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Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

أبو بكر الصديق

Abū Bakr · al-Ṣiddīq (the Truthful), ʿAtīq, Khalīfat Rasūl Allāh (Successor to the Messenger of God)

573 CE – 634 CE(aged ~61) Banū Taym

First Rashidun caliph (11-13 AH / 632-634 CE). Closest companion of the Prophet ﷺ — "the Companion in the Cave" (Q 9:40 — the Prophet's sole human companion during the Hijra). The first free male to embrace Islam. Father of ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr (Mother of the Believers). Title "al-Ṣiddīq" ("the Truthful") given by the Prophet ﷺ for his unhesitating belief in the Isrāʾ wal-Miʿrāj. As caliph, fought the Ridda Wars (apostasy wars) which preserved the unity of the Muslim community after the Prophet's ﷺ death; commissioned the first compilation of the Qurʾān after the deaths of so many ḥuffāẓ at Yamāma. Buried beside the Prophet ﷺ in ʿĀʾisha's chamber in Medina. Genealogy meets the Prophet at Murra ibn Kaʿb (8 generations back).

Significance

First Rashidun caliph (11-13 AH / 632-634 CE). Closest companion of the Prophet ﷺ — "the Companion in the Cave" (Q 9:40 — the Prophet's sole human companion during the Hijra). The first free male to embrace Islam. Father of ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr (Mother of the Believers). Title "al-Ṣiddīq" ("the Truthful") given by the Prophet ﷺ for his unhesitating belief in the Isrāʾ wal-Miʿrāj. As caliph, fought the Ridda Wars (apostasy wars) which preserved the unity of the Muslim community after the Prophet's ﷺ death; commissioned the first compilation of the Qurʾān after the deaths of so many ḥuffāẓ at Yamāma. Buried beside the Prophet ﷺ in ʿĀʾisha's chamber in Medina. Genealogy meets the Prophet at Murra ibn Kaʿb (8 generations back).
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Father

Abū Quḥāfa ʿUthmān ibn ʿĀmir (أبو قحافة عثمان بن عامر)

Mother

Umm al-Khayr Salmā bint Ṣakhr (أم الخير سلمى بنت صخر)

Children (1)

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