Know Abu Bakr As-siddiq 2/3 أبوبكر

The Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam named him
"Siddiq" means the trustworthy because of how strongly he believed
in all what the Prophet said. He also said: "There will be twelve
caliphs after me, Abu Bakr as-Siddiq will not be around for long."
^Aliyy Ibn Abi Talib used to swear by God that Allah made the
naming of Abu Bakr with "as-Siddiq" come down from heaven.
Al-Hakim related in "al-Mustadrik" that ^A'ishah may Allah raise
her rank said: The blasphemers came to Abu Bakr and said to him:
"Look at what your companion is saying he is claiming that he went
on a journey last night to Jerusalem." He said: "Did he say that?"
They said: "Yes". He said: "Then he is truthful, I believe him
concerning the news of the heavens in the morning and in the
evening." At that Abu Bakr was called "as-Siddiq". This was
mentioned by as-Suyutiyy in "Tarikh al-Khulafa'" (which means:
"History of the Caliphs").
Ibn al-Jawziyy mentioned in his book "Sifat-us-Safwah": "Hassan
Ibn Thabit, Ibn ^Abbas, Asma' Bintu Abi Bakr, and Ibrahim an-
Nakh^iyy said: "The first one who embraced Islam was Abu Bakr."
Yusuf, the son of Ya^qub, the son of Majshun said: "My father and
my shayks: Muhammad Ibnul-Munkadir, Rabi^ah Ibn Abi ^AbdurRahman,
Salih Ibn Kaysan, Sa^d Ibn Ibrahim, and ^Uthman Ibn
Muhammad al-Akhnasiyy; all of them had no doubt that Abu Bakr
was the first one to embrace Islam."
Ibn ^Abbas said: "The first one who prayed was Abu Bakr."
It was mentioned about Abu Bakr's embracing Islam that once while
he was in ash-Sham (This area presently includes: Syria, Palestine,
Jordan, and Lebanon), he saw in his dream that the sun and the
moon fell in his lap; and that he put them in his dress. He woke up
and went to a monk to ask him about this dream. The monk asked
him: "Where are you from?" He answered: "From Makkah." He
asked him: "And what do you do?" He said: "Trading." The monk
said: "A man would appear in your lifetime his name is Muhammad
al-Amin (means the trustworthy), he is from Baniyy Hashim; you
will follow him and will be his minister and his successor. His
attributes and description were mentioned in the Torah (Tawrah) the
Zabur."
Abu Bakr, may Allah raise his rank, was moved by what he heard
and was so anxious to meet the Prophet. It was not long before he
met Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam and embraced
Islam, this has made him the first one to embrace Islam among the
men.
Asma', the daughter of Abu Bakr said: "Someone came to Abu
Bakr screaming and said: "Rescue your companion." He left us
with braided hair. He entered the mosque and said: "Are you
going to kill a man who is saying my Lord is Allah, and his Lord
has sent him to you with the proofs." At that moment they left the
Prophet and came to Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr then came back to us,
touching his braided hair and saying: Glory to You the One Who
deserves to be Exalted and not denied. This was mentioned by
Ibn-ul-Jawziyy in his book "Sifat-us-Safwah".
The people of knowledge, the historians, and the biographers
mentioned that Abu Bakr took part in all of the battles with Prophet
Muhammad sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam. In the battle of Tabuk, the
Messenger of Allah sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam gave him his great
flag. They mentioned also that when he embraced Islam he had
forty-thousand Dirhams, which he spent on supporting the Muslims
and buying slaves to free them. In addition to that he never drank
alcohol neither in the state of ignorance (Jahilyah) nor in Islam. They
also mentioned that Abu Bakr was the first one who gathered the
Qur'an.