Averse to Idolatry Prior to Islam

Nonetheless, Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) was the closest associate of the Holy Prophet (sa). Even during the age of ignorance, Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) was averse to idolatry and abstained from it. Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) never practised idolatry, nor did he prostrate before any idol even during the age of ignorance. It is recorded in Sirat al-Halabiyyah that most certainly, Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) never prostrated to any idol. Allama Ibn Jawzi has included Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) amongst those individuals who refused to worship idols, even during the age of ignorance. That is to say, he never went near any idols.

(Ali bin Burhan al-Din al-Halabi, Al-Sirah al-Halabiyyah, Vol. 1, Bab Dhikr Awwal al-Nas Imanan [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2002], pp. 384-385)