Why Hazrat Abu Bakr read quietly and Hazrat Umar loudly - From Hazrat Ali Hajvairi's Kashf ul Majoob When Abu Bakr prayed at night he used to recite the Quran in a low voice, whereas Hazrat Umar used to recite in a loud voice. Prophet S.A.W asked Abu Bakr and Umar why he did this. Abu Bakr replied: "He with whom I converse will hear." Umar, in his turn, replied: "I wake the drowsy and drive away the Devil". The one gave a token of inner contemplation, the other of external purification. Now external purification, compared with inner contemplation, is like a drop of water in a sea, and for this reason the Apostle said that 'Umar, the glory of Islam, was only (equivalent to) a single one of the good deeds of Abu Bakr (hal anta ilia hasanat min hasanati Abi Bakr). Download large collection of Sufi eBooks at https://ift.tt/2iOcf5R

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