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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr
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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (Arabic: محمد بن أبي بكر) (631–658) was the son of the first Sunni caliph, Abu Bakr and Asma bint Umais. When Abu Bakr died, Asma bint Umais married Ali ibn Abi Talib (Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, the first Shi’ah Imam, and the fourth Sunni caliph). Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr was only three years old at the time; he became Ali's adopted son and one of his supporters.
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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr had a son named, Qasim ibn Muhammad (not to be confused with the Islamic prophet Muhammad's son Qasim ibn Muhammad). The mother of the sixth Shi’ah Imam, Ja'far Al-Sadiq, was the daughter of Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr.
In 656, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr played a prominent role in the Siege of Uthman revolt and murder of the Caliph Uthman. Muhammad was the leader of the party that laid siege to Uthman's home, according to numerous sources. Uthman was murdered, and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr prevented his body from being buried for several days, prophetic considering the offensive manner in which Muhammad himself was killed.
After the Battle of Siffin, Ali ibn Abi Talib appointed Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr as the Governor of Egypt, then a newly conquered province of the Islamic empire. In 658 CE (38 A.H.), Muawiyah I sent his general Amr ibn al-As and six thousand soldiers against Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr. Muhammad asked Ali ibn Abi Talib for help. Ali is said to have instructed his foster son to hand the governorship over to his best general and childhood friend, Malik ibn Ashter, whom he judged better capable of resisting Amr ibn al-As. However, Malik died on his way to Egypt. Shi’ahs and Wilferd Madelung believe that Malik was poisoned by Muawiyah I.
Ibn Abi Bakr was easily defeated by Amr. Amr's soldiers were ordered to capture him and bring him, alive, to Muawiyah I. However, a soldier named, Muawiya ibn Hudayj, is said to have quarreled with the prisoner and killed him out of hand. Ibn Hudayj was so incensed at Ibn Abi Bakr that he put his body into the skin of a dead donkey and burned both corpses together, so that nothing should survive of his enemy The Succession to Muhammad pp. 268. However, Shi'a accounts say that the Muawiyah I who later became caliph was the actual killer of Ibn Abi Bakr Middle East & Africa to 1875632–661.
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Muhammad B Abi Bakr was a major player in the "Fitna" that was going on before and after the death of Uthman.
The Shi'a praise this young man for his devotion to `Ali and his resistance to a caliph the Shi'a believe to be a tyrant. Though his father Abu Bakr and his sister Aisha were considered enemies of `Ali by Shi'a, Ibn Abi Bakr was faithful to his stepfather.
According to a Shi’ah book:
- `Ali loved Muhammad Ibn Abi 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. [1].
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- http://www.livingislam.org/n/shb_e.html - "Nevertheless, he brought in those who killed [Uthman]!"
- http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/mohammed.htm -Uthman became quite unpopular, and he was murdered by insurgents lead by the son of Abu Bakr, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, in 656 e.v