?" it has no basis in the narrations.
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