The uniqueness, effective and non-forgettable leadership of Abu Bakr ؓ - The First Caliph of Islam
The uniqueness, effective & non-forgettable leadership of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr ؓ - The First Caliph of Islam
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr ؓ provided the bridge between Prophet Muhammed ﷺ and the historical Islam. Without his leadership:
1. Zakat would have disappeared as a mandate and the nature of religion itself would have been altered.
2. The legal basis of the Islamic geographies would have been seriously undermined and the community would have been broken into pieces.
3. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr ؓ continued the traditions of the Holy Prophet ﷺ
4. He overcame disagreements, established the rule of law, suppressed false prophets and successfully defended the newly established Islamic lands against the Byzantine and Persian Empires.
5. He demonstrated that the Muslims were a living & a dynamic community.
6. Under his leadership, Islam embarked on the process of history bereft of its Prophet ﷺ but founded by the message of the Qur'an and his Sunnah.
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (ra) - The Biggest Benefactor of the Ummah after the Noble Prophet (ﷺ)
22nd Jamadi al-Aakhir marks the passing away of the first Caliph of Islam – Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (ra). He was the one who lifted the spirits of the Muslims after the passing of our beloved Prophet Muhammed ﷺ.
Right after this heartbreaking incident, Islam and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr’s (ra) leadership & Caliphate were challenged by major aspects like mass apostasy, emergence of fake, lying and false prophets; deniers of Zakat payers, possible strike on Makkah and Madinah by the then superpowers: the Roman and the Sassanid empires etc. Islam then walked on a perilous path, with an uncertain future.
Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra), in just over two years of his tenure as a Caliph, faced all these challenges, eliminated them to the ground, and gifted Islam as a civilization to the world through his successor Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (ra) – a way of life for all, which was initially planted by the sacrifices of our noble Prophet ﷺ.
We have the privilege of enlisting below a few hadiths which reflect the virtues of our first Caliph – Sayyiduna Abu Bakr - the truthful (ra).
1. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) was the first adult to have accepted Islam. (Sahih Ibn Hibban, Haythami, Musnad Bazzaar)
2. Prophet Muhammed ﷺ termed Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) as the person freed from the hellfire. (Sahih Tirmidhi, Sahih Ibn Hibban, Mustadrak by Haakim, Mujam Kabir by Tabrani)
3. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr’s (ra) title al-Siddiq was revealed from the heavens. (Mustadrak by Haakim, Mujam Kabir by Tabrani)
4. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) used to say that he brought faith on aspects which were stranger than the incident of Meraj (ascension). [Haakim, Ibn Kathir, Qurtubi, Tabari etc.]
5. Sayyiduna Siddiq Akbar (ra) is the brother and companion of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah ﷺ. (Bukhkari, Muslim, Musnad Ahmad, Musnad Bazzaar)
6. Sayyiduna Siddiq Akbar (ra) is the deputy of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah ﷺ. (Bukhari, Muslim, Musnad Ahmad, Sahih Ibn Hibban, Sunan Kubra by Bayhaqi)
7. Sayyiduna Siddiq Akbar (ra) is the counsellor/advisor of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah ﷺ. (Jami Tirmidhi, Mustadrak by Haakim, Fadail Sahaba by Ahmad bin Hambal, Muhibb Tabari etc.)
8. Sayyiduna Siddiq Akbar (ra) was the one who Prophet Muhammed ﷺ loved dearly. (Musnad Ahmad, Bayhaqi, Shaybani, Haythami, Haakim)
9. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) was the epitome of love and respect of Prophet Muhammed ﷺ. (Bukhari, Muslim, Nisai, Abu Dawood, Ibn Hibban, Musnad Ahmad)
10. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) gave away everything he had, to Prophet Muhammed ﷺ. (Tirmidhi, Abu Dawood, Sunan Darmi, Mustadrak by Haakim, Musnad Bazzar, Ibn Abi Asim, Maqdisi, Abu Nueym, Ibn Jawzi etc.)
11. Prophet Muhammed ﷺ said: “Nobody’s wealth benefitted me the most as did Abu Bakr’s.” (Tirmidhi, Ibn Majjah, Daylmi, Khateeb Baghdadi, and various other books of hadiths with other wording including Ibn Majjah, Musnad Ahmad, Ibn Hibban, Ibn Abi Asim, Ibn Abi Shayba, Haythami, Kinani, Ibn Jawzi, Tahawi, Manawi, Qazwini, Muhibb Tabari, Khateeb Baghdadi etc.)
12. The noble Prophet ﷺ said: “None favored me the most than Abu Bakr.” (Bukhari, Musnad Ahmad, Ibn Hibban, Musnad Abu Yala, Sunan Nasai, Tabrani, Ibn Sa’ad, Muhibb Tabari etc.)
13. Holy Prophet Muhammed ﷺ said: I have repaid everyone’s favors, except that of Abu Bakr. (Sahih Tirmidhi, Daylmi, Nawawi, Muhibb Tabari, Asqalani)
14. The Sahaba used to call Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) as Khalifatur Rasoolullah (the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ). [Mustadrak by Haakim]
15. While being raised from the grave on the Day of Qiyamah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr’s (ra) hand will be in the sacred hand of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah ﷺ. (Sahih Tirmidhi, Sunan Ibn Majjah, Mustadrak by Haakim, Ibn Hibban, Ibn Abi Asim, Muhibb Tabari, Khateeb Baghdadi, Fadail Sahaba by Ahmad bin Hambal)
16. Our noble Prophet ﷺ gave glad tidings of heavenly abode to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) during his lifetime. (at least 6 places in Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sahih Tirmidhi, Musnad Ahmad, Sunan Nasai, Tabrani, Muhibb Tabari)
17. The first to enter heaven in the Ummah of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah ﷺ will be Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra). [Sunan Abu Dawood, Mustadrak Haakim, Mujam Awsat by Tabrani, Fadail Sahaba by Ahmad bin Hambal etc.]
18. Allah the Exalted will grant His special glance to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) in the hereafter. (Mustadrak by Haakim, Abu Nueym, Muhibb Tabari, Khateeb Baghdadi, Ibn Asakir)
19. Companion of the cave & the grave: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra) was the companion of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah ﷺ in the cave (of Thawr), as well as now in his grave. (Jami Tirmidhi, Nawawi, Muhibb Tabari, also in Sahih Bukhari with other wording)
20. It is mandatory on all Muslims to love and be thankful, respectful and obey Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (ra). [Daylmi, Khateeb Baghdadi and other books of hadiths]
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