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Summary of the Prophet’s biography | Musa bin Rashid Al-Azmi | H (80) | Abu Bakr’s belief in the mission of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography.
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The affirmation of Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him.
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The Night Journey of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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Al-Hakim recorded it in Al-Mustadrak with a weak chain of narration.
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On the authority of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said:
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When the Prophet, peace be upon him, was taken on the Night Journey
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to the Al-Aqsa Mosque,
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people began talking about it the next morning.
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Some who had believed in him and affirmed his truth turned back on their faith,
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and they hurried to Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him.
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They said, "Will you not go to your companion?
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He claims that he was taken on a journey last night to Jerusalem."
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He asked, "Did he really say that?"
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They replied, "Yes."
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He said, "If he said that, then he has spoken the truth."
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They asked, "Do you believe that he went to Jerusalem last night
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and returned before morning?"
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He, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
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"Yes.
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I believe him in matters even further than that;
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I believe him regarding the news of heaven, whether it comes in the morning or the evening."
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It is for this reason that he was named Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (The Truthful).
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Imam Al-Tahawi asserted that the reason for naming Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, Al-Siddiq
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was his precedence over others in affirming the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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regarding the Night Journey to Jerusalem.
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He said:
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"Because being the first to attain knowledge of things
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confers virtue upon those who are first to them,
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just as it was established for Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him,
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by his precedence over the people in affirming the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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regarding his arrival at Jerusalem from Makkah
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and his return from there to his home in Makkah in that same night,
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until he was named Al-Siddiq because of it.
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Even though all believers bear witness for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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to the same truth once they are informed of it."
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Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Dala'il al-Nubuwwah with a sound chain of narration
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from Shaddad ibn Aws, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
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"We asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, how were you taken on the Night Journey?'
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He said:
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'I prayed the night prayer (al-'atamah) with my companions in Makkah.
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Then Jibril, peace be upon him, came to me with a white beast,
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larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule.'"
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He then mentioned the story of the Night Journey and the Ascension.
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Then he said:
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"Then I returned to my companions before morning in Makkah.
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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, came to me and said:
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'O Messenger of Allah, where were you last night?
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I looked for you in your place.'
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
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'Do you know that I went to Jerusalem tonight?'
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He said, 'O Messenger of Allah, it is a month's journey.
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Describe it to me.'
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He said:
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'It was revealed to me, and I looked at it as if I were seeing it.
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He did not ask me about anything except that I informed him of it.'
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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
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'I bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.'"
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The polytheists said:
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"Look at the son of Abu Kabshah;
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he claims he went to Jerusalem tonight!"
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
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"Among the signs of what I tell you
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is that I passed by a caravan of yours at such-and-such a place.
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They had lost a camel of theirs,
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and so-and-so found it.
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Their route is that they will stop at such-and-such a place, then such-and-such,
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and they will arrive on such-and-such a day,
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led by a reddish-brown camel,
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carrying two black sacks."
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When that day arrived,
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people went out to watch and wait,
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until it was near midday,
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and the caravan approached,
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led by that very camel the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had described.
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Al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir said:
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"The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, witnessed
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on that night signs and matters
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that, had anyone else seen them or even some of them,
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they would have become bewildered or lost their senses.
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But he, peace be upon him, remained calm,
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fearing that if he began by telling his people what he had seen,
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they would hasten to call him a liar.
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So he was gentle by informing them first
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that he had come to Jerusalem that night."
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A Summary of the Prophetic biography,
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authored by Sheikh Musa ibn Rashid Al-'Azimi,
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and presented by the Mawaddah Association in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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May Allah heal him.