Ibn-e-‘Asākir رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has narrated from ‘Abdur Raḥmān Ibn-e- Abī Laīlā رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه that Sayyidunā Ali کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم has stated, ‘Whoever says that I am more highly ranked than Sayyidunā Abū Bakr and Sayyidunā ‘Umar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُم, I will give him the punishment of a Muftarī [slanderer].’ (Tārīkh-e-Dimishq lā Ibn-e-‘Asākir, Vol. 30, p. 383)
It is reported by Sayyidunā Abū Ĥuraīraĥ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ that the Knower of the Unseen, the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Nobody’s wealth has given me as much benefit as the wealth of Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ.’ Upon hearing, Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ began to cry and said, ‘O Prophet of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! After all, you are the owner of me and my wealth.’ (Sunan Ibn-e-Mājaĥ, Vol. 1, p. 72, Ḥadīš 94)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الْحَبِیۡب صَلَّى الـلّٰـہُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
My dear Islamic brothers! Through this blessed narration, we learn that it was the ‘Aqīdaĥ [belief] of Sayyidunā Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ that we are the slaves of the Holy Prophet, and the owner of all of the wealth and belongings of a slave is his master. What even belongs to us mere slaves?