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Bilal was a slave of African descent and owned by the children of Jumah. When news of
Bilal's conversion caught the attention of the children of Jumah, Umayyah, Khalaf's son
subjected him to the most severe kinds of punishment. The harshest torture Umayyah
devised was to take him out into the desert during the hottest part of the day, throw him
down upon his back so that it lay flat upon the already scorching sand, then place heavy
rocks on top of Bilal's chest to prevent him from moving. With a voice full of hatred he
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would yell at him, "You will stay here until you either die or renounce Muhammad and
worship Al-Lat and Al Uzza!"
The strength of Bilal's faith was truly great, he never gave into the demands of Umayyah,
and as he suffered in the unbearable heat, his weak, parched, strained voice would be
heard faintly saying, "One, One!"
At other times Bilal would suffer the same torture as Abu Fakeeh Aflah, a freed slave
Bilal's conversion caught the attention of the children of Jumah, Umayyah, Khalaf's son
subjected him to the most severe kinds of punishment. The harshest torture Umayyah
devised was to take him out into the desert during the hottest part of the day, throw him
down upon his back so that it lay flat upon the already scorching sand, then place heavy
rocks on top of Bilal's chest to prevent him from moving. With a voice full of hatred he
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would yell at him, "You will stay here until you either die or renounce Muhammad and
worship Al-Lat and Al Uzza!"
The strength of Bilal's faith was truly great, he never gave into the demands of Umayyah,
and as he suffered in the unbearable heat, his weak, parched, strained voice would be
heard faintly saying, "One, One!"
At other times Bilal would suffer the same torture as Abu Fakeeh Aflah, a freed slave