Muhammad came back to Mecca on the same night. The next morning, he told Quraish of what had happened. Quraish responded to him by making mockery and fun of him. They accused him of being crazy. Some of the chiefs of Quraish thought that this would be a great opportunity to make the Muslims leave Muhammad. Therefore, some of them went to Abu Bakr. They told him: " Have you heard what your friend is claiming? He claims that he went to Baitul Maqdis and ascended to heaven in one night!". Abu Bakr replied: " If he said so, then he is telling the truth. I believe him in much more than that. I believe that he receives his message from heaven". From that day onwards, Abu Bakr was giving the title Al Siddiq (the truthful believer).
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