Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq (May Allah be pleased with him)

~Mountain of Truthfulness~

The battle against Musaylimah
o Muslim army: 11000, Musaylimah's army: lowest estimate was 40000
o Musaylimah's army backed into a garden and sealed it. The garden became known in history as the Garden of Death because of the many people killed there on that day.
o One Muslim soldier asked to be thrown into the garden so that he could open the door from the inside. Who was this very courageous soldier?

This man was al-Baraa ibn Malik al- Ansari, the brother of Anas ibn Malik, the personal aide of the Prophet. He was thin and wiry with so little flesh on his bones that it was painful to look at him. Yet in single- handed combat he defeated and killed many opponents and in the thick of battle he was an outstanding fighter against the mushrikeen. During the battle against Musaylimah, al-Baraa went forward and addressed his company, "Put me on a shield. Raise the shield on spears and hurl me into the garden near the gate. Either I shall die a martyr or I shall open the gate for you." He sustained numerous wounds before he could open the gate.(taken from "Companions of The Prophet", Vol.1, By: Abdul Wahid Hamid)

o The Muslim army charged into the garden through the open gate. Finally the Muslim army came upon Musaylimah and he was killed.

Conclusion on the story of Musaylimah
o 53 huffaaz were killed in the battle. That was when Abu Bakr decided to compile the Quran.
o Musaylimah had all the "ingredients" to be a prophet. But he lacked one important thing which is THE TRUTH.

Riddah conflict in Yemen and Bahrain
o Al-Aswad al-Ansee claimed to be a prophet.
o He possessed a great eloquence and a convincing speech. He was also a soothsayer who practiced magic arts. Those he could not win through trickery, he would try to buy with money.
o Not everyone in his tribe left Islam. There were those who fought against him.
o The fitnah ended when he was killed in a mission led by Fayruz ad-Daylami. (click on the link for details about Fayruz ad-Daylami and the story about the defeat of Al-Aswad Al-Ansee)
o Al-'Alaa ibn Hadhrami was sent to Bahrain. The people of Bahrain accepted Islam under him. Then some of them became apostates. Al-'Alaa was sent to be the leader of Bahrain since he already had an influence there.

"Gems": amazing points from this topic
o Leaders who returned to or accepted Islam were allowed to maintain their leadership. This kept the leaders and the tribes happy, and also as a gift to the leaders.
o Abu Bakr r.a. brought everybody back into Islam in TWO YEARS