First Man to Accept Islam ’ Hazrat Abu Bakr (Rad.A) was firm friend of the Holy Prophet and knew him better then any other man. His honesty, nobility, truthfulness and trustworthiness, had great attraction for Abu Bakr (Rad.A). When the Holy Prophet disclosed to h.m secretly
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about the revelation of Allah, Abu Bakr (Rad.A) accepted it immediately without having the slightest doubt. In this way he was the first adult free man to believe in the Holy Prophet’s mission, and became his confidant. The Holy Prophet once spoke about this, ”When I invited people towards Allah, everybody thought over it and hesitated, at least for a while except Abu Bakr (Rad.A) who accepted my call the moment I put it before him, and he did not hesitate even for a moment.” When he accepted Islam, the Holy Prophet was very pleased.
