ISLAMIAT

ISLAMIAT (PRE-02)
Fourth Lecture
 Ten Blessed Companions
 Hazrat Abu-Bakr (R.A)

Hazrat Abu-Bakr (R.A)
• Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) was born in 573 (A.D). He belonged to a
noble tribe, Banu Tamim, a Quraish tribe. His father’s name was
Abu Quhafa and mother’s name was Fatima (Umm-ul-Khair).
Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬and Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) had a common
ancestor, ‘Murra’. Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) was named Abul Kabah
which was changed by Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬with Abdullah, when he
accepted Islam.
• Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) was an expert in rearing camels, because of
this ability; he became famous with the title of Abu Bakr (the
father of young camels). He learned reading and writing at an early
age. At the age of 18, he became a cloth merchant. He led a pure
and pious life even before Islam.
• He knew Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬from his childhood. When Holy Prophet
‫ ﷺ‬started preaching Islam, he was among the first to accept Islam.
He accepted Islam without any hesitation. Once, Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
spoke about this: “Whenever I invited people towards Allah,
everyone thought over it and hesitated at least for a while. Abu
Bakr, he accepted my call the moment I put it before him and he
did not hesitate even for a moment”.
• After accepting Islam, he became the first Muslim to preach Islam
and to invite people towards Allah. 8 prominent people accepted
Islam at his hands on a very first day of his preaching; among them
were Hazrat Uthman, Talha, Zubair, Abdul Rehman-bin-Auf and
Abu Ubaida (R.A). Like the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬and the early
Muslims he also faced the violent reactions of the Quraish.
• His daughter Hazrat Ayesha (R.A) revealed that after one incident,
in which he had stopped the Makkans from attacking his friend,
the Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, he returned home with hair pulled out of his
head, he was a very hairy man and they dragged him along by his
beard.
• This treatment dater him in his faith and in the fact he made a
practice of freeing Muslim slaves who were tortured by their
masters such as Hazrat Bilal (R.A) and Hazrat Yasir (R.A). Their
masters tortured them so that they would renounce Islam. Hazrat
Abu Bakr’s closeness to Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬was sealed by the
marriage of his daughter Hazrat Ayesha (R.A) with Holy Prophet
‫ﷺ‬.
• He was the first one to accept the Holy Prophet’s statement
regarding ‘Miraj’. For this Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬gave him the title of Al-
Saddiq (testified to the truth). Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) accompanied
Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬during migration towards Madina. He spends 3
days and 3 nights with Holy Prophet s‫ ﷺ‬in the cave of ‘Thaur’.
• Daughter of Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A), Hazrat Isma (R.A), provided
them fresh food in that cave and his son Abdullah (R.A) informed
them about the situation in Makkah. When Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A)
was worried as many enemies were hunting for them. The Holy
Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬reminded him of the help given by Allah.
• The Holy Quran referred to this as followed: “Allah did indeed help
him when the unbelievers drove him out, being the second of the 2,
they were 2 in the cave” and Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬said to his companion
“Have no fear, Allah is with us”. Both of them safely reached
Madina.
• He proved to be the most generous on all occasions for the cause of Islam.
He paid for the land selected by the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬for the construction of
Masjid-e-Nabvi which belonged to 2 orphan boys (Sohail and Sahil). After
Hijrat, he lived by farming. He accompanied the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬in the
battle of Badr; he also shared a camel with Hazrat Umar and Hazrat Abdur
Rehman-bin-Auf (R.A).
• He was close to the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬in the battle of Uhad, when the
enemies attacked on Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬, he was among those companions
who encircled Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬in that battle. He also took part in the
expeditions against Khyber, Hunain and Taif. Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) was
the first companion who accepts the peace Treaty of Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬
without any hesitation at Hudaibiya.
• On the occasion of Tabuk Expedition, he donated everything that he
possessed on the call of Holy Prophet ‫ﷺ‬. In 9 A.H, 630 A.D, when the first
Hajj took place, Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬send Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) as his
deputy to lead the Hajj. Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) also led 17 congregational
prayers during the illness of Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬in 11 A.H.
• When the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬died, Hazrat Umar (R.A) was in a
strong emotional state and kept on shouting that he would slain
that person who dared to say that the Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬died. On this
occasion Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) gave a speech and said “O people
if anyone of you worship Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬, he should bear in his
mind that Muhammad ‫ ﷺ‬is dead but those who worship Allah
should know that he is alive and will never die”.
• He participated in digging of grave, bathing and lowering the body
of Holy Prophet ‫ ﷺ‬into the grave. Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A) passed
away at the age of 63 years, in 634 A.D, 2 years after Holy
Prophet’s death. He was the only caliph among four rightly guided
caliphs who died naturally.

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