Abu Bakr (l.a.) confesses that Shaitan dominates him

Abu Bakr (l.a.) when he usurped the position of Caliphate said to the people that,

There is a Shaitan for me who dominates me.

At another place he says,

If I am right, help me and if I deviate, make me straight.

References

1.       Tarikh al-Tabari volume 3 page 224

2.       Tarikh Madinatul Damishq volume 30 page 303

3.       Riyadh al-Nadarah volume 1 page 216

While the Holy Quran says about the Shaitan,

إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ سُلْطانٌ عَلَى الَّذينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَلى‏ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُون‏

 إِنَّما سُلْطانُهُ عَلَى الَّذينَ يَتَوَلَّوْنَهُ وَ الَّذينَ هُمْ بِهِ مُشْرِكُون‏

Indeed, there is for him no authority over those who have believed and rely upon their Lord.

His authority is only over those who take him as an ally and those who through him associate others with Allah .

Surah Nahl 16: 99-100

This verse establishes that Abu Bakr (l.a.) was a polytheist

Poor Ibn Taymiyyah in his book Minhaaj al-Sunnah volume 5 pg 462 says that this statement of Abu Bakr (l.a.) is among his greatest excellences...