Mtume wa Mwenyezi Mungu ﷺ alipotumwa, kwanza alimwalika mkewe Khadija, naye akamwamini. Kisha alimwalika binamu yake ‘Ali, naye akamwamini. Kisha alimwalika mtumishi wake Zayd, naye akamwamini. Halafu alimwalika rafiki yake Abu Bakr, ambaye naye akamwamini. Aliendelea kuwalingania watu kwenye Uislamu; wengine waliamini na wengine wakakataa.

When the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was sent, he first invited his wife Khadijah and she believed in him. He (pbuh) then invited his cousin ‘Ali and he believed in him. He then invited his servant Zayd, and he believed in him. And then he invited his friend Abu Bakr, who also believed in him. He continued to invite people to Islam, some believed and others rejected.

Abu Bakr alipokubali Uislamu, naye akaupeleka imani yake kwa watu aliowaamini, akawalingania kwa Allah (swt) na kwa Mtume wake ﷺ. Abu Bakr alikuwa na heshima kubwa miongoni mwa watu wake; walifurahia kuwa pamoja naye, na daima walimshauri katika mambo mengi. Alitumia ushawishi wake kumshawishi 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, pamoja na Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Auf, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas na Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah, wakubali Uislamu. Akawaleta kwa Mtume wa Allah ﷺ, nao wote wakakiri imani yao na kusali. Kisha, 'Amir ibn al-Jarrah (anayejulikana kama Abu Ubaydah) akakubali Uislamu, na vivyo hivyo 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Asad (anayejulikana kama Abu Salamah), pamoja na al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam, 'Uthman ibn Maz'un na wengine. Baadaye watu wengi sana wakakubali Uislamu, hadi ikawa ndiyo mada ya mazungumzo miongoni mwa watu wa Quraysh.