Best Abu Bakr Quotes & Sayings

In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes. — Abu Bakr

When you seek advice, do not withhold any facts from the person whose advice you seek. — Abu Bakr

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth. — Abu Bakr

The rejection of Western democracy derives from the same rejection of secularism but was further sharpened by the Saudi Arabian establishment's aversion to democracy's subversive streak and the threat it posed to the Saudi monarchy if unleashed. Saudi scholars such as Sheikh Bakr Ibn Abu Zaid consistently attacked democracy and the freedoms it flaunted as anti-Islamic. Mohammed Yusuf was heavily influenced by the writings of Saudi-based scholars such as Bakr Ibn Abu Zaid, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abd-Allah Ibn Baaz (1910-99), and Sheikh Muhammad al-Amin ash Shanqiti (1907-73). As mentioned before, all of Yusuf's opponents side-stepped the issue of democracy being un-Islamic, thereby making the issue appear incontestable or settled. — Kyari Mohammed

Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state. These people are criminals. They're psychopaths. — Adel Al-Jubeir

If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice. — Abu Bakr

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep. — Abu Bakr

He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr

Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice. — Abu Bakr

Run away from greatness and greatness will follow you. — Abu Bakr

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly ... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation. — Abu Bakr

Jihad is obligatory for the Muslims. — Abu Bakr

Umar, despite his strong character and impressive personality, had lost control of himself for a short while, his emotions seizing him so strongly that it brought out a heretofore unsuspected fragility, causing him to react like a child refusing the ruling of God, of reality, of life. By contrast, Abu Bakr, who was normally so sensitive, who wept so abundantly and so intensely when he read the Quran, had received the news of the Prophet's death with deep sorrow but also with extraordinary calm and unsuspected inner strength. At that particular moment, the two men's roles were inverted, thus showing that through his departure the Prophet offered us a final teaching: in the bright depths of spirituality, sensitivity can produce a degree of strength of being that nothing can disturb. Conversely, the strongest personality, if it forgets itself for a moment, can become vulnerable and fragile. The — Tariq Ramadan

So I asked Dr Ceric if he thought there was a conflict between European values and Islam. 'Not at all,' he said. 'Respect for other religions lies at the heart of Islam. And the principle of democracy is even anchored in Islam.' When I looked surprised he explained: 'Go right back to the origins of Islam.

After Muhammad died, how did his followers seek his successor? They consulted with each other and chose his closest friend Abu Bakr in a democratic vote. Democracy is absolutely Islamic. — Kristiane Backer

He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone. — Abu Bakr

He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him. — Abu Bakr

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you. — Abu Bakr

Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr

God blesses him who helps his brother. — Abu Bakr

Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy. — Abu Bakr

O Allah, You know me better than I know myself, and I know myself better than these people who praise me. Make me better than what they think of me, and forgive those sins of mine of which they have no knowledge, and do not hold me responsible for what they say. — Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq

Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it. — Abu Bakr

Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr

Muslims should live like brothers. — Abu Bakr

When you advise any person you should be guided by the fear of God. — Abu Bakr

Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. — Abu Bakr

Ali ruled from 656 to 661 but believed Muhammad intended him to succeed him originally in 632, rather than Abu Bakr. — Zephyros Press

He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith. — Abu Bakr

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. — Abu Bakr

The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation. — Abu Bakr

Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives. — Abu Bakr

As there is no darkness in the moonlight. So is Mustafa (Muhammad), the well wisher, bright. — Abu Bakr