On page
60-61 of Malfuzat-e-A’la Hazrat, Part 1-4 [the 561-page
publication of Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing house of Da’wat e Islami] it
is stated: Sayyiduna Abu Bakr رَضِیَ اللہُ
تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ had never prostrated to idols.
Once in his early childhood, his father took him to a temple (idol house) and said, ‘These are your majestic and gracious gods, prostrate to them.’
When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی
عَنْہُ
came in front of the idol, he said to it, ‘I am hungry, give me food, I have no clothes, give me clothes, I will throw a stone; if you are a god,
protect yourself.’
How could that idol answer!
He رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ threw a
stone at the idol and it fell to the
ground. On seeing that, his father became angry and slapped him on his blessed face. His father then took him from there to his mother and told her the
whole story. She said, ‘Leave him on his
way, for when he was born, a voice from the unknown source was heard saying, ‘O truthful servant of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ!
Congratulations - this child is ‘Atiq [freed], in the heavens
his name is Siddiq [truthful], and he is the companion and close friend
of Muhammad صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ
وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم.
This incident was
narrated by Siddiq Al-Akbar رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ himself in the blessed court of the
Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم When he had narrated
this, Sayyiduna Jibril عَلَیْھِمْ
السَّلَام
came
to the court of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ
تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم and said, ‘Abu Bakr رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ spoke the
truth and he is Siddiq.’ Imam Ahmad Qastalani has mentioned this Hadis in Sharh Sahih
Bukhari.
(Irshad-us-Sari, Sharh Sahih Bukhari, Vol. 8, p. 370;
Malfuzat A’la Hazrat, pp. 20-21)
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