{"id":19738,"date":"2022-08-28T07:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T05:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=19738"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T05:44:34","slug":"the-love-of-hazrat-abu-bakr-siddeeq-radhiyallahu-anhu-for-hazrat-rasulullah-sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=19738","title":{"rendered":"The Love of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) for Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19743\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/English_03-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/English_03-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/English_03-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/English_03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/English_03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/English_03-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/English_03.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) set out for the hijrah early at night. During the journey, at times Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) walked ahead of Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), and at times behind. At times, he walked on the right of Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and at times, on the left.<\/p>\n<p>When Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) noticed this peculiar behaviour, he asked, \u201cO Abu Bakr! I see you moving in front of me or behind me at times and beside me at times. What prompts you to behave in this way?\u201d Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) replied, \u201cWhenever the thought of the enemy pursuing you from the back occurs to me, I move swiftly towards the back, and whenever the fear overcomes me of the enemy waiting ahead in ambush, then I rush ahead of you. Likewise, when the thought crosses my mind of the enemy attacking from the right or left, then I move in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) then said, \u201cO Abu Bakr! Do you prefer that your life be sacrificed for me?\u201d Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) replied, \u201cMost definitely O Messenger of Allah, I swear by the Being who has sent you with the truth of Islam!\u201d <em>(Mustadrak alas Sahihain #4268, Dalaailun Nubuwwah 2\/477)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) and Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) set out for the hijrah early at night. During the journey, at times Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddeeq (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) walked ahead of Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), and at times behind. At times, he walked on the right of Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,774,875],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-articles","category-sahaabah","category-virtues-of-sahaabah-radhiyallahu-anhum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19738","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19744,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19738\/revisions\/19744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}