Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 11
4 First to Believe When the Holy Prophet sa announced that Allah the Almighty had raised him as a Prophet, Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra happened to be away from Makkah. Upon his return, a group of Makkan chiefs, including ‘Amr bin Hish a m (Ab u Jahl) * , ‘Utbah and Shaibah, came to visit him and told him scornfully that Ab u Ta lib’s nephew had claimed that he was a Prophet. After the chiefs left, Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra went straight to the Holy Prophet sa and asked him whether he had claimed to be a Prophet from God. The Holy Prophet sa started to explain, but Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra interrupted him and asked once more if he had * ‘Amr bin Hish a m was very powerful among the Quraish who called him Abul- H akam (Father of Wisdom), but because of his cruelty toward the Holy Prophet sa and his followers, the Muslims called him Ab u Jahl (Father of Ignorance). (Publishers)