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HADRAT ABU BAKR<br />
her until fatigue would overtake him. After catching his breath he<br />
would begin to beat her again.<br />
<strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra rescued all of these helpless souls by<br />
purchasing their freedom, regardless of cost. In addition, he also<br />
bought ‘Amir bin Fuhairah ra , An-Nahdiyyah ra and Ummi-‘Abis. 6<br />
Because their masters knew that <strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra could not<br />
bear to see his fellow Muslim brothers and sisters being beaten and<br />
persecuted, they set the selling price much higher than normal.<br />
Nevertheless, <strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra would pay the high price they<br />
demanded, without complaint.<br />
At this, once his father ‘Uthman <strong>Abu</strong> Quhafah even said,<br />
“If you are going to spend your money on buying slaves, then at the<br />
very least, instead of buying old, weak and blind slaves, you should<br />
purchase strong, young slaves to free, since they might be useful<br />
to you someday.” <strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> <strong>Bakr</strong> ra responded by saying, “No, I<br />
spend my money for Allah’s sake. I do not want to gain any worldly<br />
benefit from this good deed of mine.”<br />
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