Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
أبو بكر الصديق
عبد الله بن أبي قحافة : عثمان بن عامر بن عمرو بن كعب بن سعد بن تيم بن مرة ، وقيل اسمه : عتيق
Appears in 120 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
Immediate teacher layer
Received from
أبو بكر الصديق
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
44
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
13
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
9
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
21
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
20
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
13
Historical scholarship
Classical assessments
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
خليفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Al-Dhahabi
صحابي
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Kunya
- أبو بكر
- Laqab
- الصديق ، ذو الخلال ، عتيق ، الأواه
- Lineage / nisba
- التيمي ، القرشي ، الصديقي
- Generation
- خليفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
- Born
- ولد بعد الفيل بسنتين وستة أشهر ، وقيل : بعد الفيل بثلاث سنين
- Died
- 13 هـ
- Lived in
- مكة ، ثم المدينة
- Relatives
- خليفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، وأمه أم الخير سلمى بنت صخر بن عامر بن كعب ، وقيل ليلى ، وابنه عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر الصديق ، وابنه محمد بن أبي بكر الصديق ، وابنته عائشة أم المؤمنين ، وآخا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بينه وبين عمر ، كان لأبي قحافة ثلاثة من الولد أسماؤهم : عتيق ومعتقا ومعيتقا
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 834قُلْ ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ ، وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّك أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُI asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to teach me an invocation so that I may invoke Allah with it in my prayer. He told me to say, "Allahumma inni zalumtu nafsi zulman kathiran, Wala yaghfiru dh-dhunuba illa anta, fa ghfir li m6 narratorsBukhari · 1241حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي مَعْمَرٌ وَيُونُسُ , عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا زَوْجAbu Bakr came riding his horse from his dwelling place in As-Sunh. He got down from it, entered the Mosque and did not speak with anybody till he came to me and went direct to the Prophet, who was covered with a marked b10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1242حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي مَعْمَرٌ وَيُونُسُ , عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ , قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا زَوْجAbu Bakr came riding his horse from his dwelling place in As-Sunh. He got down from it, entered the Mosque and did not speak with anybody till he came to me and went direct to the Prophet, who was covered with a marked b10 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1399حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَWhen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) died and Abu Bakr became the caliph some Arabs renegade (reverted to disbelief) (Abu Bakr decided to declare war against them), `Umar, said to Abu Bakr, "How can you fight with these people alt7 narratorsBukhari · 1454أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ لَهُ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ لَمَّا وَجَّهَهُ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ ،When Abu Bakr; sent me to (collect the Zakat from) Bahrain, he wrote to me the following-- (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful). These are the orders for compulsory charity (Zakat) which Allah's Messenger5 narratorsBukhari · 1455أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَتَبَ لَهُ الصَّدَقَةَ الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَا يُخْرَجُ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ هَرِمَةٌ ، وَلَا ذَاتُ عَوَارٍ وَلَا تَيْسٌ إِلَّا مَا Abu Bakr wrote to me what Allah had ordered His Apostle (about Zakat) which goes Neither an old nor a defected animal, nor a male-goat may be taken as Zakat except if the Zakat collector wishes (to take it).5 narratorsBukhari · 1456حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ . ح وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ : حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِAbu Bakr said, "By Allah! If they (pay me the Zakat and) withhold even a she-kid which they used to pay during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I will fight with them for it." `Umar said, "It was nothing but Allah 9 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1622أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بَعَثَهُ فِي الْحَجَّةِ الَّتِي أَمَّرَهُ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ فِي رَهْطٍ يُؤَذِّنُIn the year prior to the last Hajj of the Prophet (ﷺ) when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made Abu Bakr the leader of the pilgrims, the latter (Abu Bakr) sent me in the company of a group of people to make a public announcement '7 narratorsBukhari · 1655صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِنًى رَكْعَتَيْنِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered a two-rak`at prayer at Mina. Abu Bakr, `Umar and `Uthman, (during the early years of his caliphate) followed the same practice.9 narratorsBukhari · 2439انْطَلَقْتُ ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ يَسُوقُ غَنَمَهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : لِمَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قَالَ : لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَسَمَّاهُ ، فَعَرَفْتُهُ ، فَقُلْتُ : هَلْ فِي غَنَمِكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ ؟ فَقَالَ : نَعَمْ ، فَقُلْتWhile I was on my way, all of a sudden I saw a shepherd driving his sheep, I asked him whose servant he was. He replied that he was the servant of a man from Quraish, and then he mentioned his name and I recognized him. 11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 2487وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ خَلِيطَيْنِ ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَتَرَاجَعَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِthat Abu Bakr As-Siddiq wrote to him the law of Zakat which was made obligatory by Allah's Apostle. He wrote 'Partners possessing joint property (sheep) have to pay its Zakat equally.5 narratorsBukhari · 3093فَقَالَ : لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ فَغَضِبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَهَجَرَتْ(mother of the believers) After the death of Allah 's Apostle Fatima the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Abu Bakr As-Siddiq to give her, her share of inheritance from what Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had left of the Fa1 narrators