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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (631-658) was the son of Islam's first caliph, Abu Bakr, and Asma bint Umais. When Abu Bakr died, Ibn Abi Bakr's mother re-married, to Ali ibn Abu Talib, the prophet Muhammad's cousin. The boy was only three years old at the time; he became Ali's adopted son and one of his supporters.

Ibn Abi Bakr had a son named Qasim ibn Muhammad, not to be confused with the islamic prophet Muhammads son Qasim ibn Muhammad. From Abi Bakrs son was the mother of Jafar as Sadiq born.

Uthman

During the caliphate of Uthman ibn Affan, the third caliph, the adult ibn Abi Bakr was stationed in the newly conquered province of Egypt.

In 651 CE, some of the Egyptian soldiers sent a deputation to Uthman,

Uthman died in the hands of the rioters.

The assassination took place in Medina, then the capital of the burgeoning Islamic empire. There was great confusion afterwards, and some (either the mutineers, or concerned citizens, or both) are said to have approached Ali, begging him to become caliph and put an end to the chaos. Ali accepted, despite his disapproval of the murder of Uthman. However, he did not punish the rioters and mutinous soldiers -- possibly because his own position was insecure and he did not have the power to do so.

Ali's brief tenure as caliph (656-661) was spent fighting against the rebellious Kharijites.

Ali appointed Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr governor of Egypt, then a newly conquered province of the Islamic empire.

According to a Shia book:

Ali loved Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr as his own son and his death was felt as another terrible shock. Ali prayed for him, and invoked God's blessings and mercy upon his soul.

See also

• Family tree of Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr
• Sahaba

References

• Wilferd Madelung -- The Succession to Muhammad, Cambridge University Press, 1997.

External links

• http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Muhammad/Book/Millennium_Biography/Chapter_132.htm

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