Why abu bakr

During his rule, he defeated the rebellion of several Arab tribes in a successful campaign, unifying the entire Arabian peninsula and giving it stability.

Prior to dispatching his army to Syria against the Romans he gave them the following commands which established the conduct of war for later Muslim generations:. Stop, O people, that I may give you ten rules for your guidance in the battlefield. Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path.

You must not kill a young woman. Bring no harm to the trees which are fruitful. Written by a well respected scholar, Donner is presented as a popular work yet provides a novel account of the origins of Islam.

Similarly, Renard is a chapter in an edited volume of various hagiographies of Muslim figures that offers translation and commentary on Abu Bakr from a variety of Islamic sources. Aqqad is slightly different from the Western-oriented studies in this section.

The book is usefully compared with Haykal cited under Academic Biographies and other Academic Biographies. Aqqad, Abbas Mahmud. Reflects an important intellectual crossroads in Islamic thought between earlier traditional and religiously oriented scholarship and modern academic discourse. Ayoub, Mahmoud. Oxford: Oneworld, A shorter yet scholarly history of politics in early Islam dealing with each of the first four caliphs.

Donner, Fred M. Muhammad and the Believers. Cambridge, MA: Belknap, In this well-written and acessible book providing a useful overview of early Islam, Donner takes a revisionist position, arguing for the importance of religion qua religion in the growth of early Islam.

El-Hibri, Tayeb. New York: Columbia University Press, Madelung, Wilferd. This book treats the era the four Rightly Guided Caliphs and gives an account of Abu Bakr that includes many primary and secondary sources. Renard, John. Edited by John Renard, 15— Berkeley: University of California Press, Abdullah ibn Saba was a Jew who posed as a convert of Islam. He also preached the idea of apostleship, and claimed that 'Ali was the true successor of the Prophet Muhammad — accusing 'Uthman of unjustly usurping Ali's place.

He strongly urged the people to murder Caliph 'Uthman, who was later assassinated. Aisha RA knew that yes, he meant it literally but also he meant to lead the Muslims as in be coming Caliph. And Abu Bakr RA had to take over, otherwise no-one would have been able to lead the Muslims in congregational prayer. To question Allah's decree, is to question the essentials of faith and faith is a key concept in Islam Hope you benefited from this.

May Allah SWT shower his blessings upon you all! The Watty Awards. Try Premium. Log in Sign Up. Table of contents. Ten Companions Promised Jannah Paradise. The Ten Companions promised Jannah- Pt. New Reading List. Spiritual This is a book where I basically do rants or I explain about things that are becoming relatively alarming in this day and age.

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