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Abu Bakr

The Prophet's closest friend

Makkah mocked. His oldest friend said: if he said it, it is true.

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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq was the Prophet's oldest friend, and by most reports the first free adult man to accept Islam. On the Hijrah he was the Prophet's companion in the cave. Later he was the first caliph. Sunni Muslims honour him as the greatest of the Companions.

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