AbuBakr Lineages

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Here you can find the biographies of those who are among the most prominent men and women from the lineage of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (RA) in the many time periods and places they spread to and lived in. They have been arranged according to the centuries they lived in based on the Islamic calendar.

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Muhammad Abu Ateeq (The Sahabi)

Muhammad Abu Ateeq (1): Abu Ateeq, Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, was from the tribe of Taym, a sub-clan of the tribe of Quraysh. He, his father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather all lived at the time of the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family, the only people in the Muslim ummah with four generations of men within the same family to experience this privilege. He was the father of Abdullah Bin Abi Ateeq, who was known for his great sense of humor – and most of his narrations were on the authority of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her.

Muhammad Abu Ateeq’s mother was Umayma Bint Uday Bin Qais Bin Hudhafa Bin Saad Bin Sahm, who was from the tribe of Sahm, another sub-clan of the tribe of Quraysh. Al-Zubayr Bin Bakkar said: “Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr married her during the lifetime of the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family.”

Abu Ateeq was born at the time of the Farewell Pilgrimage, before the death of the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family. He was mentioned by Al-Bukhari, who said: “Abdel-Rahman Bin Shaibah told me, on the authority of Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Al-Qasim, that he said: ‘Musa Bin Uqba said: ‘We know of no one in Islam with four [generations of men within the same family] and their sons who lived at the same time as the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him and his family, except for those four: Abu Quhafa, his son Abu Bakr, his son Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr, and his son Abu Ateeq Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr bin Abi Quhafa.’ Abdel-Rahman Bin Shaibah said: ‘Abi Ateeq’s name is Muhammad,’” and the exact date of Muhammad Abu Ateeq’s death is not known.

According to Ibn Habib in Al-Munamaq fi Akhbar Quraysh, while governor of Madinah, Marwan Bin Al-Hakam once punished Muhammad Abi Ateeq when he was brought before him drunk from wine.

Abu Ateeq has descendants called the “Abu Ateeq” family (2) whose lineage can be traced back to Abu Bakr As-Siddiq’s sons. The reason for this is because a number of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq’s sons claimed superiority over the others, with one of them saying: “I am the son of As-Siddiq,” another saying: “I am the son of ‘one of two,’” another saying: “I am the son of the ‘Companion of the Cave,’” and Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman (the subject of this article) saying: “I am the son of Abu Ateeq.” He and his descendants have thus retained the name “Abu Ateeq” until this day. 

In the cemetery of El Bahnasa (Oxyrhynchus) in Upper Egypt is a tomb ascribed to Muhammad Abu Ateeq, and another tomb ascribed to his father, Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq, with mention of them both having been martyred in the Battle of Bahnasa during the conquest of Egypt. 

To this, I say: There is no evidence for this, because it has not been proven that either Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr or his father, Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr, took part in the conquest of Egypt. Also, Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq was a Sahabi (Companion), but his name was not ever reported amongst the names of the companions who went to Egypt. He was also not mentioned by Al-Hafidh Jalaluddin al-Suyuti in his book, Durr Al-Sahabah fiman Dakhal Misr min Al-Sahabah, and nothing in any of his biographies indicates him having arrived to Egypt, much less dying or being buried there.

Further, the incident mentioned above regarding Marwan Bin Al-Hakam, if it actually happened, occurred long after the conquest of Egypt.

Also, there is a plaque near the tomb on which it says: “This is the dome of Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq, a Sahabi who was appointed by Ali Bin Abi Talib to lead the Emirate of Egypt and who was martyred in the desert of Egypt.”

Here, we find a historical discrepancy, because it was not Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq who ruled the State of Egypt during the reign of Imam Ali Bin Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him; rather it was Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with both him and his father, and even the death of Muhammad Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq did not occur in El Bahnasa (in Upper Egypt). He died near Cairo, and according to some sources, near the Governorate of Sharqia, east of the Delta.

All of this evidence thus supports the fact that there is no basis for ascribing the above-mentioned tomb to Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq, or the other tomb to his father, the Sahabi Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with them both – and Allah knows the truth of the matter.

 

Source: Kitab Al-Sulala Al-Bakria As-Siddiqia – Part II, by Ahmed Farghal Al-De'abassi Al-Bakri

 

Date of Publication

1 Ramadan 1438 AH / May 26, 2017 AD

 

([1]) Al-Isti’ab fi Ma’rifat Al-Ashab (3/ 1374 and 4/ 1712), Usd Al-Ghaba, Al-Fikr Ed. 5/ 208, Al-Muqtana fi Sard Al-Kuna 1/ 386, Tuhfat Al-Tahsil fi Dhikr Ruwat Al-Marasil 1/ 280, Al-Isaba fi Tamyiz Al-Sahaba 8/ 34, Nasab Quraysh 1/278, Jamharat Nasab Quraysh wa Akhbariha 2/ 606, Ansab Al-Ashraf, by Al-Baladhuri 10/ 105, Al-Munamaq fi Akhbar Quraysh 1/ 397, Al-Tabieen fi Ansab Al-Qurashieen 1/ 276-277, Durr Al-Sahabah fiman Dakhal Misr min Al-Sahabah, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti (original manuscript)

·  Note: Majd ad-Din ibn Al-Athir (d. 606 AH) mentioned in Al-Murassa fi Al-Abaa wa Al-Ummahat wa Al-Banin wa Al-Banat wa Al-Adhwaa wa Al-Dhawat that Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr Al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with both him and his father, used to be called “Ibn Abi Laila,” and that his son, Muhammad Abu Ateeq Bin Abdel-Rahman, used to be called “Ibn Abi Laila” as well. He also said that Muhammad Abu Ateeq was a prominent well-known Tabi’ee (contemporary of the Sahaba) as well as a famous scholar of jurisprudence with his own school of thought and opinions, adding: “When the scholars of hadeeth use ‘Ibn Abi Laila,’ they mean Abdel-Rahman, and when the scholars of jurisprudence use ‘Ibn Abi Laila,’ they mean Muhammad Bin Ziyad Bin Abeeh.” (See: Al-Murassa fi Al-Abaa wa Al-Ummahat, pg. 53.)

I say: Ibn Al-Athir was mistaken, because the Abdel-Rahman nicknamed Ibn Abi Laila was not Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq; rather, it was Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Laila, whose name was Yassar – and according to some sources: Dawud Bin Bilal Bin Aheeha Bin Al-Jalah Bin Al-Harish Bin Jahjaba Bin Kulfa Bin ‘Awf Bin Amr Bin ‘Awf Bin Malik Bin Al-Aws Al-Ansari. 

Further, his son, Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman, was a Tabi’ee and a well-known scholar of jurisprudence as the Judge of Kufah, while Muhammad Bin Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq was neither a Tabi’ee nor a judge; rather, he was a famous Sahabi. 

Finally, Abdel-Rahman Bin Abi Laila Al-Ansari was a Tabi’ee and not a Sahabi; rather the Sahabi was his father (Yassar Bin Bilal), nicknamed Abi Laila, so this is something people should be aware of. 

See: Al-Tabaqat Al-Kubra, Al-Elmia Ed. 6/ 166, Jamharat Ansab Al-Arab, by Ibn Hazm 1/ 335, Nasab Ma’ad wa Al-Yemen Al-Kabir 1/ 372, Al-Jawhara fi Nasab Al-Nabi wa Ashabahi Al-Ashra 1/ 428, Tarikh Baghdad wa Dhaylahu 10/ 197, Tarikh Dimashq, by Ibn Asakir 36/ 76, Tahdhib Al-Asma’ wa Al-Lughat 1/ 303-304, Al-Thiqat, by Ibn Hibban 5/ 100, Tahdhib Al-Kamal fi Asma’ Al-Rijal 17/ 372-373, Al-Kamil fi Dhu’afa’ al-Rijal 7/ 390, Tabaqat Khalifa Bin Khayyat 1/ 252-253, Siyar A’lam Al-Nubala’, Al-Risala Ed. 4/ 262-263, Wafayat Al-Ayan 4/ 179

([2]) Al-Maaref, by Ibn Qutaiba 1/ 172, Wafayat Al-Ayan 3/ 70