Abu Bakr

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Abu Bakr (Arabic: ابو بكر )

An islamic name that can be given to a muslim boy after the prophet's companion Hadhrat Abu Bakr As-Siddique (RA)

Contents 1 Abu Bakr As-Siddique (RA) 1.1 Family 1.2 Facts 1.3 Virtues

[edit] Abu Bakr As-Siddique (RA)

• Abu Bakr As-Siddique
  • Translation: The truthful companion

[edit] Family

• Abu Bakr (RA) was born in Makkah to the Banu Taim, a sub-clan of the Quraish tribe

• Full name: Abdullah ibn Uthmaan

• Father's name: Uthmaan, also known as Abu Quhafah

• Mother's name: Salma, also known as Umm-ul-Khair

[edit] Facts

• The first adult male to enter Islam

• Closest companion of the Prophet (Peace be upon him)

• First of the ten companions that were promised paradise (Asharah Mubasharah)

• First Khalifah after the demise of the Prophet (Peace be upon him)

• Migrated to Madinah with the holy Prophet (Peace be upon him)

• He took part in all the battles that the Prophet (Peace be upon him) fought

• Buried in Masjid an Nabawi besides the Prophet (Peace be upon him) in Madinah

[edit] Virtues

• "No one has been a better Companion to me than Abu Bakr"

These were the words of The Prophet (Peace be upon him) in his last sermon

• Abu Bakr was the quickest of the Companions to rush to any good deed. Umar ibn Al-Khattab said: The Prophet (Peace be upon him) ordered us to give sadaqa. It happened to coincide with some wealth I had just acquired and I said to myself, If I will ever surpass Abu Bakr, this is the day I will surpass him and so I came to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) with half of my wealth and he asked me "What have you left for your family?" I said: The same amount. Then Abu Bakr came with all of his wealth. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) asked him "What have you left for your family?" He said: I have left them Allah and His Messenger." I said: I will never surpass you in anything." (Abu Dawud)

• One day, Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid, nick named "Quraysh's lion", took hold of him and tied him up. Then he tied Abu Bakr up and bounded them together, and delivered them to the mob of the tribe to be tortured without mercy. For this incident, Talhah and Abu Bakr were nicknamed the Qareenayn (The two linked together).