Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA) was born in Makkah in 573 AD, two years after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He accepted Islam after searching for the true religion and was the first male convert. As the Prophet's (PBUH) closest companion, he helped compile the Quran and succeeded the Prophet (PBUH) as the first caliph after his death. He died at the age of 63 in 634 AD and was buried next to the Prophet (PBUH) in Medina.
Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA) was born in Makkah in 573 AD, two years after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He accepted Islam after searching for the true religion and was the first male convert. As the Prophet's (PBUH) closest companion, he helped compile the Quran and succeeded the Prophet (PBUH) as the first caliph after his death. He died at the age of 63 in 634 AD and was buried next to the Prophet (PBUH) in Medina.
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Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA) was born in Makkah in 573 AD, two years after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He accepted Islam after searching for the true religion and was the first male convert. As the Prophet's (PBUH) closest companion, he helped compile the Quran and succeeded the Prophet (PBUH) as the first caliph after his death. He died at the age of 63 in 634 AD and was buried next to the Prophet (PBUH) in Medina.
Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA) was born in Makkah in 573 AD, two years after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He accepted Islam after searching for the true religion and was the first male convert. As the Prophet's (PBUH) closest companion, he helped compile the Quran and succeeded the Prophet (PBUH) as the first caliph after his death. He died at the age of 63 in 634 AD and was buried next to the Prophet (PBUH) in Medina.
22ND JAMADAL AKHIR BORN HAZRAT ABU BAKR SIDDIQ ( )رض هللا عنهWAS BORN IN MAKKAH IN THE YEAR 573 AD, TWO YEARS AND SOME MONTHS AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMADﷺ. HAZRAT ABU BAKR ( )رض هللا عنهWAS BROUGHT UP BY DECENT PARENTS, THUS HE GAINED A CONSIDERABLE SELF-ESTEEM AND NOBLE STATUS. HIS FATHER UTHMAN ABU QUHAFAH ACCEPTED ISLAM ON THE DAY OF VICTORY IN MAKKAH. HIS MOTHER SALMA BINT SAKHAR, ALSO KNOWN AS UMM AL KHAIR, EMBRACED ISLAM EARLY, AND MIGRATED TO MADINAH ACCEPTING ISLAM HAZRAT ABU BAKR SIDDQ ( )رض هللا عنهACCEPTED ISLAM AFTER A LONG SEARCH FOR THE TRUE RELIGION. IN FACT, HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO RESPOND AND BELIEVE IN PROPHET MUHAMMADﷺ. HIS IMMEDIATE ACCEPTANCE FOR ISLAM WAS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE STEADFAST FRIENDSHIP WITH THE PROPHET MUHAMMADﷺ. HAZRAT ABU BAKR ( )رض هللا عنهKNEW THE PROPHET ﷺAS A TRUTHFUL, HONEST, AND NOBLE PERSON, THAT HE HAS NEVER BEEN UNTRUTHFUL TO PEOPLE, SO HOW HE WOULD BE UNTRUTHFUL TO ALLAH? TITLE AS-SIDDIQ, THE MOST WELL-KNOWN OF HAZRAT ABU BAKR'S ( )رض هللا عنهTITLES, COMES FROM THE WORD ‘SIDQ’ WHICH MEANS TRUTHFULNESS. THEREFORE, THE WORD AS-SIDDIQ MEANS A PERSON WHO IS CONSTANTLY TRUTHFUL OR WHO CONSTANTLY BELIEVES IN THE TRUTHFULNESS OF SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. IN HAZRAT ABU BAKR'S ( )رض هللا عنهCASE, IN THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMADﷺ. THE TITLE 'AS-SIDDIQ' WAS GIVEN TO HAZRAT ABU BAKR ( )رض هللا عنهBY NONE OTHER THAN THE HOLY PROPHETﷺ HIS ROLE IN BATTLES OF BADR AND UHUD IN THE BATTLE OF BADR, HAZRAT ABU BAKR ( )رض هللا عنهWAS ONE OF THE GUARDS OF PROPHET’S ﷺTENT AND WAS ENTRUSTED WITH HIS SAFETY. IN THE BATTLE OF UHUD, WHICH TOOK PLACE THE FOLLOWING YEAR AFTER BADR, THE DISBELIEVERS WON THE BATTLE BECAUSE THE ARCHERS LEFT THEIR PLACES ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN OF UHUD. ONLY A DOZEN PEOPLE STAYED WITH THE PROPHET ﷺON THIS OCCASION, ONE OF WHOM WAS THE STAUNCH BELIEVER HAZRAT ABU BAKR ()رض هللا عنه HIS SPENDING FOR ALLAH’S ﷻSAKE ALLAH'S MESSENGER ﷺONCE SAID ABOUT HAZRAT ABU BAKR ()رض هللا عنه “NO ONE HAS HELPED ME WITHOUT RECIPROCATING IT, EXCEPT FOR ABU BAKR, WHO HAS GIVEN ME HELP, WHICH ALLAH ﷻWILL RECIPROCATE TO HIM ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION. NO ONE'S PROPERTY HAS BENFITED ME TO THE EXTENT OF ABU BAKR'S AND IF I WERE TO TAKE A KHALIL (FRIEND), THEN I WOULD HAVE TAKEN ABU BAKR AS A KHALIL, AND INDEED YOUR COMPANION IS ALLAH'S ﷻKHALIL.” [TIRMIDHI] HAZRAT ABU BAKR ( )رض هللا عنهHAD ALSO LIBERATED MANY SLAVES AS HE FELT COMPASSION FOR THEM. AS PER SOURCES, HE PURCHASED AND FREED EIGHT SLAVES, FOUR MEN AND FOUR WOMEN, BY PAYING FORTY THOUSAND DINARS FOR THEIR FREEDOM. HAZRAT BILAL BIN RIBAH ()رض هللا عنه, ONE OF THE MOST LOYAL AND TRUSTED COMPANIONS OF PROPHET MUHAMMADﷺ, WAS ONE OF THE SALVES THAT HAZRAT ABU BAKR ( )رض هللا عنهFREED FROM SLAVERY COMPILATION OF THE HOLY QURAN ONE OF THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS HAZRAT ABU BAKR SIDDIQ ( )رض هللا عنهRENDERED TO ISLAM WAS THE COMPILATION OF THE HOLY QURAN. AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF MEMORIZERS WHO HAD MEMORIZED THE ENTIRE QURAN AMONG THE COMPANIONS DURING THE LIFETIME OF THE PROPHETﷺ, BUT THE HOLY QURAN HAD NEVER BEEN COMPLIED IN A BOOK-FORM, ALTHOUGH ITS MEMORIZATION CONTINUED AFTER THE PASSING AWAY OF THE PROPHETﷺ KHILAFAT AFTER THE PASSING AWAY OF THE MESSENGER ﷺOF ALLAHﷻ, HAZRAT ABU BAKR ( )رض هللا عنهWAS UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED CALIPH. HOWEVER, HE HAD FACED MANY CRISES AFTER BECOMING CALIPH. HIS DEMISE AND BURIAL PLACE HAZRAT ABU BAKR SIDDIQ ( )رض هللا عنهLEFT THIS WORLD ON MONDAY, 22ND OF JUMADA AL-AKHIRAH AFTER SUFFERING FROM FEVER FOR 15 DAYS DURING WHICH HE GAVE INSTRUCTIONS THAT HAZRAT UMAR BIN KHATTAB ( )رض هللا عنهSHOULD LEAD THE PRAYERS. HE WAS BURIED ALONGSIDE THE HOLY PROPHET ﷺIN MASJID-E-NABAWI.
MAY ALLAH ﷻSHOWER HIS INFINITE MERCY UPON OUR MASTERﷺ,
HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AND COMPANIONS رض هللا عنهم أجمعي AMEEN – YA RABBAL ALIMEEN