better than others in piety and asceticism. As a motivation, let’s listen to a blessed Hadees in this context:

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْـهُمَا narrated: The Beloved Rasool    صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم sent an army and appointed Sayyiduna Usamah Bin Zayd     رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ as their commander. Some people objected to his commandership. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: If you are objecting to his commandership, [it means] you also used to object to his father’s commandership. By Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! He [i.e. his father] deserved being made the commander and was dearest to me among people. And after him [i.e. after his father], he is also dearest to me among people. (Sahih Bukhari, Hadees 4469)

Commenting on the above-mentioned blessed Hadees, a renowned commentator, a great thinker of Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi    رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, in his lifetime, appointed Sayyiduna Usamah Ibn Zayd رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ commander of the army many times. Near his apparent demise, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم also made him the commander of an army which is called ‘Sarya-e-Usamah’. This incident occurred when he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was made commander for the first time, or people may have objected to his commandership each time. Those who objected were hypocrites and the Arab Bedouins. They used to object to    the leadership of Sayyiduna Zayd رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ and Sayyiduna Usamah Ibn Zayd رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ for the reason that these blessed individuals were slave and the people of Arab did not use to make any slave to be their leader.

Further, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه added: Islam considers discrimination between a slave and a free person wrong because whether Muslims are slaves or free, they all are equal. Dignity lies in piety. By doing so, the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم removed this difference. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 8, pp. 465)

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