Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (RA)

Biography

Abd al-Rahman fought against the Muslims at Badr and Uhud before accepting Islam around the time of Hudaybiyyah. He is a full brother of Aisha through Umm Ruman.

Sahih Bukhari (Kitab al-Tafsir, Surah al-Ahqaf) records that when Marwan, governor of Madinah, urged allegiance to Yazid as Mu'awiyah's heir, Abd al-Rahman objected; Marwan claimed Quran 46:17 was revealed about him, and Aisha replied from behind a screen that nothing of the Quran was revealed about them except her own exoneration.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

46:17

Links open quran.com.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

Sahih al-Bukhari 4827 Sahih

Marwan, governor of Hijaz for Mu'awiyah, urged allegiance to Yazid; 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr objected, and Aisha rejected Marwan's claim that 46:17 was revealed about him.

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: In verified videos Mirza cites this Bukhari report as part of the background to Karbala.

Further references

Sahih Bukhari (Kitab al-Tafsir, Surah al-Ahqaf)

Connections

Comes from

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (Abdullah ibn Uthman) (RA) father of — Son

Linked with

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ companion — Companion
Aisha bint Abi Bakr (RA) siblings — Full siblings
Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah related — Objected to his nomination (Bukhari, Tafsir al-Ahqaf)
Marwan ibn al-Hakam related — Dispute over Yazid's nomination (Bukhari)