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*Not exact date
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*exact date of birth unknown
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exact date unknown
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Bakr lead the pilgimmage(The Hajj, the 5th Pillar) into Mecca to see the Ka'aba. He also lead the prayers at his good friend Muhammad, the Holy Prophet's, funeral.
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Ansars met at Saqifa Bani Sauda to discuss who would be the successor to the Holy Prophet. The successor was to be chosen out of the people that attended the meeting. Abu Bakr, Umar, and some other Quraish leaders attended the meeting. Ali believed he should be the 1st Caliph, but did not get the job. -
Muslims refused to pay taxes to Medina wihtout the Holy Prophet still alive.
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Abu Bakr was sick with a fever and never recovered. He died in Medina and he was 61 when he died. He was later buried next to Muhammad. Abu Bakr's last words were recited from the Qu'ran and they were,
"Lord, let me die a true believer: And join me with the blessed ones on high who are virtuous." http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/companion/18_abu_bakr.htm -
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Unknown. The Caliphate of Abu Bakr
November 05, 2004 ,October 24, 2011
WPONLINE.ORG
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The Cambridge History of Islam, ed. P.M. Holt, Ann K.S. Lambton, and Bernard Lewis, Cambridge 1970
The Early Islamic Conquests, Fred McGraw Donner, Princeton 1981
The Encyclopaedia of Islam, second edition
Muhammad and the Conquests of Islam, Francesco Gabrieli, London 1968
Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman, W. Montgomery Wa,
Abu Bakr
October 24, 2011,
www.princeton.edu, October 24, 2011
http://www.princeton.edu/~batke/itl/denise/abubakr.htm
