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“
No, not even that will stop me from
preaching
,”replied the Prophet [s].
“
Well, how about if we offered you
the most beautiful women in all of
Arabia?
” the man asked again.
“
The answer is no!
” replied Prophet
Muhammad [s].
“
Well if you will not stop, then your
followers will be stopped
,” and the
man walked away.
The people of Makkah then began
to torture those who had accepted
Islam and become Muslim. Among
them was the Abyssinian slave,
Bilal, who was tortured by his cruel
master. He was whipped, beaten
and starved. He was also made to
lie naked on the hot, burning desert
sands all day long. Sometimes his
master would place a huge rock on
his chest, so huge that it almost
seemed that Bilal would be crushed
