Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq — Page 20
HADRAT ABU BAKR ra 20 alongside continuing to beat the Holy Prophet sa and use abusive language toward him. When Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra was informed of this, he immediately rushed into the angry crowd of disbelievers. He ran through the group of disbelievers, hitting and pushing the attackers out of the way, until he was able to rescue the Holy Prophet sa. During the struggle he kept repeating, “Do you persecute a man only because he says, ‘My Lord is Allah’?” 7 At this, the disbelievers became so enraged that they started beating him as well. They beat him so severely that his head began to bleed. As he was being beaten, he kept saying, “O my Lord of Honour and Majesty, You are full of blessings. ” Finally, his relatives came to his rescue. His daughter, Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra said that when he arrived home, he had been beaten so badly that wherever his head was touched, hair would fall out.