Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq : His Life & Times by Ali Muhammad Sallabi, Ph.D.

Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq : His Life & Times by Ali Muhammad Sallabi, Ph.D.

IIPH (International Islamic Publishing House)

• Ali Muhammad Sallabi, Ph.D.

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ISLAMIC HISTORY SERIES PART II THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS 1
ABU BAKR As-Siddeeq
His Life & Times
أبو بكر الصديق شخصيته وعصره
Dr. Ali M. Sallâbi
طور زمان
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CONTENTS
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ban noit
Pronunciation and Transliteration Chart..
Arabic honorific symbols used in this book
Hadith grade terms in this book
About the Word 'Lord'
When Jihad Refers to Fighting.
Publisher's Note.
Dedication
duides ud
Translator's Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Abu Bakr
prior to becoming Caliph
Name, lineage, kunyah, titles, attributes, family and life during the jahiliyah..
Name, lineage, kunyah and titles.
Birth and physical characteristics.
Family
High moral standards during the jahiliyah
Accepting Islam, inviting others to the faith and the first migration.
Accepting Islam
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INTRODUCTION
All praise is for Allah (4). We praise Him and seek His help;
we also seek refuge with Allah from the evil of our own selves and from our evil deeds. No one can misguide the one whom Allah leads to the straight path. Similarly, no one can guide the one whom He allows to go astray. I bear witness that there is no true god except Allah alone, with no partner or associate. I also bear witness that Muhammad () is His slave and messenger. O you who believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].}>
(Qur'an 3: 102)
O humankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it, its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and [do not cut the relations of] the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever an observer over you.>> (Qur'an 4: 1)
O you who believe! Fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has cer- tainly attained a great attainment.) (Qur'an 33: 70-71)
O our Lord! For You is all the praise, as it befits the majesty of Your Countenance and the greatness of Your sovereignty. For You is praise until You are pleased, for You is praise when You are pleased, and for You is praise after You are pleased.
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ABU BAKR As-Siddeeq
The life and times of the first Rightly-Guided Caliph, Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq () are a valuable roadmap for the Muslims of today. Appointed as the Prophet's successor on the basis of consultation, Abu Bakr proved to be a great leader who, with Allah's help, steered the Ummah through difficult times.
He faced numerous challenges within Arabia: some people apostatized, others refused to pay zakâh, and quite a few individuals emerged as false prophets, attracting many followers. Outside Arabia, the Persians and Byzantines keenly observed these developments, looking for an opportunity to crush the new state.
Abu Bakr employed effective strategies to deal with these challenges and had remarkable success in doing so. Thus, he paved way for the Islamic conquests that toppled tyrants and carried the message of Islam to the entire world. His leadership should be a great source of inspiration for the Muslims today.
About the author
Dr. Ali M. Sallabi was born in Benghazi, Libya in 1963. He received a BA with honours from the Islamic University of Madinah, where he graduated first in his class, and a Master's degree and PhD from Omdurman Islamic University in Sudan. He has also studied the entire Qur'an and various Islamic sciences with respected scholars in Madinah and other parts of Saudi Arabia, as well as in Libya and Yemen. A prolific writer, he has won recognition for his historical, writings. His detailed biographies of the rightly-guided Caliphs 'Umar, 'Uthman, 'Ali and Al-Hasan, and of Salah ad-Deen ('Saladin') have been published in English by IIPH. Dr. Sallabi has also written an eight-volume series on the Islamic belief system.