He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ made rivers of mercy and affection flow for those of the Ṣaḥābaĥ (companions عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَان of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) who were suffering lives of oppression after they had embraced Islam. He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ obtained the title of ‘Ṣāḥib-e-Taqwā’ (a person possessing great fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ) from the court of the Almighty Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ and he was also praised and commended by the Guide to the Path of Salvation, the Master of Madīnaĥ, the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم because he would spend his wealth for the service of the Dīn of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and in the love of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.
It is stated
on page 509 of volume 28 of Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ that the Leader of the Believers,
Sayyidunā Ṣiddīq Al-Akbar
رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ bought seven slaves and then freed them.
All of these slaves had been oppressed in the path of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. The following verse was revealed about
him:
وَ سَیُجَنَّبُہَا الۡاَتۡقَی ﴿ۙ۱۷﴾
But
the most pious
one shall be kept far away from it [the hellfire].
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 30, Sūraĥ Laīl, Verse 17)
On page 512 it is written with reference to Imām Fakhruddīn Rāzī رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ that there is an Ijmā’ [consensus] of all of the Sunnī Mufassirīn [commentators on the Qurān] that the word