Chapter 8: Stick
One day the non believers found some muslims praying. They started to bully and beat the muslims.
The Muslims did not fight back. Allah ordered them to be patient.
The Quran continued to come down. The message was very powerful. Talking to the evil people directly. They were reminded that this life is for a small time only and the after life was the real life.
The message was clear. They should only believe in Allah alone. Not the 360 idols. The Quraysh did not believe.
The Quraysh started to torture the weak muslims. Bilal was a slave to a powerful Quraysh called Utbah. He was very angry that Bilal believed in the one Allah.
So he tortured him - by whipping him and placing a big rock on his chest.
Bilal was in a lot of pain - but he kept saying "Ahad Ahad" which means One, One.
Bilal would only believe in One Allah and not the idol of Utbah.
One of the biggest enemy to Mohammed (SAW) and his message was an evil man called Abu Jahl. He found out that a slave family he owned had become Muslim.
This family included: Sumaiyyah (RA) , Yasir (RA) and Ammar (RA)
Abu Jahl hated Islam. He tortured them. They refused to give up Islam.
So he killed Sumaiyyah; she became the first Shaheed of Islam. He also killed Yasir; he became the second Shaheed of Islam.
The first muslims had to have strong faith in Allah and Mohammed (SAW). They were tested with everything.
Next, we will see how Mohammed (SAW) was the perfect example of patience that they all followed.