Abu Bakr (c. 573–August 23, 634/13 AH) was the first Muslim Caliph (ruler) after Muhammad (632–634). Sunnis regard him as rightful successor (caliph), the first of four righteous Caliphs (Rashidun).

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Descendants Wives Children Grandchildren Further Descendants Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza ibn 'Abd ibn As'ad (divorced) Asma bint Abi Bakr Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr Urwah ibn al-Zubayr Abbad ibn Abd Allah Hisham ibn Urwah Abd Allah ibn Abi Bakr Ismaeel Umm Ruman bint Amir ibn Uwaymir ibn Abd Shams ibn Attab (from Banu Kinanah) Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Muhammad (Abu Atiq) Abd Allah Asma Umm Hakim Hafsa Abd al-Rahman is the ancestor of many Albakri Al-Siddiqi families: the Al Atiqi found in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, and Siddiqui and Quraishi families in South and Central Asia. In the horn of Africa, they are known as the Sheekhaal or Fiqi Umari family in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Aisha Aisha was married to the Islamic prophet Muhammad but she had no children. Asma bint Umays ibn Ma'ad ibn Taym al-Khath'amiyyah (former wife of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, later married to Ali after Abu Bakr's death.) Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Umm Farwa bint al-Qasim Ja'far al-Sadiq (son of Umm Farwa) Ibn al-Jawzi (descendant of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr). Ilyas Kandhlawi (Founder of Tablighi Jamaat—the movement of spreading the faith) Habibah bint Kharijah ibn Zayd ibn Abi Zuhayr (from the tribe of Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj) Umm Kulthum bint Abi BakrTartib wa Tahthib Kitab al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by ibn Kathir, published by Dar al-Wathan publications, Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1422 Anno hegiræ (2002) compiled by Dr. Muhammad ibn Shamil as-Sulami, page 16, . By Talha, Zakariyya, Yusuf (who died in infancy) and A'ishaMuhammad Ibn Sad, Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 8. Translation by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Medina, p. 298. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. By Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Makhzumi, Ibrahim al-Ahwal, Musa, Umm Humayd and Umm Uthman.

See also Succession to Muhammad, Rashidun Abu BakrFamily tree UmarFamily tree UthmanFamily tree AliFamily tree

References

Further reading Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: Biography of the Prophet, Phoenix, 1991.

External links Abu Bakr's character Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (R)