Abū Bakr was the first Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 ruler after Muhammad

Muhammad

Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

 (632–634). While Sunnis regard him as his rightful successor (caliph

Caliph

The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word   which means "successor" or "representative"...

), chosen by the people, indeed, the first of four righteous Caliphs (Rashidun

Rashidun

The Rightly Guided Caliphs or The Righteous Caliphs is a term used in Sunni Islam to refer to the first four Caliphs who established the Rashidun Caliphate. The concept of "Rightly Guided Caliphs" originated with the Abbasid Dynasty...

), the Shi'a insist that he violated Muhammad's direct orders and orchestrated a Coup d'état

Coup d'état

A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...

.

Family tree

Grandfather: 'Amir ibn 'Amr ibn Ka'ab ibn Sa'ad ibn Taim

Father: Uthman ibn Amir Abu Qahafa

Uthman Abu Qahafa

Uthman ibn 'Amir ibn 'Amr ibn Ka'b, also known as Abu Quhafa , was Abu Bakr's father. Salma was Abu Bakr's mother, She was also known as Umm-ul-Khair.He was 90 years old, when accepted Islam in 8 A.H.-External links:...

Mother: Umm al-Khair Salma bint Shakhr ibn Amir ibn Ka'ab ibn Sa'ad ibn Taim

Salma Umm-ul-Khair

Salmā bint Sakhar was the mother of Abū Bakr, the first Caliph. Salmā was the daughter of Sakhar and the wife of ʻUthmān ibn-Amīr .- Sunni view :...

Himself: Atiq

Brother: Mu'taq

Brother: Utaiq

Brother:

Wife: Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza ibn 'Abd ibn As'ad

Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza

Qutaylah bint ʻAbdu l-ʻUzzá was married to Abu Bakr and had two children with him, Asma bint Abi Bakr and `Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr, when Muhammad started his mission. When Abu Bakr declared his conversion to Islam, Qutaylah did not do the same...

 (divorced)

Daughter: Asma bint Abu Bakr

Grandson Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr

Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr

`Abd Allah al-Zubayr or ibn Zubayr 624 - 692) was an Arab sahabi whose father was Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, and whose mother was Asma bint Abi Bakr, daughter of the first Caliph Abu Bakr. He was the nephew of Aisha, Prophet Muhammad's third wife....

 - His birth spread happiness amongs muslims, killed by Hajjaj bin Yousef.

Great grandson: 'Abbad ibn 'Abd-Allah

Great great grandson: Yahya ibn 'Abbad

Grandson Urwa ibn al-Zubayr

Urwa ibn al-Zubayr

Urwah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam al-Asadi was among the seven fuqaha who formulated the fiqh of Medina in the time of the Tabi‘in and one of Muslim historian.-Family:...

Great grandson Hisham ibn Urwa

Son: 'Abd Allaah ibn Abi Bakr, married to 'Atika bint Zayd

Wife: Um Ruman bint Amir ibn Uwaymir ibn Zuhal ibn Dahman

Um Ruman

Zaynab bint ‘Āmir "Umm Rooman" was a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad .Zaynab was raised in Sarat in the Arabian Peninsula. She married a young man from her tribe named ‘Abdullah ibn Harith ibn Sakhbarah Azdi; their son was Tufail ibn Abdullah...

 (from Kinanah)

Step son: Tufail ibn Abdullah

Tufail ibn Abdullah

Tufail ibn Abdullah was a Sahaba, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and stepson of Abu Bakr.His mother, Um Ruman, married a man from her tribe named Abd-Allah ibn Harith bin Sakhbarah Azdi. They moved to Mecca, where his father became the partner and companion of Abu Bakr.Soon after this...

, The son of Abd-Allah ibn Harith

Son: Abdu'l-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr‎

Daughter: 'Aa'ishah

Aisha

Aisha bint Abu Bakr also transcribed as was Muhammad's favorite wife...

Son in law: Muhammad, tree

Family tree of Muhammad

-Family tree:* Note that direct lineage is marked in bold.* * indicates that the marriage order is disputed-Genealogy:Wathilah ibn al-Asqa narrated the Prophet Muhammad said;-Muhammad to Adnan:...

Wife: Asma' bint Umays ibn Ma'ad ibn Taym al-Khath'amiyyah

Asma bint Umays

Asma bint Umais from the Banu Hashim tribe was a Sahabiyyah . Her grave can be found in Baab Sagheer cemetery, Damascus, Syria.-Family:...

 (former wife of Ja`far ibn Abī Tālib. She was later married to 'Ali ibn Abu Talib after Abu Bakr's demise.)

Son: Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr

Grandson: Qasim ibn Muhammad

Great granddaughter: Ummu Farwah who was married to Muhammad al-Baqir

Wife: Habibah bint Kharijah ibn Zayd ibn Abi Zuhayr (from the tribe of Banu al-Haris ibn al-Khazraj

Banu Khazraj

-Early history:Abu Muhammad Al-hasan Ibn Ahmad Al-hamdani mentioned that The Banu Khazraj along with Banu Aws settled the area of Yathrib around the 2nd century ad as part of the PreIslamic Exodus of Yemen due to the Great Dam damage....

Daughter: Umm Khultum bint Abu Bakr.

Great grand relatives

• Abul-Faraj Ibn Al-Jawzi
• Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Mohammad Baqir, the Shi'a Imam.

See also

• Succession to Muhammad
  Succession to Muhammad
  The Succession to Muhammad concerns the various aspects of successorship of Muhammad after his death, comprising who might be considered as his successor to lead the Muslims, how that person should be elected, the conditions of legitimacy, and the role of successor...
  
  , Rashidun
  Rashidun
  The Rightly Guided Caliphs or The Righteous Caliphs is a term used in Sunni Islam to refer to the first four Caliphs who established the Rashidun Caliphate. The concept of "Rightly Guided Caliphs" originated with the Abbasid Dynasty...
  
  

1. Abu Bakr
   Abu Bakr
   Abu Bakr was a senior companion and the father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He ruled over the Rashidun Caliphate from 632-634 CE when he became the first Muslim Caliph following Muhammad's death...
   
    – Family tree
2. Umar
   Umar
   `Umar ibn al-Khattāb c. 2 November , was a leading companion and adviser to the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later became the second Muslim Caliph after Muhammad's death....
   
    – Family tree
   Family tree of Umar
   `Umar ibn al-Khattāb , sometimes referred by Sunni Muslims as `Umar al-Farūq was from the Banu Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe...
   
   
3. Uthman
   Uthman
   Uthman ibn Affan was one of the companions of Islamic prophet, Muhammad. He played a major role in early Islamic history as the third Sunni Rashidun or Rightly Guided Caliph....
   
    – Family tree
4. Ali
   Ali
   ' |Ramaḍān]], 40 AH; approximately October 23, 598 or 600 or March 17, 599 – January 27, 661).His father's name was Abu Talib. Ali was also the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ruled over the Islamic Caliphate from 656 to 661, and was the first male convert to Islam...
   
    – Family tree
   Family tree of Ali
   Ali ‎ was an early Islamic leader. He is revered by Sunni Muslims as the last of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs and as a foremost religious authority on the Qur'an and Fiqh . Shi'a Muslims consider him the First Imam appointed by the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first rightful caliph...
   
   

Further reading

• Armstrong, Karen. Muhammad: Biography of the Prophet, Phoenix, 1991. ISBN 1-84212-608-3

External links

• http://www.ymofmd.com/books/abas/chapter2.htm
• http://www.luarisharif.net/hazratabubakersiddiq.htm