Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr
Al-Siddiq Atiq
Abū Bakr as-Ṣiddīq
1st Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate
Caliphate	8 June 632 – 23 August 634
Caliph	Position established as new title in order to succeed Muhammad's leadership
Successor	Umar ibn Al-Khattab
Born	27 October 573 Mecca, Hijaz, Arabia
Died	23 August 634 (aged 60) Medina, Hijaz Arabia, Rashidun Empire
Burial	The Prophet's Mosque, Hijaz Madinah
Spouses	Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza (divorced) Umm Rumān Asma bint Umais Habibah bint Kharijah
Issue	Sons Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Daughters Asma bint Abi Bakr Aisha bint Abi Bakr Umm Khultum bint Abi Bakr
Full name Abū Bakr aṣ-Ṣiddīq ‘Abdallāh bin Abī Quḥāfah
Father	Uthman Abu Quhafa
Mother	Salma Umm-ul-Khair
Brothers	Mu'taq (presumably the middle) Utaiq (presumably the youngest) Quhafah ibn Uthman
Sisters	Fadra Qareeba Umme-e-Aamer
Tribe	Quraysh (Banu Taym)
Descendants	Siddiqui
Religion	Islam
Occupation	Businessman administrator economist

Abū Bakr (أبو بكر ;c. 573 AD-22 August 634),^[1] was a senior companion and—through his daughter Aisha^[2]—the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. A majority of Sunni scholars and contemporaries believe Abu Bakr became the first openly declared Muslim outside Muhammad's family.^{[3][page needed][4]} Abu Bakr served as a trusted advisor to Muhammad. During Muhammad's lifetime, he was involved in several campaigns and treaties.^[5]

He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 AD when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death.^[6] As caliph, Abu Bakr succeeded to the political and administrative functions previously exercised by Muhammad. He was commonly known as The Truthful Caliph (الصديق, As-Saddīq).^[2] Abu Bakr's reign lasted for 2 years, 3 months and 11 days ending with his death after an illness. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632 to 634 AD.

1. ↑ "Abu Bakr". Encyclopedia of Islam (2nd ed.). His father was Abu Quhafa ..., and he is therefore sometimes known as Ibn Abi Quhafa. ... The names Abd Allah and Atiq ('freed slave') are attributed to him as well as Abu Bakr, but the relation of these names to one another and their original significance is not clear. ... He was later known as al-Siddiq, the truthful, the upright, or the one who counts true
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Campo, Juan Eduardo (2009). Encyclopedia of Islam. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2696-8.
3. ↑ Shahid Ashraf (2004). "Encyclopaedia of Holy Prophet and Companion (Set of 15 Vols.)". Encyclopaedia of Holy Prophet and Companions. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. ISBN 978-81-261-1940-0.
4. ↑ Aʻzami, Muhammad Mustafa (2003). The history of the Qur'anic text: from revelation to compilation : a comparative study with the Old and New Testaments. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-872531-65-6.
5. ↑ Tabqat ibn al-Saad book of Maghazi, page no:62
6. ↑ "Abu Bakr - Muslim caliph".