Al-Bazzar meriwayatkan dalam Musnadnya bahawa °Ali berkata, ‘Beritahulah aku, siapakah lelaki yang paling berani?’ Mereka berkata, ‘Anda.’ Beliau berkata, ‘Adapun aku, aku tidak pernah berhadapan dengan sesiapa melainkan aku telah menuntut hakku daripadanya. Tetapi beritahulah aku, siapakah lelaki yang paling berani?’ Mereka berkata, ‘Kami tidak tahu. Siapakah dia?’ Beliau berkata, ‘Abu Bakar. Pada Hari Badar, kami membuatkan tempat teduh daripada panas matahari untuk Rasulullah ﷺ, lalu kami berkata, “Siapakah yang akan bersama Rasulullah ﷺ, supaya tiada seorang pun daripada orang musyrik menyerbu beliau?” Demi Allah, tiada seorang pun daripada kami yang menghampiri melainkan Abu Bakar, yang menghunus pedang di atas kepala Rasulullah ﷺ. Tiada seorang pun yang menyerbu beliau melainkan dia membalas serangan ke atasnya. Maka dialah lelaki yang paling berani.’ °Ali, semoga Allah meredainya, berkata: Aku melihat Rasulullah ﷺ, dan kaum Quraisy menangkap beliau. Seorang memegang beliau dan seorang lagi menjatuhkan beliau, dan mereka berkata, ‘Adakah engkau orang yang menjadikan tuhan-tuhan itu satu tuhan?’ Demi Allah, tiada seorang pun daripada kami yang menghampiri kecuali Abu Bakar, memukul yang ini, menahan yang itu, dan menjatuhkan yang lain sambil berkata, ‘Celakalah kamu! Adakah kamu hendak membunuh seorang lelaki kerana dia berkata, “Tuhanku ialah Allah”?’ Kemudian °Ali mengangkat kain yang dipakainya lalu menangis sehingga janggutnya basah, dan berkata, ‘Aku bersumpah dengan nama Allah! Adakah orang beriman daripada kaum Firaun itu lebih baik, atau Abu Bakar?’ Orang ramai diam. Beliau berkata, ‘Tidakkah kamu mahu menjawab? Demi Allah, sesaat Abu Bakar adalah lebih baik daripada seribu jam seperti orang beriman daripada kaum Firaun itu.’

Al-Bazzar narrated in his Musnad that °Ali said, ‘Tell me who is the bravest of men?’ They said, ‘You.’ He said, ‘As for me, I never encountered anyone but that I took my due from him, but tell me who is the bravest of men?’ They said, ‘We don’t know. Who Is it?’ He said, ‘Abu Bakr. On the Day of Badr we made a shelter from the sun for the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him unci grant him peace, and then we said, “Who will be with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so that none of the idolaters may fall upon him?” By Allah, none of us drew near except for Abu Bakr who brandished a sword over the head of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. No-one fell upon him but that he in turn fell upon him. So he is the bravest of men.’ cAli, may Allah be pleased with him, said: I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him a nd grant him peace, and Quraysh grabbed him. One held him and another threw him down and they were saying, ‘Are you the one who has made the gods into one god?’ By Allah, none of us npproached except Abu Bakr, striking this one, and restraining that one, and throwing down another, saying, ‘Woe to you! Will you kill a man because he says, “My Lord is Allah?”’ Then cAli raised a cloak which he was wearing and wept until his beard was wet and said, ‘I adjure you by Allah! Is the believer of the people ofFircawn better or Abu Bakr?’ People were silent. He said, ‘Will you not answer? By Allah, an hour of Abu Bakr is better than a thousand hours of the like of the believer of the people of Fircawn.

Dia adalah seorang lelaki yang menyembunyikan imannya, dan ini adalah seorang lelaki yang terang-terangan dengan imannya! Al-Bukhari meriwayatkan bahawa cUrwah ibn az-Zubayr berkata: Aku bertanya kepada ‘Abdullah ibn cAmr ibn al-cAs tentang perkara paling buruk yang dilakukan oleh golongan musyrikin terhadap Rasulullah ﷺ. Dia berkata, “Aku melihat cUqbah ibn Abi Mu‘ayt datang kepada Nabi ﷺ ketika baginda sedang solat, lalu dia meletakkan jubahnya di lehernya dan bersungguh-sungguh mencekiknya. Kemudian Abu Bakar datang dan mempertahankannya, lalu berkata, ‘Adakah kamu hendak membunuh seorang lelaki kerana dia berkata: Tuhanku ialah Allah, sedangkan dia telah datang kepada kamu dengan membawa bukti-bukti yang nyata daripada Tuhan kamu?’” Al-Haytham ibn Kulayb meriwayatkan dalam Musnadnya bahawa Abu Bakar berkata, “Pada Hari Uhud, semua orang lari meninggalkan Rasulullah ﷺ, dan akulah orang pertama yang kembali!” Baki hadis tersebut terdapat dalam Musnad yang diriwayatkan oleh al-Haytham ibn Kulayb.

He was a man who concealed his iman, and this was a man who was open about his iman! Al-Bukhari narrated that cUrwah ibn az-Zubayr said: I asked ‘Abdullah ibn cAmr ibn al-cAs about the worst thing that the idolaters did to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said, ‘I saw TJqbah ibn Abi Mucayt who came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was praying, and he placed his cloak about his neck and seriously tried to throttle him. Then Abu Bakr came and defended him and said, “Would you kill a man because he says, ‘My Lord is Allah,’ and he has come to you with clear signs from your Lord?”’ Al-Haytham ibn Kulayb narrated in his Musnad that Abu Bakr said, ‘On the Day of Uhud everyone fled from the Messenger of Allah, and I was the first to return!’ The rest of the hadith is in the Musnad which al-Haytham ibn Kulayb narrated.

Ibn 'Asakir meriwayatkan bahawa 'A'ishah, semoga Allah meredai beliau, berkata: Apabila para sahabat Nabi ﷺ berkumpul, dan mereka berjumlah tiga puluh lapan orang lelaki, Abu Bakar mendesak Rasulullah ﷺ supaya berdakwah secara terbuka dan terang-terangan. Baginda bersabda, 'Wahai Abu Bakar, kita ini masih sedikit.' Abu Bakar tidak henti-henti mendesak Rasulullah ﷺ sehinggalah Rasulullah ﷺ menjadikan dakwah itu terbuka. Maka kaum Muslimin pergi ke setiap sudut Masjid (di Makkah), setiap lelaki bersama kaum kerabatnya sendiri, dan Abu Bakar bangun di kalangan orang ramai menyampaikan ucapan kepada mereka, sehingga beliau menjadi orang pertama yang berucap secara terbuka untuk mengajak manusia kepada Allah dan Rasul-Nya. Orang-orang musyrik menyerbu Abu Bakar dan kaum Muslimin, lalu mereka memukul mereka dengan sangat teruk di setiap sudut Masjid.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that cA’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: When the companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gathered, and they were thirty-eight men, Abu Bakr pressed upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to be open and public. He said, ‘Abu Bakr, we are few.’ Abu Bakr wouldn’t stop urging the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, until the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, made things public. The Muslims went into every corner of the Mosque (of Makkah), every man among his own kinsfolk, and Abu Bakr stood up among the people addressing them, so that he was the first public speaker to invite people to Allah and His Messenger. The idolaters leapt upon Abu Bakr and the Muslims, and they beat them, in every corner of the Mosque, very severely.

Kesimpulan hadis ini akan datang dalam biografi Umar, semoga Allah meridhainya.

The conclusion of this hadith will come in the biography ofTJmar, may Allah be pleased with him.

Ibnu cAsakir meriwayatkan bahawa cAli, semoga Allah meredainya, berkata: Apabila Abu Bakar memeluk Islam, dia terang-terangan dengan Islamnya dan dia mengajak manusia kepada Allah dan kepada Rasul-Nya ﷺ.

Ibn cAsakir narrated that cAli, may Allah be pleased with him, said: When Abu Bakr accepted Islam, he was open about his Islam and he invited people to Allah and to His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.