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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.
A new challenge: Who am I?
I am one of the Companions.
I am one of the leaders of the Ansar.
I met Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr, may Allah be pleased with him,
when he first arrived in Medina.
I heard the Qur'an from him,
and the love of Islam entered my heart.
I embraced Islam immediately,
even before the conversion of Usayd ibn Hudayr
and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, may Allah be pleased with them both.
I never ceased reciting the Qur'an at any moment,
to the point that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
heard my recitation one day while I was in the mosque.
He recognized my voice,
so he prayed for me and said,
"O Allah, forgive him."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, appointed me
to distribute the spoils of the Battle of Hunayn,
just as he appointed me as the commander of his guard
during the Battle of Tabuk.
I visited the Prophet, peace be upon him,
one night in the deep darkness,
accompanied by Usayd ibn Hudayr, may Allah be pleased with him.
When we stood up to leave,
my staff lit up with a light like a lamp,
a miracle from Allah for us,
and by it, we could see the path.
When we parted ways,
the staff of each of us lit up,
and he could see his way until he reached his home.
I witnessed all the battles with the Prophet, peace be upon him,
and despite my intense love for the Qur'an,
I was one of the renowned brave warriors.
During the Battle of Dhat al-Riqa',
we inflicted losses upon the enemy,
and the wife of one of their men was taken captive.
Her husband vowed to pursue us
and not return until he had shed the blood of the Muslims
or rescued his wife.
He caught up with us,
and when night fell,
we stopped to rest in a mountain pass.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
"Who will stand guard for us tonight?"
So I stood up, along with 'Ammar ibn Yasir,
may Allah be pleased with him,
and we said, "We will, O Messenger of Allah."
He, peace be upon him, said,
"Very well."
I said to my brother 'Ammar,
as we stood at the mouth of the pass,
"Which part of the night would you like to sleep in?
The first or the last?"
He replied, "I will sleep in the first part."
So he went a short distance away from me and slept,
while I went to stand guard.
While I was in the stillness of the night,
amidst the pitch-black darkness,
my soul longed for prayer and the recitation of the Qur'an.
I stood up, pronounced the takbir,
and began reciting Surah al-Kahf.
The man came and stood at the bottom of the valley,
and seeing me from afar standing in my place,
he shot an arrow at me, which struck me.
I pulled the arrow out and cast it aside,
and continued my recitation.
He shot a second arrow at me,
so I pulled it out and continued my prayer.
Then he shot a third arrow at me,
and I pulled it out.
However, I remembered my duty to guard the Muslims,
and I feared that the enemy might approach from my side,
so I pronounced the takbir, bowed, and prostrated.
Then I went to 'Ammar and woke him up.
When the polytheist saw us,
he fled, having fulfilled his vow.
When 'Ammar saw me,
with blood streaming from me,
he said to me, "Why did you not wake me up the moment he shot you?"
I replied, "I was in the middle of a Surah I was reciting,
and I did not want to interrupt it
until I had finished it.
By Allah, were it not for my fear of neglecting a post
that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
had entrusted me to guard, I would have preferred death to interrupting it."
I participated in the wars against the apostates after the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
and I fought valiantly on the day of Yamama.
On the night before the battle, I saw in my dream as if the sky had opened for me,
and I entered it, then it closed behind me.
I said to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, "By Allah, this is martyrdom."
When the day broke and the fighting began,
I saw the Muslim ranks wavering before the army of Musaylima the Liar.
I climbed a high piece of ground and began to shout,
"O Ansar, distinguish yourselves from the people and break the sheaths of your swords!
Do not let Islam be attacked from your direction."
I kept repeating that call until about four hundred of them gathered around me,
led by Thabit ibn Qays, al-Bara' ibn Malik, and Abu Dujana,
the bearer of the sword of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
We advanced with all our might toward Musaylima and those with him,
until we drove them into the Garden of Death,
where their fate was sealed.
As for me, I sustained wounds to my face and the front of my body,
until I fell as a martyr, advancing and not retreating.
So, who am I?
We will pin the correct answer in the comments
when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.