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1. Abu Bakr RA

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Name and Lineage:

  • Abdullah ibn Uthman ibn Amir ibn Ka’b ibn Sa’d ibn Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka’b ibn Lu’ay
  • Mother: Umm al Khayr Salma bint Sakhr ibn Amir

Description:

  • Thin
  • Light facial hair
  • Slender face, protruding forehead
  • He was so thin, you could see the bones and nerves of his hand 
  • White skinned

Children:

  • From Qatilah: Abdullah and Asma RA
  • From Umm Rumaan: Abdul Rahman and Aisha RA
  • From Asma bint Umays: Muhammad RA
  • From Habibah bint Kharijah: Umm Kulthum RA

Death:

  • Monday night between Maghrib and Isha, 8 days before the end of Jumada al Akhirah, 13 AH
  • 63 years old
  • Umar RA led his janazah prayer and he was put in the grave by his son Abdulrahman along with Umar, Uthman, and Talha RA

Virtues and Accomplishments:

  • The best of people after the Prophet ﷺ
  • 1st of the Rightly Guided Caliphs
  • Khalifa lasted 2 years and 3 months (https://manchestercentralmosque.org/the-4-caliphs/) 
  • 1 of the 10 Promised Paradise*
  • 5 out of the 10 Promised Paradise embraced Islam because of him:
    • Uthman ibn Affan RA
    • Talhah ibn Ubaydullah RA
    • Al Zubayr RA
    • Sa’ad ibn abi Waqqas RA
    • Abdulrahman ibn Awf RA
  • Implicitly mentioned in the Quran (one of the two in the cave, Quran 9:40)
  • He never missed any battle
  • Stood firm with the Messenger ﷺ on the day of Uhud when the people were defeated
  • When he accepted Islam, he had 40k dirhams from which he freed and supported the weak and poor Muslims
  • The first to compile the Quran
  • Narrated from Abu Hurayrah RA that the Messenger ﷺ said: “No wealth has benefitted me as much as Abu Bakr’s wealth.” Narrated by Ahmad.
  • Muhammad ibn Sirin said: “No one was more revered for his knowledge, after the Prophet ﷺ, than Abu Bakr.”
  • Abu Surayhah said that he heard Ali RA say on the minbar: ‘Abu Bakr is a man with a heart returning [in repentance]’

*حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُمَرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعُثْمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَلِيٌّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَطَلْحَةُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَالزُّبَيْرُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَعْدٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَسَعِيدٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ، قِرَاءَةً عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَ هَذَا وَهَذَا أَصَحُّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الأَوَّلِ ‏.‏

Narrated ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Abu Bakr is in Paradise, ‘Umar is in Paradise, ‘Uthman is in Paradise, ‘Ali is in Paradise, Talhah is in Paradise, Az-Zubair is in Paradise, ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf is in Paradise, Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas is in Paradise, Sa’eed bin Zaid is in Paradise, and Abu ‘Ubaidah bin Al-Jarrah is in Paradise.”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3747

https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3747

Source: Ranks of the Elite by Imam ibn al Jawzi (Dar as Sunnah Publishers, 1st Edition July 2023)