[2] In 614 the Quraysh began a deliberate strategy of persecuting the Muslims of the lower classes in an attempt to make them abandon their faith.
[1] Umar was the member of the Adi clan who tortured Lubaynah.
[2] One day Abu Bakr passed by while Umar was in the act of punishing Lubaynah.
"[1][2] Abu Bakr then stepped in, bought Lubaynah from Umar and manumitted her.
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