Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 106
106 HADRAT ABU BAKR 106 of Hadrat Kh a lid bin Wal i d ra. Assisting him were Hadrat Th a bit bin Qais ra and Sharj i l bin H asanah ra , who fought Musailimah Kadhdh a b, Aswad ‘Ans i , Saj ah bint Ha rith, ‘Ainiyah bin H u s n and their forces at various points. Finally, they defeated them so completely that Musailimah and Aswad ‘Ans i were killed; ‘Ainiyah bin H u s n reconverted to accepting Islam, and Saj ah bint-e- Ha rith ran away. Encouraged by the false pretenders to prophethood, there was a very large group of people who became traitors and were thinking of attacking the capital of Islam. Then there were some who said that they were Muslim, but they refused to pay Zak a t. This was a rebellion against the government. One of the greatest accomplishments of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra was that he successfully faced all of the challengers that tried to weaken the system of Khilafat. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra took decisive action against the rebellious people. As a result of these great and punishing measures by Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra this evil was put to an end. Afterwards, many of the companions ra had to admit that this decision of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra to confront all the challenges head- on had been full of insight and wisdom.