They mentioned also that when he embraced Isl am he had forty-thousand Dirhams, which he spent on supporting the Muslims and buying slaves to free them | Some tribes apostatized and some others refrained from paying Zak ah |
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He was among the leaders and scholars of Quraysh, clement, tolerant, courageous, brave, patient, generous, and merciful in his disposition; and was the most generous of the Companions | Tulay hah Ibnu Khuwaylid, who claimed prophethood, fled to ash-Sh am The land of present time: Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan |
I swear by All ah that you were the first among the people to embrace Isl am.
1In addition to that he never drank alcohol neither in the state of ignorance J ahilyah nor in Isl am | One becomes a Muslim by believing in the Two Testifications of Faith referred to in Arabic as ash-Shah adat an and uttering them with the intention of leaving out blasphemy |
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Mad inah was shaken with crying and people were astonished | I will view the weakest among you as the strongest to me until I give him back what was taken from him unjustly, and I will view the strongest among you as the weakest to me until I take back from him the right that he has taken unjustly |
Ab u Bakr, may All ah raise his rank, also prepared the armies for opening the countries of ash-Sh am.
5It was said to him that the bite will not come out unless he sips some water, he began to sip water until it came out | O All ah make us in the Hashr Assembly with the righteous Muslims sidd iqs , and make us steadfast to their path and die while loving them |
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Ab u Bakr a s- Sidd iq got sick and died in 13AH at the age of 63 | He ordered the armies to prepare to fight the people of apostasy and those who withheld Zak ah |
Let it be known that the ultimate intelligence is piety and the ultimate foolishness is impiety.