Mufti Menk – Abu Bakr’s Search For The True Religion
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And there was a time just before that
when he used to search for the right
religion. Because as we said, he was not
from those who bowed down or worshiped
the the idols. He did not bow down
to the idols nor did he worship them,
and he always searched. Whenever he traveled, he
would ask people of different faiths, what is
it that you believe? And he would compare
it with what his people believed. And he
would try to figure out what was more
correct. He knew the most about Christianity
compared to other religions.
And he always was in search of the
truth, so much so, that one day he
had seen a dream,
and he asked
a certain man
in a sham
regarding the interpretation of his dream. It is
reported that it is the same
monk that Muhammad
had
was told, or his uncle, or his grandfather
was told at the time that, You know
what? Be careful, this young man
is actually going to be a prophet later
on. He told Abu Bakr as Siddiq
Where are you from? He says, I'm from
Makkah. Which tribe are you from? He says,
From Quraysh.
He said, Is this the dream that you
saw? He said, Yes. If that is the
case, there will be a Prophet from amongst
you, and you will be one of his
prime companions.
May Allah grant us ease and goodness. This
was one of the things that Abu Bakr
as Siddiq
made mention of later on. So as he
was searching,
he was seated near the Kaaba.
And with him was a man known as
Zaid ibn Umar ibn Nufayl.
And suddenly,
a certain poet passed. The poet's name was
Umayyah ibn Abhis Salat. He was a well
known poet at the time, and he was
an upright individual.
He did not engage in evil. Umayya ibn
Abi sallat, his poetry is so powerful that
the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam said, he would
have been a Muslim. May Allah
grant us all the true acceptance of Islam
in a way that not only do we
utter it with our mouth, but we actually
follow it.
So Abu Bakr as Siddiq was
seated, and he looked at Umayyah ibn Abhis
Salt. And they had communication
between the two of them because they used
to search for the truth. So
Umayyah asks him, Have you found anything, any
goodness? He says, Well, I am upon goodness,
but we have not yet found the goodness.
So, Umayyah
then made mention of
the fact that there will be a Prophet
coming from amongst you,
either from your tribe or mine.
So Abu Bakr as Siddiq radhiallahu anhu was
impatient.
He ran to Warakah bin Naufal.
Warakah bin Naufal, the man whom Khadija bintu
Khawwailid
took Muhammad
too, when prophethood had come to him. So
when Abu Bakr as Siddiq
went to Warakah bin Naufal, he asked him,
this is what Umayyah is saying,
I don't know that there is going to
be a Prophet from amongst us, Abu Bakr
says,
So Waraqa says, according to the books and
according to the previous revelations,
there is supposed to be a messenger that
will come from this particular place.