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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Abu-Bakr
|image=
|birth_date=October 27, 573
|birth_place=[[Mecca]], Arabia <br/> (now [[Saudi Arabia]])
|death_date=August 23, 634
|death_place=[[Medina]], Rashidun Caliphate <br/> (now Medina, Saudi Arabia)
|religion=
|spouse=
|children=
|alma_mater=
|party=
|office=1st Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate
|term_start=June 8, 632
|term_end=August 23, 634
|preceded=
|succeeded=[[Umar ibn Al-Khattab]]
}}
'''Abu-Bakr''' (573-634) was the father-in-law and successor of [[Muhammad]]. Abu-Bakr was the first Muslim [[Caliph]]. The origins of the [[Sunni]] and [[Shia]] split arose from this leadership succession, as the [[Shia]] felt Muhammad's successor should have been his cousin, [[Ali|Imam Ali]].<ref>http://www.islamfortoday.com/shia.htm</ref>
'''Abu-Bakr''' (573-634) was the father-in-law and successor of [[Muhammad]]. Abu-Bakr was the first Muslim [[Caliph]]. The origins of the [[Sunni]] and [[Shia]] split arose from this leadership succession, as the [[Shia]] felt Muhammad's successor should have been his cousin, [[Ali|Imam Ali]].<ref>http://www.islamfortoday.com/shia.htm</ref>