Prophet Muhammad ﷺ & his householdṢaḥīḥ hadith

Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīqرضي الله عنهأَبُو بَكْر

Also known as Abu Bakr, Abdullah ibn Abi Quhafa

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The Prophet's ﷺ closest friend from before the revelation and among the very first to accept Islam. In Makkah he freed Bilāl and other enslaved believers. He was the 'second of the two' who sheltered with the Prophet ﷺ in the cave during the Hijra (9:40, Bukhārī), led the prayer in the Prophet's ﷺ final illness, and after his death led the Muslim community. His daughter ʿĀʾisha was the Prophet's ﷺ wife.

The name

A kunya; his given name was ʿAbdullāh, son of Abū Quḥāfa of Banū Taym.

al-Ṣiddīq — the one who affirms the truth, for believing the Prophet ﷺ at once

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ hadith

Relationships
CompanionMuḥammadHis closest friend, who married his daughter ʿĀʾisha
DaughterʿĀʾisha bint Abī BakrHis daughter, the Prophet's ﷺ wife
Key Qurʼan appearances

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