Sayyedna Bilal — Page 17
SAYYEDNA BILAL 17 sold. He felt a young man helping him but could not see him. He tried to recognise him, it was Zaid - the. Prophet's adopted son. Bilal did not have the strength to speak, neither was it required. . Zaid consoled him saying that the chains of slavery were broken forever. Ummayya bin Khalf happily counted the money and taunted Abu Bakr that he would have been quite satisfied with a 100 dirhams for the fellow, and roared with laughter. . Bilal looked at the saintly Abu Bakr as he told. Ummayya "You are quite mistaken, if you had asked for a thousand Dirhams as ransom, I would have readily paid that too. ". Abu Bakr and Zaid took him home. Five days were spent in agony and he remained mostly unconscious. His wounds were treated with different medicines. He remembered someone praying in the room. On the fifth day he felt a little better and was capable of going out for some fresh air. Abu Bakr was very pleased. He fed him with goat's milk and told him that the Prophet of Allah had sat beside him for three days and did not leave untill his temperature had come down and he was out of danger. He told Bilal that he had never seen such a fortunate man before. Bilal had embraced Islam and was now a Muslim. The next day he would take him to the Prophet. . Bilal was the first slave who declared himself a. Muslim. He was proud of the fact that he was one of the first nine people who embraced Islam. He was considered amongst the very few who were raised to