Hazrat Abu Bakr’s (ra) Dream Regarding his Khilafat

There is a dream of Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) as well. It is narrated that Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) once saw in a dream that he was wearing a garment made from a Yemeni cloth; however, it had two stains on the chest area. Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) related this dream before the Holy Prophet (sa) and the Holy Prophet (sa) stated, “The Yemeni garment means that you will be granted a good progeny and the two stains mean leadership for a period of two years, in other words you will be the leader of the Muslims for two years.”

(Kanz-ul-Ummal, Vol. 3, p. 253, Kitab al-Khilafah ma‘a al-Imarah, Hadith 14111, Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2004)