On the contrary, the Sunnis regard Abu Quhafa as an evident supporter of his son.
When Abu Bakr was born in 573,[2]: 29 he was therefore known as Atiq ("exempted" from death), while his subsequent brothers were given the related names Muataq and Muaytaq.
[2]: 27 Abu Quhafa later married a younger woman, Hind bint Nuqayd.
[3]: 549 When he spoke disparagingly of Muhammad, Abu Bakr struck his father's chest and rendered him unconscious.
[6] It is said that an ayah of Quran was revealed in response: "You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day having affection for those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they were their fathers or their sons or their brothers or their kindred..."[Quran 58:22][7] When Abu Bakr ransomed Muslim slaves who were being persecuted in 613–614, Abu Quhafa said to him: "My son, I see that you are freeing weak slaves.
[3]: 225 In September 622 Abu Bakr emigrated to Medina, taking all his money with him "to the amount of five or six thousand dirhams."
However, they met the army before they could reach their house, and a mounted warrior tore off his daughter's silver necklace.
Abu Bakr then appealed to the army for the return of his sister’s necklace, but nobody admitted to taking it, so the family had to accept that, "There is not much honesty among people nowadays.
It is said that when Abu Bakr died in Medina in August 634, Mecca was convulsed by an earthquake.