Editing Abu Bakr (section)

== Lineage and titles ==
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According to [[Ibn Sa'd]], Abu Bakr's full name was Abdullah ibn [[Uthman Abu Quhafa|Abi Quhafa]] ibn Amer ibn Amr ibn Ka'ab ibn Sa'ad ibn [[Banu Taym|Taym]] ibn [[Murrah ibn Ka'b|Murrah]] ibn [[Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy|Ka'b]] ibn [[Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib|Lu'ayy]] ibn [[Ghalib ibn Fihr|Ghalib]] ibn [[Fihr ibn Malik|Fihr]] ibn [[Malik ibn al-Nadr|Malik]] ibn [[Al-Nadr ibn Kinanah|Al-Nader]] ibn [[Kinanah ibn Khuzayma|Kinanah]] ibn [[Khuzayma ibn Mudrika|Khouzayma]] ibn [[Mudrikah ibn Ilyas|Mudrikah]] ibn [[Ilyas ibn Mudar|Ilyas]] ibn [[Mudar ibn Nizar|Mudhar]] ibn [[Nizar ibn Ma'add|Nizar]] ibn [[Ma'add]] ibn [[Adnanites|Adnan]].<ref>[[Ibn Sa'd#Kitāb al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kabīr|Tabaqat ibn Sa'd]] 3/ 169</ref> This lineage meets the lineage of [[Muhammad]] at the sixth generation with [[Murrah ibn Ka'b]].

=== Abdullah ===
In [[Arabic]], the name ''Abd Allah'' means "servant of [[Allah]]". This is his birth name.

=== Abu Bakr ===
This nickname ([[Kunya (Arabic)|kunya]]) was given to him as a child when he grew up among a Bedouin tribe and developed a fondness for camels. He played with the camel calves and goats, earning this nickname "Abu Bakr", meaning "father of the young camel." A "bakr" in Arabic is a young but already fully grown camel.

=== Ateeq ===
One of his early titles, preceding his conversion to Islam, was ''Ateeq'' meaning "saved one". In a weak narration in Tirmidhi,<ref name="ateeqhadith">{{cite web |title=Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3679 - Chapters on Virtues - كتاب المناقب عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) |url=https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi:3679 |website=sunnah.com |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref> Muhammad later restated this title when he said that Abu Bakr is the "Ateeq of Allah from the fire" meaning "saved" or "secure" and the association with Allah showing how close to and protected he is by Allah.<ref>Abi Na'eem, "Ma'arifat al-sahaba", no. 60</ref>

=== al-Siddiq ===
He was called {{Transliteration|ar|al-Ṣiddīq}} ("the truthful")<ref name="Campo2">{{Cite book |last=Campo |first=Juan Eduardo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OZbyz_Hr-eIC&pg=PP1 |title=Encyclopedia of Islam |date=15 April 2009 |publisher=[[Infobase|Infobase Publishing]] |isbn=9781438126968 |via=Google Books}}</ref> by Muhammad after he believed him in the event of [[Isra and Mi'raj]] when many people did not, and [[Ali]] confirmed that title several times.<ref>Abi Na'eem, "Ma'arifat al-sahaba", no. 64, 65</ref> He was also reportedly referred to in the [[Quran]] as the "second of the two in the cave" in reference to the event of [[Hijra (Islam)|hijra]], where with Muhammad he hid in the cave in [[Jabal Thawr]] from the [[Mecca]]n party that was sent after them.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=focLrox-frUC&pg=PP1 |title=The New Encyclopedia of Islam |first=Cyril |last=Glassé |date=15 April 2003 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Rowman Altamira]] |isbn=9780759101906 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

While traditional sources translate this epithet as "the truthful", an equally likely interpretation is "the tax collector" (i.e., the collector of {{Transliteration|ar|[[Sadaqah|ṣadaqa]]}}).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Donner |first=Fred M. |author-link=Fred Donner |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Muhammad_and_the_Believers/qBzRj7OajmEC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Muhammad and the Believers - At the Origins of Islam |date=2010 |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=978-0-674-05097-6 |page=102 |language=en}}</ref>

=== al-Sahib ===
He was honorifically called "al-sahib" (the companion) in the Qur'an describing his role as a companion of Muhammad when hiding from the Quraysh in the [[Jabal Thawr]] cave during the [[Hijrah|Hijra]] to [[Medina]]:<ref name="sallaby1">{{cite book |last1=محمد الصلابي |first1=علي |title=سيرة أبي بكر الصديق شخصيته وعصره |url=https://www.noor-book.com/%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%87-pdf |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>

{{blockquote|˹It does not matter˺ if you ˹believers˺ do not support him, for Allah did in fact support him when the disbelievers drove him out ˹of Mecca˺ and he was only one of two. While they both were in the cave, he reassured '''his companion''', "Do not worry; Allah is certainly with us". So Allah sent down His serenity upon the Prophet, supported him with forces you ˹believers˺ did not see, and made the word of the disbelievers lowest, while the Word of Allah is supreme. And Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.{{qref|9|40|s=y|t=c}}}}

=== Al-Atqā ===
In a [[hadith]] narrated by Ibn Abbas of the exegesis of [[Al-Lail|chapter 92 of the Qur'an]] by imam [[Al-Suyuti]], we find the word "al-atqā" ({{langx|ar|الأتقى}}), meaning "the most pious", "the most righteous", or "the most God-fearing", is referring to Abu Bakr as an example for the believers.<ref name="sallaby1" /><ref name="alduralmanthoor">{{cite web |last1=Al-Suyuti |first1=Jalaladin |title=al-Dur al-Manthoor |url=https://tafsir.app/aldur-almanthoor/92/17 |website=tafsir.app |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref>

{{blockquote|And so I have warned you of a raging Fire, in which none will burn except the most wretched—who deny and turn away. But '''the righteous''' will be spared from it – who donate ˹some of˺ their wealth only to purify themselves, not in return for someone's favours, but seeking the pleasure of their Lord, the Most High. They will certainly be pleased.{{qref|92|14-21|s=y|t=c}}}}

=== Al-Awwāh ===
"Al-Awwāh" ({{langx|ar|الأواه}}) means someone who supplicates abundantly to God, someone who is merciful and the gentle-hearted. [[Ibrahim al-Nakha'i]] said that Abu Bakr has also been called al-awwāh for his merciful character.<ref name="sallaby1" />