Hayatus Sahabah
Who was Bilal to Abu Bakr? Realize that some of us have more privilege than others. It’s not so much an advantage as it is a responsibility. It’s going to take so much love within this Ummah for us to realize that. Within these racial and status divides and injustices, we are one body. If we don’t feel for one another and act using our positions to benefit one another, we’re separating ourselves from our faith. Abu Bakr sold one of his own shops to free Bilal. When he paid his slaver, Umayya said, “I would have freed him for half of that price.” Abu Bakr replied, “and I would have paid ten times the price for him.” Who was Bilal to Abu Bakr? One was a slave and one came from an elite household. The love between them was divine. Bound by nothing but faith. I pray we gain this sort of love for one another and put all forms of this racism and status that plague us behind us. I pray we all achieve this level of love our Sahaba had and that we’re able to feel an