In Mecca Quraysh hurt the weak among the first Muslims — the best known were Bilal, Ammar, Yasir, Sumayya and Khabbab. The Prophet passed the family of Yasir and said, 'Patience, family of Yasir, your appointment is Paradise,' and Abu Bakr bought Bilal and the women who were being hurt and freed them.
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The persecution of the vulnerable Muslims
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Quraysh harmed the weak among those who became Muslim in Mecca after the first methods failed: each tribe mistreated its own converts, and those without a tribe suffered every kind of persecution. Abu Jahl would shame a convert of rank and harm a weak one; Umayya ibn Khalaf had Bilal taken out into the desert at noon while he said 'One, One' until Abu Bakr bought and freed him. Yasir, Ammar and Sumayya were taken out to al-Abthah, and the Prophet ﷺ passed them saying 'Patience, family of Yasir, your appointment is Paradise'; Khabbab was hurt grievously; and Abu Bakr bought and freed the Muslim slave-women — Zinnira, al-Nahdiya, Umm Ubays. Sumayya is remembered as the first martyr of Islam.
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