Abu Bakr (ä`b
bäk`ər), 573–634, 1st caliph, friend, father-in-law, and successor of Muhammad. He was probably Muhammad's first convert outside the Prophet's family and alone accompanied Muhammad on the Hegira. The marriage of Abu Bakr's daughter Aishah Aishah (ī`shə, ä`ĭshä'), c.614–678, third and favorite of the nine wives of Muhammad the Prophet.
..... Click the link for more information. to Muhammad made the ties even stronger. On the Prophet's death in 632, Umar Umar (
..... Click the link for more information. secured Abu Bakr's election over the tribal chiefs and Ali Ali (älē`) (Ali ibn Abu Talib), 598?–661, 4th caliph (656–61).
..... Click the link for more information. . The two years of his caliphate were critical for Islam. Though he was himself fervent rather than warlike, his party crushed opposition in Arabia and began the remarkable extension of Islam as a world religion. He was succeeded by Umar.
bäk`ər), 573–634, 1st caliph, friend, father-in-law, and successor of Muhammad. He was probably Muhammad's first convert outside the Prophet's family and alone accompanied Muhammad on the Hegira. The marriage of Abu Bakr's daughter Aishah Aishah (ī`shə, ä`ĭshä'), c.614–678, third and favorite of the nine wives of Muhammad the Prophet...... Click the link for more information. to Muhammad made the ties even stronger. On the Prophet's death in 632, Umar Umar (
..... Click the link for more information. secured Abu Bakr's election over the tribal chiefs and Ali Ali (älē`) (Ali ibn Abu Talib), 598?–661, 4th caliph (656–61).
..... Click the link for more information. . The two years of his caliphate were critical for Islam. Though he was himself fervent rather than warlike, his party crushed opposition in Arabia and began the remarkable extension of Islam as a world religion. He was succeeded by Umar.
Abu Bakr
(born c. 573, Mecca, Hejaz, Arabian Peninsula—died Aug. 23, 634, Medina) One of the close Companions of the Prophet Muhammad and the first Muslim caliph. Some Muslim traditions say he was the first male convert to Islam after Muhammad. He became caliph after Muhammad's death in 632, and during his two years in that office he consolidated central Arabia under Muslim control, engaging in the wars of apostasy (riddah). He also realized the urgency of expanding the regions under Muslim control in order to maintain peace among Arab tribes.
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