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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted.
A new challenge: Who am I?
I am one of the younger Companions.
My father is the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
He is known as "the possessor of two wings," the flyer.
I was born in the land of Abyssinia.
I was the first child born into Islam there.
And I am the last of the Banu Hashim to have seen the Prophet, peace be upon him.
My father was martyred on the day of Mu'tah.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to my mother.
He broke the news of my father's death to her.
I watched him as he stroked my head.
His eyes were shedding tears.
Then he came to us after three nights.
He said, "Do not weep for my brother after today."
Then he said, "Bring me my brother's sons."
We were brought to him, looking like little chicks.
He said, "Call the barber for me."
He commanded him, and he shaved our heads.
Then he pointed to me and said:
"As for this one,
he resembles my physical appearance and my character."
Our mother came,
and she mentioned our orphanhood.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to her:
"Do you fear poverty for them?
I am their guardian in this world and the Hereafter."
Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, took us into his care.
I grew up in his lap.
Then I wanted to pledge allegiance to him when I was seven years old.
When he saw me, he smiled.
He stretched out his hand and accepted my pledge.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, let me ride
behind him one day.
He entered an orchard where there was a camel.
When the camel saw the Prophet, peace be upon him,
it moaned and its eyes shed tears.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, went to it.
He wiped its hump and behind its ears.
It became quiet.
He asked, "Whose camel is this?"
A young man from the Ansar said:
"It is mine, O Messenger of Allah."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
"Do you not fear Allah regarding this beast that Allah has placed in your possession?
For it has complained to me
that you starve it and tire it out."
They used to call me the "Sea of Generosity."
There was no one in Islam more generous than I.
I would give abundant, great gifts,
yet I considered them little.
I once gave two million in charity.
I once gave a man sixty thousand.
And once I gave a man four thousand dinars.
It was said to me that a man had brought sugar to Medina,
but it did not sell, and no one would buy it.
I ordered my servant to buy it and give it away to the people.
Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, used to greet me by saying:
"Peace be upon you, O son of the possessor of two wings."
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The best of generations in their stances and examples.
They followed the Messenger whether he strove or spoke.
They were here, watering our lives like rain clouds.
They passed away, yet their memory remains exalted among us.
They departed and left a question in our conscience:
"Has a star like them ever risen and shone?"
They filled life with pride through their deeds,
and the world of humanity flourished because of them.