Abul Ḥasan[1]! The status of Abū Bakr in my court is similar to my status in the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’ (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, Vol. 8, pp. 610-612)
The Leader of the Aĥl-us-Sunnaĥ, A’lā-Ḥaḍrat Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān عَلَيْهِ رَحْمةُ الْرَحْمٰنْ has stated in ‘Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ Sharīf’, ‘The Auliyā [the friends of Allah] رَحِمَهُمُ اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰی say that in the entire universe, there is no Pīr [spiritual guide] comparable to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and no Murīd [disciple] comparable to Abū Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ.’ (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, Vol. 11, p. 326)
Kī Muhammad صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم say wafā to ĥam tayray ĥayn
Yeĥ jaĥān chīz ĥay kyā, Lauḥ-o-Qalam tayray ĥayn
If you are loyal to Muhammad صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم then we are yours
What the universe is! The Divine Tablet and Pen are yours!
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الْحَبِیۡب صَلَّى الـلّٰـہُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Ṣiddīq Al-Akbar led the Ṣalāĥ [Prayer]
On page 41 of Savāniḥ Karbalā, [the 92-page publication Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing house of Dawat-e-Islami] it is stated:
[1] With reference to his eldest prince [son], Sayyidunā Imām Ḥasan Mujtaba رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ, the Kunniyaĥ [patronymic appellation] of the Leader of the Believers, Sayyidunā Alī کَـرَّمَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی وَجۡـھَـهُ الۡـکَـرِیۡم is ‘Abul Ḥasan’.