他出生于先知ﷺ诞生后两年多，享年六十三岁。

He was born two years and some months after the birth of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he died when he was sixty-three years old.

伊本·凯西尔说:至于哈利法·本·赫雅特所传的那则,即雅兹德·本·阿萨姆说,先知ﷺ对艾布·伯克尔说:"我年长还是你年长?"他说:"你比我大,但我的年纪比你长。"这是一则圣传(mursal,即直接归于先知ﷺ而未提及听闻的圣门弟子)、孤独的(ghareeb,即在传述链某一环节只有一位传述人)圣训,而众所周知的情况恰恰相反(即……)。

Ibn Kathir said: As for that which Khalifah ibn al-Khayyat narrated that Yazid ibn al-Asamm said, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to Abu Bakr, ‘Am I older {akbar - also greater) or you?’ And he said, ‘You are greater than me but I have more years than you,’ it is a mursal (attributed directly to the Prophet without mention of the Companion from whom it was heard) ghareeb (unusual, in having a single reporter at some stage of the isnad) tradition, and what is well known is the opposite (i.e.

先知ﷺ年长一些,这一点只适用于阿拔斯(他比先知ﷺ年长几岁)。

the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was older), and it is true only of al-cAbbas (that he was some years older than the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace).

他早年生活在麦加,只因经商才离开过那里。他在族人中拥有巨大的财富、十足的男子气概、慷慨的品性和待人的礼节。正如伊本·达格尼耶所说:“你维系亲情,你诚实守信,你获得别人得不到的东西,你扶助贫困之人,你在艰难时刻施以援手,你款待宾客。” 安-纳瓦维说:他在蒙昧时期是古莱什部落的首领之一,是他们的谋士,在族人中深受爱戴,在处理事务方面最为明智。后来伊斯兰到来,他把它置于一切之上,完全而彻底地皈依了伊斯兰。

His early life was in Makkah, which he only left for trade, and he had great wealth among his people, complete manliness, and munificence, and courtesy among them, as Ibn ad-Daghniyyah said, ‘You join ties of kinship, you are truthful, you attain what others are denied, you support those in need, you help in difficult times, and you are hospitable to the guest.’ An-Nawawi said: He was one of the chiefs of Quraysh in the Jahiliyyah, one of their counsellors, beloved among them, and the wisest in the direction of their affairs. Then when Islam came he preferred it over everything else, and entered into it perfectly and completely.

Az-Zubayr ibn Bakkar和Ibn cAsakir记载，Macruf ibn Kharrabudh说：Abu Bakr as-Siddiq（愿真主喜悦他）是古来施（Quraysh）的十位人物之一，他们在蒙昧时期和伊斯兰时期都享有卓越的地位。他负责处理血金和债务的调解。这是因为古来施没有一位君主可以让所有事务都交由其裁决。相反，每个部落都有一个大致的职责范围，由其首领掌管；因此，Banu Hashim负责为朝觐者供水和供食（通过向古来施各部落征集），也就是说，没有人吃喝，除非是吃他们的食物、喝他们的饮品。

Az-Zubayr ibn Bakkar and Ibn cAsakir narrated that Macruf ibn Kharrabudh said: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, was one of ten men of Quraysh who united pre-eminence in Jahiliyyah and Islam. He had responsibility for the settlement of blood-money and debts. That was because Quraysh had no king to whom all affairs could be referred. Rather in each tribe there was a general area of responsibility which resided in its chief; so l bat Banu Hashim had responsibility for giving (the pilgrims) to drink, and feeding them (by collecting from the tribes of Quraysh), meaning that no-one ate or drank except from their food and drink.

banu cAbd ad-Dar 负责看守天房的大门与守护，掌管旗帜与议事之职，即没有人能未经他们许可进入天房；每当古莱什人系起战旗时，banu cAbd ad-Dar 便为他们系上；每当他们为某事聚集，无论是确认还是撤销，其集会只能在议事厅中举行，决议也只能在那里作出，这一职责属于 Bani cAbd ad-Dar。

Banu cAbd ad-Dar had responsibility for being the doorkeepers and guardians (of the Kacbah) and for the banner and council, i.e. no-one could enter the House without their permission, and whenever Quraysh fastened on the banner of war, the Banu cAbd nd-Dar bound it for them, and whenever they assembled together for a matter, either to confirm or annul it, their assembly could not be anywhere but in the House of Council, nor decided upon except t here, and it belonged to Bani cAbd ad-Dar.’