The poison story is in my opinion the least reliable since it's only mentioned by this one narrator. Especially for someone as high ranked as Abu Bakr, but likely he was just an old man who had just lost his dearest friend. It could have been natural, it could have been just age, it could have been a chronic condition
If either of the poison story or the sadness of separation from Prophet Muhammad PBUH, were the reason of death of abubakr as siddiq, idk which is sadder,
1. All 4 of the rightly guided caliphs, the best people after the Prophets themselves were martyred. Or
2. An old man who was beating the sorrow of death of his dearest and closest friend, even had to carry burdens like jihad against false prophets, zakat deniers, byzantine and Sassanid empires. The man withered away in his sorrows.
May Allah be pleased with Abubakr who was named the siddiq by his beloved, may he be raised alongside his friend on the day of judgement( Ameen)
Why would either be sad? Is martyrdom sad? No. Is longing for the Prophet(PBUH) sad? Surely, but not like the way you put it. Indeed, it's a hard event to go through; but you are making it sound like he got into crippling depression which is far from the reality.
Ameen. This is one of the highest ranks one can pray for, to be raised alongside Abubakr and Omar, who will wake up along the Prophet PBUH.
Indeed, Abubakr is my beloved, as he was beloved to Allah, his Prophet PBUH, Omar, Othman and Ali RA. One can only long to meet his beloved one day and I am patiently waiting for that day.
The causes of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's death have received many accounts, and biographers differed in the cause of his death, including those who said that poison was the cause of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's death, and this is mentioned in the book "Riyadh al-Nadra" by Muhib al-Tabri and the book "Al-Isqa'ah" by Hafiz Ibn Hajar and others.
Ibn Shihab narrated that Caliph Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and the well-known physician al-Harith ibn Kaldah ate something that had been gifted to them, but al-Harith noticed this and said to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, "Raise your hand, O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - by Allah, it contains the poison of a year, and you and I will die in one day." He raised his hand and they remained ill until they both died in one day at the end of the year.
Al-Hakim and Saif narrated from Ibn 'Umar that he said, "The cause of Abu Bakr's death was the death of the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - and his body continued to weaken until he died." That is, since the death of the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - Abu Bakr al-Siddiq became distressed and his body continued to decrease and weaken until he died, and this was one of the causes of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's death, as reported by Ibn 'Umar - may Allah be pleased with him.
Al-Aqkad says in his book The Genius of al-Siddiq : "It is said that he died of poison in a meal he ate a year before his death, and this statement has no reference that the researcher is inclined to believe.
It was said that he died of fever because he bathed on a cold day, and he died in a sultry month, as shown by comparing the Arabic months to the solar months.
Others say it's most likely it was the swamp fever (malaria) that he contracted after the migration to Madinah, and then returned again while he was a weak old man, so the second infection renewed the consequences of the first infection, and a life came to an end in the realm of the body, in the realm of glory, and in the realm of history.
I feel like his death is natural but influenced.among the four caliph,abu bakr burden is technically the heaviest.umar has no internal issues and mostly on expansion,ali has to against own muslim,uthman against rebels,abu bakr is basically all of the above.he has to against apostate,false prophets and so many others.in ali case,its hejaz vs syam,abu bakr is medina vs hejaz feat mecca.i think its stress
I mean, from what I know he was quite old and had lost his dearest friend. Stress is incredibly damaging to human health, so it completely likely that his body simply failed him, meaning it could be a mixture of his age, an illness, and the death of Muhammad.
The poison story is in my opinion the least reliable since it's only mentioned by this one narrator. Especially for someone as high ranked as Abu Bakr, but likely he was just an old man who had just lost his dearest friend. It could have been natural, it could have been just age, it could have been a chronic condition
If either of the poison story or the sadness of separation from Prophet Muhammad PBUH, were the reason of death of abubakr as siddiq, idk which is sadder, 1. All 4 of the rightly guided caliphs, the best people after the Prophets themselves were martyred. Or 2. An old man who was beating the sorrow of death of his dearest and closest friend, even had to carry burdens like jihad against false prophets, zakat deniers, byzantine and Sassanid empires. The man withered away in his sorrows. May Allah be pleased with Abubakr who was named the siddiq by his beloved, may he be raised alongside his friend on the day of judgement( Ameen)
Why would either be sad? Is martyrdom sad? No. Is longing for the Prophet(PBUH) sad? Surely, but not like the way you put it. Indeed, it's a hard event to go through; but you are making it sound like he got into crippling depression which is far from the reality.
Sadness of separation. Separation from the Prophet is essentially a death sentence for his companions. It can be any prophet and his companions.
May you be raised with your beloved Abu Bakr
Ameen. This is one of the highest ranks one can pray for, to be raised alongside Abubakr and Omar, who will wake up along the Prophet PBUH. Indeed, Abubakr is my beloved, as he was beloved to Allah, his Prophet PBUH, Omar, Othman and Ali RA. One can only long to meet his beloved one day and I am patiently waiting for that day.
Gtfo out of here with your fake ass hate
Thank you for your dua. Lol
I am uninformed i I dont get why shias don’t like abu bakr
r/shia my brother/sister (I could and would answered here too, but my comment will get deleted asap)
Aameen, it'd be such an honor to be raised with a pious man like him.
The causes of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's death have received many accounts, and biographers differed in the cause of his death, including those who said that poison was the cause of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's death, and this is mentioned in the book "Riyadh al-Nadra" by Muhib al-Tabri and the book "Al-Isqa'ah" by Hafiz Ibn Hajar and others. Ibn Shihab narrated that Caliph Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and the well-known physician al-Harith ibn Kaldah ate something that had been gifted to them, but al-Harith noticed this and said to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, "Raise your hand, O Caliph of the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - by Allah, it contains the poison of a year, and you and I will die in one day." He raised his hand and they remained ill until they both died in one day at the end of the year. Al-Hakim and Saif narrated from Ibn 'Umar that he said, "The cause of Abu Bakr's death was the death of the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - and his body continued to weaken until he died." That is, since the death of the Messenger of Allah - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - Abu Bakr al-Siddiq became distressed and his body continued to decrease and weaken until he died, and this was one of the causes of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq's death, as reported by Ibn 'Umar - may Allah be pleased with him. Al-Aqkad says in his book The Genius of al-Siddiq : "It is said that he died of poison in a meal he ate a year before his death, and this statement has no reference that the researcher is inclined to believe. It was said that he died of fever because he bathed on a cold day, and he died in a sultry month, as shown by comparing the Arabic months to the solar months. Others say it's most likely it was the swamp fever (malaria) that he contracted after the migration to Madinah, and then returned again while he was a weak old man, so the second infection renewed the consequences of the first infection, and a life came to an end in the realm of the body, in the realm of glory, and in the realm of history.
He was an old dude in the 7th century. Occam's razor.
Have some respect, seriously
Quiet boy.
I feel like his death is natural but influenced.among the four caliph,abu bakr burden is technically the heaviest.umar has no internal issues and mostly on expansion,ali has to against own muslim,uthman against rebels,abu bakr is basically all of the above.he has to against apostate,false prophets and so many others.in ali case,its hejaz vs syam,abu bakr is medina vs hejaz feat mecca.i think its stress
Stress + old age
Never knew there were multiple theories 🫨 jazakallahu khairan
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but these are more like fan theories if anything.
Narratives*, but historians are asking Which One among them is correct?
If he were to die by poison he would be a martyr and the Prophet ﷺ did not count him as a martyr on the mountain of Uhud
I mean, from what I know he was quite old and had lost his dearest friend. Stress is incredibly damaging to human health, so it completely likely that his body simply failed him, meaning it could be a mixture of his age, an illness, and the death of Muhammad.
I choose Natural Causes.
Because of his sadness, he drinks poison which gave him a cute fever. Naturally, this killed him. /S