What is the authenticity of the narration attributed to 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb: "Were the faith of Abu Bakr to be weighed against the faith of the people of the earth, it would outweigh them"?
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Umar's saying, "If the faith of Abu Bakr were weighed..." was narrated by Ibn Rahawayh and Al-Bayhaqi with an authentic chain of transmission, and it has several corroborating reports.
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