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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The Mawaddah Association is pleased

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to present to you

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portraits from the lives of the Companions,

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by Abd al-Rahman

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Ra'fat al-Basha,

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may Allah have mercy upon him.

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Tamim al-Dari,

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may Allah be pleased with him.

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The Lakhm tribe of Qahtan migrated

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from the lands of blessed Yemen

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after the destruction of the Ma'rib Dam,

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and settled in the Levant.

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A group of them settled

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in Ramla and the Golan Heights,

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while another group descended

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upon Jerusalem.

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For a time, it was called Bayt Lahm,

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then people corrupted the name,

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calling it Bethlehem.

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The Lakhmids established contact

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with their Roman neighbors,

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and some of them embraced Christianity,

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while others remained

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worshipping Jupiter,

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and making pilgrimage to an idol called

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al-Uqaysir, which was erected on

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the outskirts of the Levant.

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Tamim ibn Aws ibn Kharijah

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al-Dari al-Lakhmi was,

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when he embraced Christianity,

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so deeply immersed in it that

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he became the monk of Bethlehem.

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One day,

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Tamim al-Dari had

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an errand in a neighboring village,

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so he stood up, took his black

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cloak, and put it on,

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tightened his belt around his waist,

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let its ends hang by his side,

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and donned the necklace

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from which hung

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his silver cross.

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Then he put on his small cap,

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and set his face toward the village.

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“When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set.” (6:76)

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A matter occurred to him

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that he would not forget for the rest of his life.

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Let us leave Tamim

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al-Dari to speak,

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to tell us his exciting story.

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Tamim al-Dari said:

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"I was residing in the Levant

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when the Prophet,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was sent.

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I went out to the neighboring places

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to attend to some of my needs,

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when night overtook me

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at a deep, dark valley.

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Awe seized me,

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and fear crept into my soul.

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I remembered what the Arabs

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used to say about seeking refuge

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with the jinn in such

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situations.

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So I called out, 'I am under the protection of the

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master of this valley tonight.'

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Then I took to my resting place

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to sleep,

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when suddenly a caller called out,

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whom I could not see, saying:

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'Seek refuge with Allah, O man,

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and seek protection with Him,

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for the jinn do not protect anyone against Allah.'

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I said to the voice,

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'I adjure you by Allah,

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are you telling the truth?'

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He replied:

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'The Messenger of the unlettered has emerged,

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so we have believed and followed him.

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The guile of the jinn has been thwarted,

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and they have been pelted with shooting stars.

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So go to the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds,

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and embrace Islam.'"

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Tamim al-Dari said:

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"My soul calmed down a little,

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and I spent my night recalling

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what the voice had said,

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and pondering it.

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I began to remember what I used to read

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in the Torah and the Gospel

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about the appearance of a new prophet."

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Tamim said:

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"When morning came, I went to the monastery of Job,

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where there was

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an elderly monk

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whose knowledge and understanding I trusted.

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I told him the news,

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and asked him about it. He said:

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'The voice told you the truth,

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for this Prophet is emerging from the land of Makkah,

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and he is the best of the prophets.

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Hasten to him,

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and let no one precede you

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to him if you are able.'"

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Tamim al-Dari cast off

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his monastic garments,

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and accompanied a brother of his named Hind.

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They began to traverse

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the road between Bethlehem

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and Medina,

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to meet the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and announce

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their Islam before him,

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and reside in his proximity.

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When the two brothers reached Medina,

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they made their mounts kneel

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near the mosque,

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and approached the Messenger of Allah,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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The two brothers greeted him

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with the greeting of Islam,

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and announced before him the word of monotheism,

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and entered the religion of Allah.

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Then,

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Tamim said to the Prophet, peace and blessings of

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Allah be upon him:

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"Allah will manifest your religion, O Messenger of Allah,

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and spread your banner

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across the horizons.

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I have left behind

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my family and my homeland,

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and I have come to devote myself to Allah

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and His Messenger.

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So grant me my village,

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Jabrin, if Allah grants victory

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to the Muslims,

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and they possess Jerusalem."

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He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

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"It is yours."

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Tamim said: "Write for me

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a document for that, O Messenger of Allah."

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So the Prophet,

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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wrote

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a document for him to that effect.

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Then the days passed,

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and the armies of the Muslims began

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to spread in the vast land of Allah,

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east and west.

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The fortresses of polytheism began

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to crumble under the hooves

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of the best of believers, fortress after fortress.

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The glad tidings of conquest

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followed one another to the city of

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the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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and no sooner would one

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piece of good news arrive than another would follow,

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until it was

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the year fifteen of the Hijrah,

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when the bearer of good news came

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to the Commander of the Faithful, Umar ibn al-Khattab,

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from his commander, Amr ibn al-As,

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bringing him the news

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of the surrender of Jerusalem,

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and informing him of the insistence

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of its people that the

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Caliph of the Muslims, Umar ibn al-Khattab,

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be the one to conclude the peace treaty for them,

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and inviting him to travel

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to the first of the two Qiblahs,

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in the two sanctuaries.

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So the Faruq, may Allah be pleased with

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him, set out for the liberated land of Palestine,

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and personally concluded

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the peace treaty for its people.

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The banners of Islam were raised

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over the hills of Jerusalem,

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and the sounds of the Adhan echoed

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throughout the Golan,

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where the Lakhm tribe resided.

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Here, the youth of Lakhm,

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Tamim al-Dari, stood before Umar ibn al-Khattab

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and said:

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"O Commander of the Faithful,

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this is Jerusalem, which Allah has conquered

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for the Muslims,

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and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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gifted me my village,

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Jabrin.

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So fulfill for me what

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the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gifted me."

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One of the

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Companions stood up and said:

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"And who bears witness to that for you?"

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Umar ibn al-Khattab said:

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"I bear witness to that."

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And the Faruq fulfilled

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the gift of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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to Tamim al-Dari.

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Tamim al-Dari remained devoted

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ever since he embraced Islam

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to the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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and he would hardly

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ever leave it.

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He dedicated himself to the word of Allah,

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reciting it through the hours of the night

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and the edges of the day,

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until he would complete the entire Qur'an

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once every seven days.

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He committed his entire self

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to the service of the Book of Allah,

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being one of the four

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who had compiled the Qur'an during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

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Tamim al-Dari experienced

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the joy of worship,

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and thereafter, he would not trade it

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for any worldly pleasure.

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He tasted the sweetness

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of the night vigil (tahajjud),

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and he turned toward it with his body

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and his soul, committing himself to it

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with the utmost dedication.

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When the night would fall

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and people would lay their sides down to rest,

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he would rise from his sleep,

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perform his ablution perfectly,

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and reach for a garment of his

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that he had purchased for a thousand dirhams.

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He would wrap himself in it,

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adorning himself completely

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and perfectly to stand before

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the King of kings,

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seeking to draw near to Him in private,

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away from the people.

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He would then spend his entire night

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in prayer, reciting the verses

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of the Qur'an.

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Whenever he passed by a verse

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mentioning Paradise, he would yearn

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truly to reach it,

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and when he passed by another

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mentioning the Fire,

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he would let out a sigh as if the flames

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of Hell were within his very chest.

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One night, he recited the words of the Almighty:

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"Or do

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those who commit

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evil deeds think that We will make

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them like those

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who have believed and done

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righteous deeds, [so that]

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their life

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and their death

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would be

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equal? How evil

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is their judgment!"

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A trembling seized him

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out of awe of Allah,

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and he was overcome by dread

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from the fear of His punishment.

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He continued to pray with this

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verse from the time of Isha until the dawn broke.

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Every time he repeated it,

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his weeping intensified

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in anguish at the terror of that Great Day.

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Once, sleep overcame

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Tamim,

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and he did not rise for the night vigil,

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so he punished himself

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by standing in prayer for a full year

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without sleeping.

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Tamim al-Dari remained

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a resident of the city of the Messenger of Allah,

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peace be upon him,

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until the martyrdom of

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Dhu al-Nurayn, Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him.

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He then left the city,

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sorrowful and grieving for the Caliph

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of the Muslims,

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the companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

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He returned to

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his homeland to meet his end

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in his village in the Levant.

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May Allah be pleased

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with Tamim al-Dari,

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the devout worshipper,

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buried in the Golan region.

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May Allah grant him light

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in his grave and settle him

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in the highest gardens of Paradise.

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Tamim al-Dari was

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one of the four

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who collected the Qur'an during the

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time of the Messenger of Allah,

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peace be upon him.

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Muhammad,

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and with his companions, he

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built the lofty structure.

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O seeker,

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assist me, and let me pour forth

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in their praise; shall we

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continue?