[Machine] When the Prophet ﷺ was taken on the Night Journey to Al-Aqsa Mosque, people started talking about it. Some people who used to believe in him and trust him turned away, while men from the polytheists went to Abu Bakr and asked him, "Does your companion claim that he was taken on a journey to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa last night?" Abu Bakr asked them, "Did he say that?" They replied, "Yes." Abu Bakr then said, "If he indeed said that, then he has spoken the truth." They asked him, "Do you believe him when he claims that he went to Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and came back before morning?" Abu Bakr answered, "Yes, I believe him in something even more miraculous than that. I believe him in the news of the heavens in the early morning or evening. That is why he is called Abu Bakr As-Siddiq."
لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى أَصْبَحَ يَتَحَدَّثُ النَّاسُ بِذَلِكَ فَارْتَدَّ نَاسٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ آمَنُوا بِهِ وَصَدَّقُوهُ وَسَعَى رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالُوا هَلْ لَكَ إِلَى صَاحِبِكِ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ؟ قَالَ أَوَقَالَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ لَئِنْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ صَدَقَ قَالُوا أَوَ تُصَدِّقُهُ أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ اللَّيْلَةَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَجَاءَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِنِّي لَأَصُدِّقُهُ فِي مَا هُوَ أَبْعَدُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أُصَدِّقُهُ فِي خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ فِي غُدْوَةٍ أَوْ رَوْحَةٍ فَلِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ