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Abu Bakr as-Siddiq \"radiya\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

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\"\"\u200bThe moon traverses the constellations of the zodiac in a single night,<\/em>
so why do you deny the\u00a0mi`raj\u00a0(Ascension)?<\/em>
That wondrous, unique Pearl (the Prophet) is like a hundred moons<\/em>
\u2013for when he made one gesture, the moon was split in two.<\/em>
And the marvel that he displayed in splitting the moon<\/em>
was in keeping with the weakness of the creatures\u2019 perception.<\/em>
The work and business of the prophets and messengers<\/em>
is beyond the spheres and the stars.<\/em>
Transcend the spheres and their revolution!<\/em>
Then you will see that work and business.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rumi<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Secret was transmitted and flowed from the Master of all Nations, the Messenger of Allah\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0to the first Khalif<\/em>, Imam of Imams, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq\u00a0\"radiya\". Through him the religion was supported and the Truth protected. Allah mentions and praises him in His Holy Qur\u2019an in many verses:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs for him who gives and keeps his duty, we facilitate for him the way to ease.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>(Surat al-Lail: 5-7)<\/h5>\n

and<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd (away from the fire) shall be kept the most faithful who gives his wealth, thereby purifying himself,and seeks to gain no pleasure or reward other than the Presence of his Lord, the Most High.\u201d <\/i>(Surat al-Lail:<\/i>17-21)<\/h5>\n

Ibn al-Jawzi states that all Muslim scholars and the Companions were certain that these ayats referred to Abu Bakr. Among all the people he was called\u00a0\u201cAl-`<\/sup>Atiq,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0the most pious, delivered from the punishments of the fire.<\/p>\n

When ayat<\/em> 56 of Surah Al-Ahzab revealed that \u201cAllah and his angels bless the Holy Prophet,\u201d Abu Bakr asked if he also was included in this blessing. Ayat<\/em> 43 was then revealed stating:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe it is who sends His blessing on you and so do His angels, that He may bring you forth out of darkness into light. And He is merciful to the believers.\u201d<\/i>(Surat al-<\/i>Ahzab: 43)<\/h5>\n

Ibn Abi Hatim explained that ayat<\/em> 46 of Surah Ar-Rahman came in reference to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq \"radiya\":<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd for him who fears to stand before his Lord there are two gardens.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>(Surat ar-Rahman:46)<\/h5>\n

and:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have enjoined on man kindness to his parents: in pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth. The carrying of the (child) to his weaning is thirty months. At length, when he reaches the age of full strength and attains forty years, he says, \u201cO my Lord! Grant me that I may be grateful for Thy favor which Thou hast bestowed upon me, and upon both my parents, and that I may work righteousness such as Thou mayest approve; and be gracious to me in my issue. Truly have I turned to Thee and truly do I bow (to Thee) in submission.\u201d Such are they from whom We shall accept the best of their deeds and pass by their ill deeds: (they shall be) among the Companions of the Garden: a promise of truth, which was made to them (in this life).\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>(Surat al-Ahqaf: 15-16)<\/h5>\n

Ibn `Abbas says that these ayats came as a description of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq \"radiya\", Allah honoring and elevating his state among all the Companions of the Prophet \"salla\". Ibn `Abbas notes further that ayat<\/em> 158 of Surah Ali-`Imran was revealed in reference to Abu Bakr and Umar \"radiya\":<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd take council with them on important matters.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>(Surat\u00a0<\/i>Ali-`Imran: 158)\u00a0<\/h5>\n

Finally, the great honor accorded to Abu Bakr in accompanying the Holy Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0on his flight from Makkah to Madinah, is referred to in the ayat<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the unbelievers drove him out, he had no more than one companion. The two were in the Cave, and he said to his companion, Fear not, for Allah is with us.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>(Surat at-Tawbah: 40)<\/h5>\n

In addition to the praise of Allah, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq received the praise of the Holy Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0and of his companions. This is recorded in many well known Hadiths.<\/p>\n

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Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani with Ghilaf of Rawdat an-Nabi (s)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Holy Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0said:<\/p>\n

\u201cAllah will show His glory to the people in a general way, but He will show it to Abu Bakr in a special way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever has the sun risen or set on a person, other than a prophet, greater than Abu Bakr.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever was anything revealed to me that I did not pour into the heart of Abu Bakr.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no one to whom I am obligated and have not repaid my debt except Abu Bakr, for I owe him much for which Allah will compensate him on the Day of Judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I were to take an intimate friend\u00a0(khalil)<\/i>\u00a0other than my Lord, I would have chosen Abu Bakr.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbu Bakr does not precede you because of much prayer or fasting, but because of a secret that is in his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bukhari narrates from Ibn `Umar that, \u201cIn the time of the Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0we were not recognizing anyone higher than Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, then `Umar, then `Uthman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bukhari also narrates from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiya (Ali\u2019s son): \u201cI asked my father, \u2018Who are the best people after Allah\u2019s Apostle\u00a0\"salla\"?\u2019 He said, \u2018Abu Bakr.\u2019 I Asked, \u2018Who then?\u2019 He said, Then `Umar. I was afraid he would say `Uthman next, so I said: \u2018Then you?\u2019 He replied, \u2018I am only an ordinary person.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Tabarani narrated through Mu`adh that the Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0said, \u201cI had a vision that I was put on one side of the scale and my Nation was put on the other side and I was heavier. Then Abu Bakr was put on one side and My Nation was put on one side and Abu Bakr was heavier. Then `Umar was put on one side and My Nation was put on the other and `Umar was heavier. Then `Uthman was put on one side and My Nation on the other and `Uthman was heavier. Then the scale was raised up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hakim narrated that `Ali \"radiya\" was asked, \u201cO Ruler of the Faithful, tell us about Abu Bakr.\u201d He said, \u201cHe is a person whom Allah called\u00a0as-Siddiq<\/i>\u00a0on the tongue of the Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0and he is the\u00a0khalif<\/i>\u00a0(successor) of the Prophet\u00a0\"salla\". We accept him for our religion and for our worldly life.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are many other hadiths indicating the great attainment of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq \"radiya\" with respect to all the other Sahaba.<\/p>\n

Abu Bakr was the best friend and most beloved companion of the Holy Prophet\u00a0\"salla\". He was blessed by being first and foremost, throughout his life, in his belief, his support, and his love of the Holy Prophet. For this quality he was honored with the title of \u00a0as-<\/i>Siddiq<\/i>, or the Veracious.<\/p>\n

He was the first free adult man to accept Islam at the hands of the Prophet\u00a0\"salla\". He had never joined in the worship of idols practiced by his contemporaries. He came to Islam without any trace of doubt or hesitation. Many years later the Holy Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0recalled: \u201cWhenever I offered Islam to anyone, he always showed some reluctance and hesitation and tried to enter into an argument. Abu Bakr was the only person who accepted Islam without any doubt or hesitation, and without any argument.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It is related that while on a trade trip to Syria, at age 18, Abu Bakr met Muh\u0323ammad ibn `Abdullah \"salla\", who was 20 at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

At a rest stop, Abu Bakr went to the local monk to talk about life and religion. In the meantime, the Prophet \ufdfa waited under a sidra<\/em> tree.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the conversation, the monk asked, “Who is under that tree? Nobody sits under it except a Prophet, and the last to do so was `Isa bin Maryam.”<\/span><\/p>\n

At that moment, absolute certainty entered the heart of Abu Bakr that Muh\u0323ammad \"salla\" was truly a Prophet of God. After that trip, \ud835\udc1a \ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc30\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc30\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc2e\u0304 \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc2b \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20 \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc30\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21 \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2d \"salla\".<\/span><\/p>\n

Abu Bakr believed in Sayyidina\u0304 Muh\u0323ammad \"salla\" \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc30\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc32\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c before the Revelation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 [Imam al-Qurtubi, Tafsir Surat al-Ah\u0323qaf]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

He was first in his spiritual support. He remained steadfast in his support throughout the difficult years in Makkah. He was the first to speak out when events passed beyond the understanding even of the new Muslims themselves, as in the case of the Night Journey. And later in Madinah when the treaty of Hudaybiya was signed, only Abu Bakr \"radiya\" remained absolutely faithful. He counseled his companions: \u201cDo not be critical, but hold fast to the stirrup (allegiance) of the Holy Prophet.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was first in his material support. While others of the Muslims gave large fortunes in support of their faith, Abu Bakr was the first to give everything he had. When asked what he had left for his children he answered: \u201cAllah and His Prophet\"salla\".\u201d On hearing this Umar\u00a0\"radiya\"\u00a0said: \u201cNone can surpass Abu Bakr in serving the cause of Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was first in kindness and compassion to his fellow believers. A very wealthy merchant, he always watched out for the poor and the weak. He freed seven slaves before leaving Makkah, among them Bilal\u00a0\"radiya\". He not only spent large amounts to buy them freedom but he then took them into his own household and educated them.<\/p>\n

When he assumed the role of\u00a0khalif<\/i>\u00a0he said: \u201cHelp me, if I am in the right; set me right, if I am in the wrong. The weak among you shall be strong with me until, God willing, his rights have been vindicated. The strong among you shall be weak with me until, if God wills, I have taken what is due from him. Obey me as long as I obey Allah and His Prophet; when I disobey Him and his Prophet, obey me not.\u201d<\/p>\n

In early Islam, interpretation of dreams was considered a spiritual exercise. Only those with pure hearts and spiritual vision could have meaningful dreams; and only those with pure hearts and spiritual vision could interpret them. Abu Bakr was an acknowledged interpreter of dreams. The Prophet himself would consult only him in search for clarity of his prophetic dreams.<\/p>\n

Before the battle of Uhud, the Holy Prophet saw in a dream that he was herding animals and some of these were being slaughtered. The sword that he held had a piece broken off. Abu Bakr \"radiya\" interpreted the slaughtered animals to prophesize the death of many Muslims, and the broken sword to signify the death of one of the Prophet\u2019s relatives. Unfortunately both these predictions were realized at the battle of Uhud.<\/p>\n

Abu Bakr was also a poet before he became Muslim. He was known for his exceptional recitation and his excellent memory of the long poems in which the Arabs took great pride. These qualities served him well in Islam. His recitation of the Qur\u2019an was so lyrical and charged with emotion that many people came to Islam simply after hearing him pray. The Quraish tried to forbid him to pray in the courtyard of his house in order to prevent the people from hearing him.<\/p>\n

It is due to his memory that many of the most important Hadiths come to us today. Among them are those indicating the proper form of prayer and those specifying the proper proportions of Zakat. Yet out of the many thousands of Hadith verified and recorded, only 142 come through Abu Bakr. His daughter, `Ayesha (ra) related that her father kept a book of over 500 Hadith but that one day he destroyed it. The knowledge that Abu Bakr chose to keep hidden related to the heavenly knowledge, `ilmu-l-ladunni<\/i>, the source of all saintly knowledge; a knowledge that can only be transmitted from heart to heart.<\/p>\n

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Although a quiet and gentle man he was also first on the battlefield. He supported the Holy Prophet\u00a0\"salla\"\u00a0in all of his campaigns both with his sword and with his counsel. When others failed or ran he remained at the side of his beloved Prophet. It is stated that once `Ali\u00a0\"radiya\"\u00a0asked his companions who they considered to be the bravest. They replied that `Ali was the bravest. But he answered: \u201cNo. Abu Bakr\u00a0\"radiya\"\u00a0is the bravest. On the day of the battle of Badr when there was no one to stand guard where the Holy Prophet prayed, Abu Bakr stood with his sword and did not allow the enemy to come near.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was of course the first to follow the Holy Prophet as\u00a0Khalif<\/i>\u00a0and leader of the Faithful. He instituted the public treasury\u00a0(Baytu-l-mal)<\/i>\u00a0to take care of the poor and needy. He was the first to compile the entire Qur\u2019an and call it \u201cMushaf<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In regard to spiritual transmission, he was the first person to give instruction in the method of reciting the sacred\u00a0Kalima<\/i>\u00a0(La ilaha ill-Allah<\/i>) for purifying the heart by Dhikr, and that is still recited by the Naqshbandi Order today.<\/p>\n

Although Allah honored Abu Bakr \"radiya\" by making him first in innumerable ways, Allah granted him even more honor when he chose him to be second. For Abu Bakr was the only companion of the Holy Prophet on his flight from persecution in Makkah to shelter in Madinah. Probably his dearest title was\u00a0\u201dthe second of two when they were in the cave,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0already quoted (9:40). Umar\u00a0\"radiya\"\u00a0said: \u201cI wish all the deeds of my life were equal to his deed of that one day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mazra’a Mustadhil<\/strong><\/div>\n
This was the first place where the Prophet \ufdfa stopped when he entered Al-Madina Al-Munawwara from his migration from Makkah. In this garden is the biggest well of Madina <\/span><\/a><\/span>called Birr `Adhaq<\/em>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It was here that Sayyida Amina bint Wahb (\u0639) the mother of the Messenger of Allah would bring Sayyidina Muhammad \ufdfa as a young child, in his younger years and would often place him inside the well for him to learn how to swim and how to remain in one place and learn the technique of keeping afloat in water.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It was also here that Sayyidina Abu Bakr (\u0631) came to the service of the Prophet \ufdfa by taking off his shawl\/cloak (rida<\/em>) and held it above the Prophet \ufdfa, giving the Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa shade.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is said that this was because Sayyiduna Abu Bakr was so embellished in the love and anw\u0101r<\/em> (lights) of the Prophet \ufdfa after he spent the three nights in the cave of Thawr with him \ufdfa, that he began to resemble him \ufdfa, so much so that he even took on his attire, he would walk like him, talk like him, gesture like him and just overall embody his inward and outward traits \ufdfa and it was for this reason that the people of Madina had mistaken him for the Prophet \ufdfa and started to come to him to greet him when they had arrived because they couldn’t tell the difference between them. It was then that Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (\u0631) whose thinking was incredibly quick, took off his shawl and held it above the Messenger of Allah \ufdfa, a very clever way to display and show the people of Madina who the Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa is. [Courtesy Owais Mohyuddin]<\/div>\n
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