مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب المناقب
The Book of Merits
(سَبَبُ تَسْمِيَةِ حَضْرَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِلَقَبِ عَتِيقٍ)
(The reason for naming Hazrat Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, as Atiq)
Hadith 6031
وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «أَنْت عتيقُ اللَّهِ من النَّار» . فَيَوْمئِذٍ سمي عتيقا. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
`A'isha told that Abu Bakr came in to visit God's messenger who said, "You are God's freedman (atiq) from hell," so on that day he was named `Atiq. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
