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Learn about the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted among them.
Here is a serious challenge: who am I?
I am the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
I am his foster brother.
I was his close companion before his mission began.
I was among those who resembled him most in appearance.
However, when the Prophet, peace be upon him,
was sent with the message,
and called his people to Islam,
I hated him and showed him hostility.
I satirized him and his companions with my poetry.
When the Prophet, peace be upon him, migrated
to Medina,
I did not miss any of the battles
that Quraysh waged against the Muslims.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, was angry with me,
and ordered my execution.
I remained in Mecca until the Conquest took place.
I realized then that there was no escape for me but to embrace Islam,
and place my hand in the hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
So I went out to him before he reached Mecca with his army,
accompanied by my son and a man from our kin.
We met the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
at Thaniyat al-Iqab,
between Mecca and Medina.
We sought permission to enter upon him,
and Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, spoke to him on our behalf.
He, peace be upon him, said:
"I have no need of them."
When we learned of that,
I said:
"By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, will either grant me permission,
or I will take my son by the hand,
and we will wander the earth
until we die of thirst or hunger."
When this reached the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
his heart softened toward us, and he granted us permission.
We entered upon him and embraced Islam.
From the very first moments of my Islam,
I set out to make up for the goodness I had missed.
I became a worshiper, a prostrator, and a warrior.
I went out with the Messenger, peace be upon him, in the Conquest of Mecca,
and the battles that followed.
On the day of Hunayn,
I was among those who stood firm with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
I was with him and did not leave his side for a moment.
I held the bridle of the Prophet’s mule with my left hand,
and wielded my sword against the throats of the polytheists with my right.
until the Muslims returned to the battlefield,
surrounding their Prophet, peace be upon him,
and Allah decreed for them a clear victory.
When the dust of battle settled,
the Messenger, peace be upon him, turned to me and said:
"Who is this, my brother?"
No sooner had I heard the word "my brother" from him, peace be upon him,
than my heart soared with joy.
I threw myself at his feet, kissing them.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, praised me,
and testified that I would enter Paradise.
He gave me the glad tidings that I would be the master of the youth of the people of Paradise.
So, who am I?
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The best of generations in their stances and examples.
They followed the Messenger in his striving and his speech.
They were here, watering the clouds of our lives.
They passed on, yet their memory remains exalted among us.
They departed, leaving a question in our conscience:
Is there any star like them that has risen and shone?
They filled life with glorious deeds,
and the world of the noble flourished because of them.