Ukhuwwah is a whole different level of kinship altogether.
Can we imagine a situation in today's world, how would we react to torture- if we were in Bilal ibn Rabah's shoes? (i doubt he had any, anyway- pardon the pun). And how would we react to our "fortunate" friends as they "merely" stand around and watch us being tortured.
He isn't Aba Bakr. He isn't Umar, he isn't Abdurrahman Bin 'auf, he isn't from the "higher caste". But he is one of the "10 guaranteed paradise". And he has lessons to teach me in my Deen. How patient you were, Saidina Bilal. And how clean and pure was your faith....unlike mine.
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