Asma’ Bint Abu Bakr was the daughter of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq.  She was the elder sister of ‘Aisha, the mother of the believers.  She was the wife of the great companion Az-Zubair Ibn al-`Awâm and the mother of `Abdullah Ibn az-Zubair.  She accepted Islam very early in Mecca. She gave a pledge to the Prophet (PBUH) and firmly believed in him. Her Noble situations during Hijrah Asmâ’ was called Zât an-Nitâqayn (the possessor of...

The rightly guided Caliphs, May Allah be Pleased with them, followed the steps of Messenger of Allah [saw]. Among many things, they give special attention to the poor and catered for the needy, took interest in social solidarity among the entire society’s people, and exerted their utmost in saving all those in distress or in need. It is no wonder that they did so, as they were nurtured by the Messenger [saw] and learned from his purely...

With the death of Muhammad [saw], the Muslim community was faced with the problem of succession. Who would be its leader? There were four persons obviously marked for leadership: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq [ranhu], who had not only accompanied Muhammad [saw] to Medina ten years before but had been appointed to take the place of the Prophet as leader of public prayer during Muhammad’s last illness; ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab [ranhu], an able and...