Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 526
CHAPTER 22 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Fortitude and Steadfastness 526 this cruelty. On the strength of his status, he humiliated, insulted and intimidated the newly converted Muslims. If a newly converted Muslim happened to be a trader, he was threatened with boycott. If he belonged to a poor tribe, he would be beaten up. 6 In the beginning the honourable men like, Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra , T al ha ra , ‘Uthm a n ra , Zubair ra Ma s ‘ab ra bin ‘Umair were also targeted for cruelty. In the end the non-believers despaired and left them alone. But the cruelty perpetrated upon Hadrat Bil a l ra , the family of Y a sir and Hadrat Khabb a b was dreadful. Hadrat Bil a l ra was a slave of Umayyah. He would make him lie on the hot sand and put a heavy stone on the chest. Umayyah would tell him to reject Muhammad and worship the idols, L a t and ‘Uzz a , otherwise he would die in that state. The only words this champion of fortitude uttered were 'A h ad, A h ad', God is one, God is one. This suffering of a righteous and sincere slave was unbearable for H u du r sa. One day he said, "I wish we could free Bilal", " Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra had the good fortune of freeing Bil a l ra. " 7 Hadrat Y a sir ra , his wife Samiyyah ra and his son ‘Amm a r were the slaves of Ban u Makhz u m, a Quraish tribe. They were tortured and were taken to the hot desert during the intense heat of the afternoon and punished. H u du r sa used to advise them to be patient and said, "O the family of Y a sir, be patient, I give