Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 14
14 HADRAT ABU BAKR ra Hadrat ‘Abdur-Ra h m a n bin ‘Auf ra and Hadrat Ab u ‘Ubaidah bin ‘Abdull a h bin Al-Jarr ah ra. The following companions had the added honour of being quite young when they accepted Islam: Hadrat Sa‘d bin Ab i Waqq as ra , who was nineteen years old and in the prime of his youth when he became a Muslim; Hadrat Zubair bin Al-‘Aww a m ra , a cousin of the Holy Prophet sa , was only fifteen years old when he accepted Islam; and Hadrat T al h ah bin ‘Ubaidull a h ra , who was also quite young. All of these six individuals are considered amongst the greatest of the companions, as well as the closest companions and advisors of the Holy Prophet sa. In addition to these, there was Hadrat Kh a lid bin Sa‘ i d ra and also Hadrat ‘Uthm a n bin Ma z ‘ u n ra , who was from the Ban u Jamh. He was a man of such pious and simple habits that he even asked to become a hermit but the Holy Prophet sa refused as it is not permitted in Islam to ignore the rights of one’s fellow human beings in order to worship God.