{"id":13980,"date":"2019-09-15T07:28:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T05:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=13980"},"modified":"2019-09-15T07:28:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T05:28:28","slug":"hazrat-abu-bakr-radhiyallahu-anhu-part-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=13980","title":{"rendered":"Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) \u2013 Part Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"itemIntroText\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?attachment_id=12844\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12844\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12844\" src=\"http:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Abu-Bakr-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Abu-Bakr-2.jpg 258w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Abu-Bakr-2-190x127.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a>Incident regarding his accepting Islam (continued)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiallahu \u2018anhu) then says:<\/p>\n<p>I knocked on the door and Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) came out. I then asked, \u201cO Muhammed (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), I have learnt that you have forsaken the ways of your people, and abandoned the religion of your forefathers?\u201d Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) replied, \u201cO Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu)! I am the messenger of Allah Ta\u2018ala to you and to humanity at large, so bring Imaan in Allah Ta\u2018ala.\u201d I then asked, \u201cWhat is your proof of your being appointed as the messenger of Allah Ta\u2018ala?\u201d Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) replied, \u201cThe learned Sheikh whom you met in Yemen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>I replied, \u201cThere were many learned Sheikhs that I had met in Yemen.\u201d Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) then said, \u201cThe learned Sheikh who recited poetry regarding myself, the final messenger.\u201d I then asked, \u201cWho has informed you regarding this, O my beloved friend?\u201d Nabi (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) replied, \u201cThe greatest of angels (Hazrat Jibreel (\u2018alaihis salaam)), who used to visit the Messengers who came before me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I then said, \u201cExtend your hand to me (so that I may embrace Islam upon your hands), for indeed I testify that there is none worthy of worship besides Allah Ta\u2018ala, and that you are His final messenger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) further mentions, \u201cI left the gathering of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), and there was no one in the valley of Makkah Mukarramah happier with my embracing Islam than Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(Usdul Ghaabah 3\/22- 23)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incident regarding his accepting Islam (continued) Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiallahu \u2018anhu) then says: I knocked on the door and Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) came out. I then asked, \u201cO Muhammed (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), I have learnt that you have forsaken the ways of your people, and abandoned the religion of your forefathers?\u201d Nabi (sallallahu &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-hadhrat-abu-bakr-radhiallahu-anhu","category-lives-of-the-sahaaba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13981,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13980\/revisions\/13981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}