In this section of the Kashf al-Mahjub, Hujwiri places Abu Bakr al-Siddiq within a Sufi typology of the spiritual path. He presents Abu Bakr as foremost among the 'people of witnessing' (arbab-e mushahadat), attributing this rank to the scarcity of his transmitted narrations, and contrasts him with Umar, whom the masters ranked foremost among the 'people of striving' (arbab-e mujahadat) for his firmness and rigor. Hujwiri dramatizes this difference of temperament through the report that Abu Bakr recited softly in his night prayer while Umar recited aloud. The passage frames Abu Bakr as the master of tajrid (detachment) and leader of tafrid (spiritual singularity) and as the model of the inward, contemplative mode of Sufism, distinct from the poetic praise of his sidq (truthfulness) found in other works.