Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 101
29 A Mountain of Troubles A s soon as Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra became Khalifah, he had to face a mountain of problems and danger. On the one side, there were false claimants to prophethood who had raised the flag of rebellion. And on the other side, there were those who had left Islam and declared rebellion against the Khalifah. The issue of those who refused to pay the Zak a t (required donations fixed in Islam as a part of faith) was another difficulty. Along with all these problems the departure of the expedition of Hadrat Us a mah bin Zaid ra was also a cause of concern. The Holy Prophet sa had ordered this expedition before passing away, however, it had not yet left Mad i nah. In short, there were storms brewing from all directions and they were