ABU BAKR SIDDIQUE

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful

Hadhrat Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (ra)
The Great Lover of Allah (s.w.t)

by Adam Hani Walker, UK

Contents
Chapter

Page

1. Introduction

3

2. Family

5

3. Early Life & Acceptance of Islam

7

4. Companion of the Holy Prophet (saw)

10

5. A Man of Knowledge & Wisdom

16

6. Demise of the Holy Prophet (saw)

21

7. Appointment as Khalifatul Rasul

23

8. The Great Leader

27

9. Demise

33

10. Concluding Remarks

35

Appendices

38

Bibliography

39

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1. Introduction
In a hadith the Holy Prophet (saw) is reported to have said1:

‘Love of Abu Bakr (ra) and gratitude to him are a duty on everyone of my Ummah’
This article is thus written in a spirit of love and gratitude for the marvelous character, example, and achievements of Hadhrat Abu Bakr (ra).
The name Abu Bakr (ra) was one of many Arabic titles (kunya) given to Hadhrat Abu
Bakr (ra) but his actual name was Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa Uthman ibn Amir ibn Amr ibn Ka’b ibn Sa’d ibn Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka’b ibn Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib al-Qureshi atTaymi. His other titles are numerous and offer us a deep insight into his character as perceived by those around him and indeed Almighty Allah as will be shown. The first of his titles is Ateeq which literally means noble or to be freed from some unfortunate outcome or circumstance. There are countless reasons put forward for him being named as such with the most compelling relating to a hadith in which the Holy Prophet (saw) said, ‘Abu Bakr you are the one whom Allah has freed (

) from the hell fire’2.

He was also known as As-Siddiq which comes from the root truthfulness (
) and literally means that a person is in a constant state of truthfulness. It has been related in
Al-Bukhari that the Holy Prophet (saw) once climbed with Hadhrat Abu Bakr (ra),
Hadhrat Umar(ra) and Hadhrat Uthman(ra) to the top of Mount Uhud upon which he said3, ‘Be

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