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Stop.

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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted among them.

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A new challenge: Who am I?

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I am one of the Companions from the Muhajirun and one of the first to embrace Islam.

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I am ten years older than the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

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I held a position of great status with him, peace be upon him.

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I migrated to Medina.

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, appointed me as the leader of sixty riders from the Muhajirun.

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He bestowed upon me a banner.

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It was the first banner ever raised in Islam.

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We encountered two hundred men from Quraysh.

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Led by Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb.

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At the mountain pass of al-Mirah.

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We exchanged arrows without engaging in sword combat.

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That was the first military engagement to take place in Islam.

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Then I participated in the Battle of Badr.

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At the beginning of the battle, Utbah Ibn Rabi'ah stepped forward.

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Followed by his son al-Walid and his brother Shaybah.

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Utbah called out, saying, "Who will duel?"

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Some young men from the Ansar went out to face him.

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He asked, "Who are you?"

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They replied, "We are from the Ansar."

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He said, "We have no need of you."

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"We only seek our cousins."

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:

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"Rise, Hamzah."

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"Rise, Ali."

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And he gestured to me and said, "Rise."

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Hamzah approached Utbah and killed him.

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Ali approached al-Walid and killed him.

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As for me,

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I dueled Shaybah Ibn Rabi'ah.

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We exchanged blows for a while.

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Then each of us struck the other.

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Shaybah struck me in my leg.

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I fell to the ground.

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Hamzah and Ali rushed at Shaybah and killed him.

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They carried me to the Muslim camp at al-Yaramraq.

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I then passed away at al-Safra'.

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And there I was buried.

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During the last ten days of Ramadan.

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So, who am I?

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The best of generations in their stances and examples.

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They followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke.

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They were here, watering our lives like clouds.

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They passed away, yet their memory remains exalted among us.

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They departed and left a question in the conscience:

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Is there any star like them that has risen and shone?

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They filled life with glories through their deeds.

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And the world of the Ummah flourished because of them.