Abû BAKR – The truthful, his personality and his time - Dr Ali M Sallabi

A series devoted to the history of Islam Part II (Rightly Guided Caliphs 1)

“Nowadays, young people master the biographies of preachers, scholars and reformers more than those of Rightly Guided Caliphs. And this era – that of the caliphs – is very rich, both at the political, media, moral, economic, intellectual, military and even legal levels. This relevant remark made one day to the author will be at the origin of this marvelous work which is offered to you, he offers us through the study of the personality of the first Caliph of Islam, an approach to his time, steeped in the companionship and teachings of the Prophet (SwS).

Dr. Sallabi offers us here the result of a long research work on the life of Abu Bakr the truthful. He invites us to reclaim our history, because the history of the time of the rightly guided Caliphs is filled with lessons and teachings and when it is well exposed, it nourishes hearts, educates souls, enlightens consciousnesses, stimulates energy, presents lessons, facilitates teachings and ripens thoughts.

About the Author:

A graduate of the University of Medina, Dr. Sallabi obtained his license at the Faculty of Preaching and Religious Sciences. He will pursue a master's and a doctorate at the Islamic University of Umm Darman near Khartoum or Sudan. He also studied the entire Quran and different Islamic sciences from honorable scholars in Medina and other cities in Saudi Arabia, as well as in Libya and Yemen.

A prolix writer, he is recognized in particular for his writings with historical content on the Umayyad State, the various doctrines, as well as the biographies of the Caliphs, 'Umar Ibn Al-Khatab, 'Alî Ibn Tâlib and 'Uthmân Ibn Affân