Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq

(May Allah be pleased with him)


The Series of: Men and Women Around Muhammad


(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him)


Edition 2012, version 1


Project Manager


Kamal Ahmad !Translated by


Manal Qutub

Contents ! Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq: Ancestry and Attributes 5


Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq in the Pre-Islamic Society 6


His Acceptance of Islam 8


Migration to Madinah 11


Selected Views from the Biography of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq 13


In the Battle of Badr 13


Spending for God's Sake 14


The Day the Prophet Died 15


Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq the First Caliph in Islam: 16


His Reaction Towards Apostasy 16


Compilation of the Holy Qur'an 18


Extracts From his Sermons and Speeches 20


The Final Moments of his Life 23


PROJECT - Just One Message 25


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This is a splendid life, not of a single being, but of an entire


nation that endured a glittering light when darkness prevailed


the universe. It guided the lost humanity from the violent


ignorance to the safe edging of knowledge. From that culture the


human intellect graduated and enlightened, as it was graduated


and enlightened formerly from the Greek culture. Hence, it has


the infinite favor to all humanity. This culture is principally based


on monotheism and virtue, while the principals of the Greek


culture are polytheism and immorality which they attributed to


their claimed gods, and identified them as their mythology. !The life of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq represents the first page of the


Prophet's Companions history, it is the history of the best


generation that encompassed glory and triumph, which have


never been found in all human histories. Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq was


a notable man who obtained nobility of character, combining


between entire tenderness and determined stringency. His nature


was similar to the sea in its grandeur, sublimity, profundity, and


spaciousness, those features are genuinely concealed as jewels


and pearls underneath brines. !This booklet will comprise concise glimpses derived from the


biography of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with


him) , hopefully we might enlighten the sides of this distinctive


personality that subsequent to the greatest personality of the


Prophet Muhammad (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him). !!


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Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq: Ancestry and Attributes


He is the first Caliph after the Prophet Muhammad (prayers and


peace be upon him). His name is Abdullah bin Abu Quhafah


Uthman bin Aamer Al Qurashi Al Taymi, His lineage joins with


that of the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) six


generations before himself, in Murrah Ben Kaáb. It was broadly


agreed on naming him Al-Siddiq (The Truthful), for the reason


that before Islam he was one the chiefs of Quraish and one of


their consultants, and he was well-known of his truthfulness and


honesty. In the presence of Islam, Abu Bakr was the first man to


respond and believe the Prophet Muhammad's mission. !Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was born in Makkah


in the year 573 CE (Christian Era), two years and some months


after the birth of the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him).


Abu Bakr was brought up within his decent good parents, thus


he gained a considerable self-esteem and noble status. His father


Uthman, named Abu Quhafah, accepted Islam in the Day of


Victory in Makkah. His mother Salma, named Umm Al Khair,


she embraced Islam early, and migrated to Madinah. !Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was a slim white man


with slight shoulders, thin face, sunken eyes, protruding


forehead, and was used to dye his beard with henna, these are


his physical constitution. Regarding his morality, he was


munificent, courageous, determinate, has got good sense in


intricate stances, tolerant, patient, strong-minded, jurist,


knowledgeable of genealogy and history, has a great trust and


reliance on Allah, devout, alienated from desires, abstaining


from the world and willing with Allah's blessings, (may Allah be


pleased with him). !!


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Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq in the Pre-Islamic Society


In the days of ignorance, Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with


him) was a noble man among the tribe of Quraish and he was a


premium, they sought his assistance in intricate circumstances.


He was well-known of several qualities: !Genealogical knowledge


He was well-informed of genealogy and Arabs history, so


proficient that he was a chief among others in this field, such as


Aqeel Ben Abi Talib and others, but he was distinguished with


his decent manner that he never disparaged ancestries, or


revealed blunders. !Trade


He was a trader before Islam, and traveled to Busra in the land


of Al-Sham for trading. He traveled among many countries, his


capital was forty thousand dirhams. He used to spend his money


generously. !Noble-mindedness


Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) was remarkably


virtuous, even before Islam he had made intoxicants forbidden


for himself. He answered the one who asked him: have you ever


drank intoxicant? Saying: 'I seek refuge in Allah, I never did it.'


Said to him: 'why?' He said: 'I maintain my honor and preserve


my dignity.' !!


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Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) has never prostrated


to an idol. Once, in a gathering of the Prophet (prayers and


peace be upon him) and his Companions, Abu Bakr said: "I have


never prostrated to an idol. As I approached adulthood, my


father -Abu Quhafa- led me to a chamber of idols. He said:


'these are your grand elevated gods.' And he departed. I


advanced to an idol and said: 'I am hungry can you feed me?' It


didn't answer. I said: 'I am undressed can you dress me?' It


didn't answer. I threw off a rock upon it, and it fell down." Thus,


he was guided by his good manners, wisdom, and common


sense to avoid badness and depravity of the ignorance, and to


evade dishonest beliefs that contradict common sense, and


oppose sound perception and true virility.


Allah's Blessings upon Al-Siddiq, he obtained great values, high


ethics, and good behaviors within the ignorant society. He was


well-known among the people in Makkah as a leader over the


others in morality, values, and ideals. Thus, he had never been


discarded or criticized for any deficiency among Quraish,


except for his being a Muslim. !


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His Acceptance of Islam


Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) has accepted Islam


after a long search for the true religion that comes in accordance


with common sense, human desires, sound intellects, and


rightful insights. As a trader, he traveled a lot, and roved between


deserts, cities, and villages all over the Arabian Peninsula. Thus,


he has got the chance to closely contact people with various


religions -particularly Christianity- he thoughtfully listened to the


speech of monotheism by those who held the banner of finding


the true religion. !Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) has


accepted Islam after an eager search, exploration, and awaiting.


His immediate acceptance for Islam was a consequence of the


steadfast friendship with the Prophet Muhammad (prayers and


peace be upon him). When the Revelation of Allah descended


upon the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him), he started to


call the individuals to monotheism. The first choice of the


Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) was Abu Bakr, due to


his intimate friendship and nobility. Likewise, Abu Bakr knew


the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) as a truthful,


honest, and noble person, that he has never been untruthful to


people, so how he would be untruthful to Allah? !The Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) confided Abu Bakr


about the new mission, saying: "I am the Messenger of Allah


and His Prophet, Allah Has sent me to inform His Message, I


call you to believe in Allah the Truth, by God it is the Truth. O,


Abu Bakr, I call you to believe in Allah only with no partners,


and not to worship other than Allah, and to sustain in


obedience for Allah". Abu Bakr accepted it immediately without


a slight hesitation, then he promised the Prophet to support him,


and he did it. In this way, Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be


pleased with him) was the first adult free man to respond to the


Prophet's call and to believe in the new mission. !!


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When Abu Bakr embraced Islam, the Prophet (prayers and peace


be upon him) was overjoyed, as Abu Bakr was a source of


triumph for Islam, due to his intimacy with Quraish and his


noble character that Allah Has exalted him.


Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) did his best in


missionary, he immediately began to preach Islam to others.


Among the best people who accepted Abu Bakr's invitation to


Islam were: Zubair ben Al-Awam, Uthman ben Affan, Talhah ben


Ubaid Allah, Saád ben Abi Waqqas, and others (may Allah be


pleased with them all). They all declared their Islam to the


Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) and offered primary


support and vast assistance to the Prophet (prayers and peace be


upon him). People continued to accept Islam, men and women,


all were honest advocates for Islam. Even though they were few


in number, they represented a battalion of missionary, and a


stronghold for Islam. !Abu Bakr and the few believers have suffered immensely due to


heir conversion to Islam. Abu Bakr was well-known of his


courage and determination. As the number of Muslims rose to


thirty nine, Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the


Prophet's permission to call the people openly to Islam. After


persisting in this request, the Prophet (prayers and peace be


upon him) gave his consent and they all went to the Holy


Mosque for preaching. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with


him) delivered a sermon, which was the first ever in the annals


of Islam. When the unbelievers from among the Quraish heard


it, they fell upon Abu Bakr and the Muslims from all sides. Abu


Bakr was beaten so severely until he fell unconscious and was


near death. When he at last regained consciousness, he


immediately enquired: 'How is the Prophet?' In spite of all his


pain and injuries, his first thought was only for the Prophet, his


love for him was so unbounded that he considered himself with


nothing but the Prophet's well-being. !!


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This event implies considerable lessons for every Muslim who is


keen to follow those honest believers. The event highlights Abu


Bakr's enthusiasm for the declaration of Islam in the presence of


the infidels, which signifies his strong faith and courage. His


main aim after his convection to Islam was to outspread


monotheism and to hoist the proclamation: No God but Allah,


Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Additionally, the event


accentuates his eagerness to announce the rightful religion to


everyone, in spite of the cruelty of the infidels. !!


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Migration to Madinah


When the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) and his


Companions suffered immensely from the harm of Quraish, the


Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) commanded his


Companions to migrate to Madinah. As narrated by Aishah (may


Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (prayers and peace


be upon him) said to the Muslims: "I have had a vision in which


I have been shown the place to which you will migrate, a land


of palm trees between two mountains and two stony tract of


land." Thus some of the Muslims migrated to Madinah, and most


of those who had left before for Ethiopia returned to Madinah.


Abu Bakr prepared to leave for Madinah also, but the Messenger


of God said: "Wait a little while for I hope to be permitted to


migrate as well." Abu Bakr said: Do you expect so? May my


parents be redeemed for you! The Prophet (prayers and peace be


upon him) said: "Yes." So Abu Bakr did not migrate in order to


remain with the messenger of God. He prepared two camels and


fed them well for four months to use them in their long journey. !The infidels from Quraish have noticed that the Prophet


Muhammad (prayers and peace be upon him) has got adherents


and supporters in another place, and they have noticed the


migration of the Prophet's Companions. Fearing the departure of


the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) from Makkah, they


planned to kill him. Hence, the angel Gabriel informed him to


leave Makkah. !It was noon, an unusual time for visiting, but the Prophet


(prayers and peace be upon him) went straight to the house of


Abu Bakr who knew at once that something important had


happened. Aishah and her elder sister Asma were with their


father, when the Prophet came in. "God Has allowed me to


leave the city and to emigrate," he said. "Together with me?"


Abu Bakr asked. The Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him)


answered: "Together with you." Then Abu Bakr Asked the


Prophet to take one of the prepared camels, the Prophet (prayers


and peace be upon him) agreed but with payment.


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The Messenger of God and Abu Bakr had employed a man


named Abdullh Ben Oraiqet, to be their guide, he was an infidel


but they trust him and gave him their two camels and took his


promise to bring the camels to the Cave at mount Thaur (south


Makkah) after three nights. They met on time, and the guide led


the way beside the sea. Once the infidels from Quraish have


perceived the Prophet's migration from Makkah, they offered


one hundred camels to the one who can bring him back. !Abu Bakr said: 'I was with the Prophet (prayers and peace be


upon him) in the Cave and when I raised my head I saw the feet


of the people (he means the infidels), I said: 'O Messenger of


God, if any of them should look under his feet, he would see us.'


The Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) Said: "O Abu


Bakr! What do you think of two persons the third of them is


Allah?" !The incident is described in the Glorious Qur'an as follows: !(( If you help him [Prophet Muhammad] not [it does not matter],


for Allah did indeed help him when the disbelievers drove him


out, the second of the two; when they were in the cave, he said


to his companion: "Be not sad, surely Allah is with us." Then


Allah sent down his calmness upon him, and strengthen him


with forces which you saw not ))


[ Al-Tawbah: 40]. !!!


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Selected Views from the Biography of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq


(may Allah be pleased with him) !In the Battle of Badr


It is reported by Ibn Asaker that Abdul Rahman, the son of Abu


Bakr Al-Siddiq was with the unbelievers on the Day of Badr.


When he became a Muslim, he said to his father: 'You were


exposed to me on the Day of Badr and I turned away from you, I


did not kill you.' Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him),


said: 'As for me, if you were exposed to me , I would not have


turned a way from you.' !In this situation, the greatness of the faith of Abu Bakr (may Allah


be pleased with him), is exemplified by the depth of his


truthfulness and sincerity in preferring the love of Allah and His


Messenger above everything else. !The Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) said: "None of you


would be considered a (true) believer, until I am more beloved


to him than himself, his children, his family, and all the people


in entirety." !Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) truly applied the


guidelines affirmed in the Holy Qur'an. Allah the Great and the


Almighty Said: !(( You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last


Day, making friendship with those who oppose Allah and his


Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons or


their brothers or their kindred)) [Al Mujadelah: 22].


Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) would never love his


disbelieving son, due to his faithfulness to Allah and his


Messenger. It is the miracle of Islam, that embodied in its great


followers and their pure souls. Islam had liberated people from


their low desires and personal interests, which might expose

people to immorality. Thus, nothing would hinder the Muslim


from following God and His Messenger, and the holy war. !Spending for God's Sake


The occurrence of his spending are many, we display some of


them:


Allah's Messenger (prayers and peace be upon him) said: "No


one has helped me without reciprocating it, except for Abu


Bakr, who has given me help, which Allah will reciprocate to


him in the Day of Resurrection. No one's property has


benefited me to the extent of Abu Bakr's." !Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said:


'Alla's Messenger (prayers and peace be upon him) commanded


us to give charity, and it corresponds available property of mine.


I said: 'Today I shall better Abu Bakr. I have never bettered him.'


Then I brought half my property. The Messenger of Allah (prayers


and peace be upon him) said: "What did you leave for your


family?" I said: 'An amount like this.' Abu Bakr came with all his


property. And the Messenger of Allah (prayers and peace be


upon him) asked: "What did you leave for your family?" He


said: 'I have left Allah and his Messenger.' Then I said: 'I shall


never better you in anything.' !!


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The Day the Prophet Died


It is reported from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) ,


that when the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) died,


Abu Bakr went out while Umar was speaking to the people. Abu


Bakr said to him: 'Sit down O Umar,' twice, But Umar refused to


sit. !Abu Bakr said: 'To proceed, if anyone amongst you used to


worship Muhammad, then Muhammad is dead, but if you used


to worship Allah, then Allah is Alive and shall never die. Allah


says: !((Muhammad is no more than a Messenger and indeed (many)


messengers have passed away before him. If he dies or is killed,


will you then turn back on your heels (as disbelievers) and then


he who turns back on his heels, not the least harm will he do to


Allah, and Allah will give reward to those who are grateful))'


[Aal-Imrãn: 144]. !Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: "By Allah, it


was as if the people never knew that Allah had revealed this


verse before, till Abu Bakr recited it and all the people took it


from him, and I heard everybody reciting it." !Umar ibn Al Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'my


legs could not support me and I fell down at the very moment of


hearing him reciting it, declaring that the Prophet (prayers and


peace be upon him) had died.' !!


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Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq the First Caliph in Islam:


His Reaction Towards Apostasy


It was not long after the death of the Messenger of Allah (prayers


and peace be upon him), when Islam became entangled in a


grave struggle from two directions: first with paganism that was


making a sudden comeback to the life and the second was with


the crusade that was simmering in the northern boarder of the


Arabian Peninsula; stifling the propagation of Islam and stalling


the entrance of its people into Islam. !Imam Al-Dhahabi said: 'When the news of the death of the


Prophet spread, many groups of people among the Arabs


apostatized from Islam. They objected to pay the almsgiving.


Abu Bakr decided to fight them. Umar and others impressed


upon him to refrain from fighting them, but Abu Bakr (may Allah


be pleased with him) , said: 'By Allah, if they refuse to pay a


rope which they used to pay at the time of the Messenger of


Allah, I will fight them for withholding it.' !Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) insisted: 'How can you


fight with these people although the Prophet (prayers and peace


be upon him) said: "I have been ordered by Allah to fight the


people till they say: None has the right to be worshiped but


Allah, and whoever said it then he will save his life and


property from me except on trespass the law, and his accounts


will be with Allah." !Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), reiterated: 'By Allah!


I will fight those who differentiate between the prayer and


almsgiving, for almsgiving is a compulsory right to be taken from


the property (according to Allah's orders).' !Then Umar said: 'By Allah, it was nothing, but Allah brought


relief to Abu Bakr toward the decision (to fight) and I came to


know that this decision was right.' !


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Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) raised the banner of


war on all fronts. The desert never witnessed, even in the lifetime


of the Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) himself, such


grinding battles as those that occurred. But the men that were


trained by Muhammad (prayers and peace be upon him) upon


the recognition of the truth and total submission to it were


sincere to Allah in their deeds. They dealt idolatry a blow that


broke its spine and squeezed its soul until it faded into oblivion.


They equally drove away the Romans from the boarders. They


broke the spine of the apostates. Some of them came back into


the fold of Islam and others perished far estranged from it. In no


more than a few years, Islam triumphed and was seen and heard


(far and wide) while other religions were on the brink of


extinction. !!


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Compilation of the Holy Qur'an


One of the greatest achievements Abu Bakr rendered to Islam


was the compilation of the Holy Qur'an. At that time, there were


hundreds of memorizers who had memorized the entire Qur'an


among the Companions during the life time of the Prophet


(prayers and peace be upon him), but the Holy Qur'an had


never been complied in a book-form, although its memorization


continued after the death of the Prophet (prayers and peace be


upon him). However, numbers of those memorizers had been


martyred in the various battles that had ensued after the


Prophet's passing. Consequently, it occurred to Umar that steps


should be taken to preserve the Qur'an intact in its original


form, against any kind of risk, and he saw that it was not prudent


to depend exclusively upon those who had committed its


memory to heart. Therefore, he urged Abu Bakr to have it written


down in the form of a book. Abu Bakr at first hesitated because


this had not been done by the Prophet himself. However, after


some debate on the subject, he agreed and appointed Zaid ibn


Thabit for this work, Zaid hesitated at the thought of undertaking


such a momentous task, but he later took heart and began the


work. Zaid was the most capable person to be charged with this


because he had acted as an amanuensis to the Prophet (prayers


and peace be upon him), and one of the Companions, who had


learnt the Qur'an directly from him. !


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Zaid ibn Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), said: 'By Allah,


If Abu Bakr had ordered to shift one of the mountains from its


place it would not have been harder for me than what he had


ordered me concerning the collection of the Qur'an.' He


continued, 'I started locating Qur'anic material and collecting it


from parchments, scapula, leaf-stalks of date palms and from the


memories of men.' !The manuscript in which the Qur'an was collected, remained


with Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) till he passed


away, and then with Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) till


he depart this life, and finally it remained with Hafsah, Umar's


daughter. !It is reported from Ali ben Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with


him), who said: 'The one who has the greatest reward amongst


the people is Abu Bakr. He was the first to compile the Qur'an


between two slates.' !!


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Extracts From his Sermons and Speeches


The Prophet Muhammad (prayers and peace be upon him) died,


on Monday 12- 3- 11. H. (of Al-Hijrah: the migration to


Madinah), corresponding 9th of June 632 CE (Christian Era). In


that day most of the Companions pledged their allegiance to


Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) as the first


Caliph. The next day in the Mosque in Madinah, before Abu


Bakr led the prayer, Umar rose and addressed the assembly, he


bade them pledge their allegiance to Abu Bakr. All men rose and


pledged their loyalty to Abu Bakr. Then Abu Bakr rose and


delivered a speech saying: !'You have elected me to be your first Caliph, and I am not the


best of you. If I do well, help me, and if I do wrong, redress me.


Truthfulness is loyalty and disregard for truth is treason. The


weak among you shall be strong in my regard, until I have


restored their rights, if God pleases; and the strong among you


shall be weak in my sight until I have wrested from him the rights


of others, if God pleases. If any group of Muslims cease the holy


war, Allah will afflict them with humiliation. If adultery spread


among people, surely Allah will enfold them with troubles. Obey


me as long as I obey God and His Messenger. But if I disobey


God or His Messenger you owe me no allegiance. Arise for the


prayer, God have mercy upon you.' !In this address, Abu Bakr demonstrated the role of an exemplary


Caliph of Islamic government. !Abdullah bin Aqim said: Abu Bakr once spoke to us. He said:


'To proceed, I recommend to you the fear of Allah and to praise


Him, as it is due to Him, and to mix your desire with fear, and


merge your request with persistent humility. Verily Allah praised


Zachariah and the people of his household. Allah says:


((Verily, they used to hasten on to do good deeds, and they used


to call on Us with hope and fear, and used to humble


themselves before Us.)) [Al Anbiya: 90].


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Therefore, knew, O servants of Allah, that the Lord holds your


lives as a pledge for what is due to Him, and has taken your


covenant regarding it, and has purchased of you a little that is


perishable, in exchange for eternal abundance. Allah's Book is


among you, whose light cannot be extinguished, nor its wonders


end. Therefore, seek your illumination from its light, and accept


counsel from His Book and seek light from it in the day of


darkness. Verily, He has crated you for His worship and has


appointed for you guardian angels honorable in the sight of


Allah writing down actions, who know that which you do. !Know, O servants of Allah, that you proceed and draw closer to


an appointed time, the knowledge of which, verily, is hidden


from you. Compete with one another in fulfilling the obligations


of your appointed times before your appointed periods are


completed, lest they cast you upon the evils of your works, and,


verily, there are some who have made over the obligations of


their appointed times on others, and have taken no heed of


themselves. Therefore, I forbid you to be like them. Then haste,


flee, flee for behind you is a nimble pursuer, swift of deed.' !- When death approached Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be


pleased with him), he called Umar bin Al-Khattab and said to


him: 'Fear Allah, Oh Umar, and you should know that Allah has


recommended some actions for the daytime, He will not accept


that you do them at night. He has deeds for the night and will


not accept that you do them in the daytime. He will not accept


voluntary acts until you fulfill the obligatory duties. Allah will


make heavy the scale of whoever fills it on the Day of Judgment


with their following the truth in this world. The scale that is filled


with the truth today, will be heavy tomorrow. !


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The scale of good deeds will be light for whosever fills it with


following the falsehood in this world. The scale in which


falsehood is placed will be light tomorrow. Allah mentions the


people of Paradise and mentions them with the best of their


deeds. When I remember them, I say: I am afraid, I may not


catch up with them. Allah also mentions the people of Hellfire


and He mentions them with the vilest of their deeds and their


best deeds will be rejected. When I remember them I say: I wish


I am not among these people. A servant of Allah should be


hopeful and fearful, not too confident and not despairing of the


mercy of Allah. If you keep to my advice, nothing will be more


beloved to you than death and certainly it will soon come to


you. If you disregard my advice, nothing will be more hateful to


you than death and you cannot prevent it.' !Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) enclosed in this


advice the authentic general guidelines that are indispensable


for every Muslim to adhere to. !!


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The Final Moments of his Life


Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: 'When Abu Bakr


became heavy with illness, I displayed this poem:


By your life! Affluence will be of no benefit


On the day that your throat rattles and the chest constricts.' !Then he uncovered his face and said: ' That is not right. Instead,


recite the verse of Allah:


((And the stupor of death will come in truth: This is what you


have been avoiding)).' [Q: 19]. !Abu Bakr recommended to Aihsah to bury him beside the


Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him) . When he died, Abu


Bakr's grave was placed adjacent to the Prophet, and it was dug


in such a way that his head was parallel to the shoulder of the


Prophet (prayers and peace be upon him). !Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) died on Monday


evening, 22- 6- 13 H. (of Al Hijrah: the migration to Madinah),


corresponding 23- 8- 634 CE. (Christian Era). He was sixty-three


years of age, and his caliphate continued for two years and three


months. ! May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq and be pleased


with him and assemble us among his company. !!!!!!


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Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq in Brief:


He is Abdullah bin Abu Quhafah Uthman bin Amer Al Qurashi


Al Taymi. He was born in Makkah in the year 573 CE. Abu Bakr


was a noble man among the tribe of Quraish and he was a


premium. He was well-informed of genealogy and Arabs history,


as a trader he used to spend his money generously. He obtained


good manners, wisdom, and common sense. Thus, Abu Bakr


was the first adult free man to embrace Islam, and he preached


the new religion to others, but he suffered immensely due to his


conversion to Islam. He migrated to Madinah in the company of


the Prophet Muhammad (prayers and peace be upon him), and


witnessed all the events and battles as he was a lifelong friend to


the Prophet Muhammad (prayers and peace be upon him). He


was the first Caliph after the death of the Prophet (prayers and


peace be upon him). Among his considerable contributions: the


compilation of the Holy Qur'an, and his reaction towards


apostasy. Abu Bakr died on Monday evening, 22- 6- 13 H. ,


corresponding 23- 8- 634 CE. He was sixty-three years of age,


and his caliphate continued for two years and three months. !


May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr and be pleased with him.


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