2. Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr never worshipped idols. Once, when Abu
Bakr was small, his father took him to a temple full
of idols and told Abu Bakr that the idols were his
Gods. But Abu Bakr knew better. He threw a rock at
the idol and it fell. And he did that to prove the idol
worshippers in the temple that these idols are just
stone and rock.
3. Abu Bakr never drank alcohol even before it was
forbidden. Why? Because whenever he saw
someone who drank alcohol, that person does
stupid things without thinking. And Abu Bakr didn’t
want to be like that, so he asked Allah if He could
forbid alcohol.
4. Abu Bakr was the best friend of the Prophet (S.A.W.)
as well as the first man to embrace Islam.
Abu Bakr loved the Prophet more than himself.
When the Prophet (S.A.W.) asked Abu Bakr to embrace
Islam, Abu Bakr accepted without hesitation and the
Prophet (S.A.W.) walked away happily.
5. One day, Abu Bakr and the Prophet (S.A.W.) sat down
and talked. Suddenly, a man came up and insulted Abu
Bakr with rude insults. But Abu Bakr just sat there with
patience and the Prophet (S.A.W.) sat there smiling. But
after a few more insults Abu Bakr just had enough and
insulted the man back. When Abu Bakr insulted the man,
the Prophet (S.A.W.) frowned and walked away. Abu Bakr
stopped and ran up to the Prophet and asked what
happened. The Prophet said in reply, “When you just sat
there when the man insulted you, an angel was defending
you. But when you insulted the man back. The Shaytan
came and it was’nt right for me to sit there.”
6. The little boy and the
sheep
One day, when the Prophet (S.A.W.) and Abu Bakr
were out in the desert, they found a little boy
herding some sheep. They asked if they could have
some milk from the sheep. But the boy said, “I’m
sorry but I can’t give you any milk because these
sheep don’t belong to me. They belong to my
master. After the boy said this, the Prophet (S.A.W.)
and Abu Bakr were so happy with the little boy
because he do things behind his master’s back.
7. The Competition between Omar
bin al’Khattab and Abu Bakr
One day, the Prophet (S.A.W.) asked the sahabahs to
bring as much money for charity. Omar bin
al’Khattab wanted to give the most money. When all
of the sahabahs brought the money in, the Prophet
asked Omar, “What have you left for your family?”
Omar responded proudly, “I have left half of my
fortune.” Then the Prophet asked Abu Bakr, “What
have you left for your family?” Abu Bakr said, “I have
left my family Allah and His Messenger.”
8. Omar bin al’Khattab
Omar bin al’Khattab was very tall and strong.
Many people were scared of him.
Even the Shaytan was scared of him.
So when Omar bin al’Khattab embraced Islam,
Prophet (S.A.W.) was very happy because they now
have a strong believer.
9. How Omar became a
Muslim
Before Omar became a Muslim, he hated Islam very
much. So one day, he decided to kill Muhammad (S.A.W.).
On his way, a man asked him where he was going and
Omar said that he was going to kill Muhammad (S.A.W.).
But the man told Omar to check on his sister because she
became a Muslim. So Omar ran to his sister’s house and
slapped her. He told her to show what she was holding
behind her back and it was a Qur’an. Omar wanted to see
what it was but Omar’s sister told him to have wudu and
showed him how to. After Omar did is wudu, he took the
Qur’an and started reading it. After he finished
reading, he was amazed and said, “Why are we running
away from this?”
