Mufti Menk – Abu Bakr’s Search For The True Religion

			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.