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will support you."
Abu Bakr accepted ibn Ad-Dughannah's support and they returned together. Upon
reaching Mecca, ibn Ad-Dughunnah declared for all to hear, "People of Koraysh, the son
of Abu Kuhafah has my support -- let no one treat him badly!"
The Koraysh accepted the ultimatum, however a fellow from the tribe of Jummah -- the
tribe from whom Abu Bakr had rescued Bilal demanded, "Tell him to worship his Lord
behind closed doors, and to let his prayers and recitation be confined therein so that he
can neither be seen nor heard. We fear that if our sons or women see him they will be
seduced by his ways!" Ibn Ad-Dughunnah turned to Abu Bakr and asked him to comply,
and he agreed.
Abu Bakr neither prayed in public nor did he recite the Koran outside his house, however
one day he decided to build a small mosque in front of his house, and thereafter offered
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Abu Bakr accepted ibn Ad-Dughannah's support and they returned together. Upon
reaching Mecca, ibn Ad-Dughunnah declared for all to hear, "People of Koraysh, the son
of Abu Kuhafah has my support -- let no one treat him badly!"
The Koraysh accepted the ultimatum, however a fellow from the tribe of Jummah -- the
tribe from whom Abu Bakr had rescued Bilal demanded, "Tell him to worship his Lord
behind closed doors, and to let his prayers and recitation be confined therein so that he
can neither be seen nor heard. We fear that if our sons or women see him they will be
seduced by his ways!" Ibn Ad-Dughunnah turned to Abu Bakr and asked him to comply,
and he agreed.
Abu Bakr neither prayed in public nor did he recite the Koran outside his house, however
one day he decided to build a small mosque in front of his house, and thereafter offered
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