stated: Just after embracing Islam, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ openly declared it and also started inviting [people] to it. Since he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was very soft-hearted amongst his nation, he would share in their sorrow, and was everyone’s favourite personality, he was fully aware of the status and nobility of the lineage of Quraysh and their every good and evil. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was also a famous and well-mannered trader. All the prominent personalities and common people of Quraysh would come to him due to his virtues in knowledge and business, and his good company. They would benefit from his blessed company. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ would make an individual effort on them, tell them the virtues of Islam and would invite them to embrace Islam. In this way, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ also motivated many people, who visited him, to embrace Islam by making individual efforts on them. (Ar-Riyad-un-Nadarah, vol. 1, pp. 91)

Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه has stated on page 11 of his 32-page booklet ‘Buddha Pujari’ [The Aged (Idol) Worshipper]: Through his individual efforts, the five blessed individuals embraced Islam who are amongst the ‘Asharah-e-Mubashsharah. (Remember! The ten blessed companions of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم who were given the good news of being Jannati in the world are called ‘Asharah-e-Mubashsharah’). (Bunyadi ‘Aqaaid aur Ma’mulaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, pp. 76)

Their blessed names are as follows:

1. Sayyiduna ‘Usman-e-Ghani رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ

2. Sayyiduna Sa’d Bin Abi Waqqas رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ

3. Sayyiduna Talhah Bin ‘Ubaydullah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ

4. Sayyiduna ‘Abdur Rahman Bin ‘Awf رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ

5. Sayyiduna Zubayr Bin ‘Awwam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد