AbŪ Bakr
ABŪ BAKR (c. 572–634) was the first Caliph and close companion of the Prophet and founder of the Islamic Empire. In the classical Arab tradition a person is given an ism (name), kunyah (an agnomen consisting of Abū [father] followed by the name of a son), and laqab (nickname or title usually of a favorable nature). Hence Abū Bakr was so called, although his name was Abd Allah, and his laqab, Ati Atik (freed slave), was given to him by his mother because he was spared from the death in infancy that befell all her other sons. His father was ʿUthām of the clan of Taym of the tribe of Quraysh. His mother was Salma bint Sakhr of the same clan. He was born around 572 CE. He married four times and had six children, including ʿĀʾishah, who married the Prophet and played a significant role in some of the early events in Muslim history, and who also served as a transmitter of ḥadīth.
Ibn Isḥāq, the author of an early biography of the Prophet, describes Abū Bakr as a kindly man popular among his contemporaries and most knowledgeable about the genealogy of the Quraysh and the values and traditions of their ancestors.
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