Person
Abū Quḥāfa ʿUthmān ibn ʿĀmir
أبو قحافة عثمان بن عامر
Abū Quḥāfa
540 CE – 635 CE(aged ~95) Banū Taym
Father of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq. Accepted Islam at the Conquest of Mecca (8 AH) at very advanced age. The unique case where four generations were Muslim companions: Abū Quḥāfa, his son Abū Bakr, his grandson ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr, and his great-grandson Abū ʿAtīq Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.
Significance
Father of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq. Accepted Islam at the Conquest of Mecca (8 AH) at very advanced age. The unique case where four generations were Muslim companions: Abū Quḥāfa, his son Abū Bakr, his grandson ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr, and his great-grandson Abū ʿAtīq Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.
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