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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

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Mawaddah Association

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presents:

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The Ten Promised Paradise —

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Talhah Ibn 'Ubaydillah,

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may Allah be pleased with him.

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Loving the Companions and the Prophet’s kin is an established Sunnah,

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with which I hope to meet my Lord as long as He grants me life.

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Loving the Companions and the Prophet’s kin...

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People gathered as usual in the marketplace of Busra,

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buying and selling,

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while caravans arrived to them from every direction.

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While they were thus engaged,

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a monk suddenly emerged from his hermitage

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and called out:

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"Ask the people of this market season:

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is there anyone among them from the people of the Sacred Precinct (the Haram)?"

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Talhah Ibn 'Ubaydillah said:

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"I was near him,

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so I said: 'Yes,

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I am from the people of the Haram.'"

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The monk said to him:

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"Has Ahmad appeared among you?"

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Talhah asked: "And who is Ahmad?"

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He replied:

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"The son of 'Abdullah, son of 'Abd al-Muttalib.

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This is the month in which he is to appear,

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and he is the final Prophet.

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His emergence shall be from the Haram,

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and his migration will be to a land of date palms, volcanic tracts, and salt flats.

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So beware of letting anyone precede you to him."

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Talhah Ibn 'Ubaydillah said:

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"What he said struck deep into my heart,

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so I departed swiftly until I reached Mecca.

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I asked:

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'Has anything new occurred?'

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They said: 'Yes,

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Muhammad Ibn 'Abdillah, the Trustworthy,

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has claimed prophethood,

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and Ibn Abi Quhafah has followed him.'"

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He said:

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"So I set out until I entered upon Abu Bakr,

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and I asked:

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'Have you truly followed this man?'

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He said: 'Yes.'"

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Talhah then informed him of what the monk had said.

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Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took Talhah

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

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Talhah embraced Islam,

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and he informed the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)

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of what the monk had said,

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and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was deeply delighted

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with that.

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When Quraysh learned of the Islam of Abu Bakr and Talhah,

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they set upon them Nawfal Ibn Khuwaylid Ibn al-'Adawiyyah,

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who was called the "Lion of Quraysh."

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He seized them both, bound them together with a single rope,

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and handed them over to the foolish ruffians of Quraysh.

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For this reason, Abu Bakr and Talhah were called "the Two Bound Comrades" (al-Qarinayn).

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Talhah suffered immense harm from the polytheists because of his Islam,

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and his own mother took part with them in torturing him

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so that he might renounce his religion,

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yet he stood like a mountain in his firmness and steadfastness.

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Reports have indeed come down

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that while people were circumambulating between al-Safa and al-Marwah,

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they saw a large crowd following a young man

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whose hands were bound to his neck,

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while the people were insulting and beating him.

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They asked, "What is his story?"

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They replied, "This is Talhah Ibn 'Ubaydillah; he has renounced his ancestral religion."

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Then they saw a woman behind him shouting angrily and cursing him,

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so they asked, "And who is this?"

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They said, "This is his mother,

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al-Sa'bah bint al-Hadrami."

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Such was the conversion of the hero of our story:

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Talhah Ibn 'Ubaydillah Ibn 'Uthman al-Qurashi al-Taymi,

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Abu Muhammad.

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And such was his steadfastness,

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until he became one of the foremost pioneers in Islam,

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one of the Ten Promised Paradise

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

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and one of those with whom the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) passed away

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while being completely pleased with them,

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and one of the six members of the consultative council (Shura)

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whom 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) chose to select the Caliph after him.

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Talhah was born

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twenty-eight years before the Hijrah.

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His mother was al-Sa'bah bint al-Hadrami,

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the sister of the noble Companion

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al-'Ala' Ibn al-Hadrami, may Allah be pleased with him.

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She later accepted Islam and migrated, may Allah be pleased with her.

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Talhah married four women,

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each of whom had a sister who was a wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him:

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He married Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq,

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the sister of the truthful lady 'A'ishah bint Abi Bakr;

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he married Hamnah bint Jahsh,

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the sister of Zaynab bint Jahsh;

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he married Fari'ah bint Abi Sufyan,

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the sister of Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan;

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and he married Ruqayyah bint Abi Umayyah,

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the sister of Umm Salamah,

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Hind bint Abi Umayyah —

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may Allah be pleased with them all.

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He had eleven sons and four daughters,

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and he used to name his sons after the Prophets.

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His sons were: Muhammad,

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who was his eldest son

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and was nicknamed "al-Sajjad" (the Constant Prostrator) due to his abundant worship,

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and he was a Companion

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who lived during the time of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him;

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and among his sons were also:

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'Imran, Musa, Ya'qub,

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Isma'il, Ishaq,

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Zakariyya, Yusuf,

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Yahya, 'Isa, and Salih.

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His daughters were:

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'A'ishah, Umm Ishaq,

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Fatimah, and Maryam.

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Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) was

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a man of brown complexion,

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with thick hair,

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of medium build leaning towards shorter stature,

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handsome of face,

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broad-chested,

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wide between the shoulders,

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with large feet;

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when he walked, he walked briskly,

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and when he turned, he turned with his whole body.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said of him:

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"Whoever wishes to look upon a living martyr walking upon the earth,

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let him look at Talhah Ibn 'Ubaydillah."

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When the word of Allah was revealed: ﴾Among the believers are men true to what they pledged to Allah...﴿,

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the Companions wanted to know who had fulfilled his vow.

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They did not dare to ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) directly,

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out of deep reverence and awe of him.

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So they said to a bedouin:

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"Ask him about the one who has fulfilled his vow."

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The bedouin asked him,

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but the Prophet (peace be upon him) turned away from him.

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He asked him a second time,

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and he turned away from him again.

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Then he asked him a third time,

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and he turned away from him once more.

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When the Prophet (peace be upon him) stepped out of the mosque,

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he saw Talhah Ibn 'Ubaydillah, may Allah be pleased with him,

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and said:

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"Where is the one who asked about the one who fulfilled his vow?"

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The bedouin said:

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"Here I am, O Messenger of Allah."

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He said:

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"This is one of those who fulfilled his vow,"

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pointing to Talhah, may Allah be pleased with him.

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Allah bestowed abundant wealth upon Talhah,

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so that he became one of the wealthiest and most affluent men.

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He was called "Talhah of Goodness" (Talhat al-Khayr),

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"Talhah of Generosity" (Talhat al-Jud),

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and "Talhah of the Overflowing Bounty" (Talhat al-Fayyad),

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because of his immense spending and extraordinary magnanimity.

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He had an outstretched hand in doing good and giving freely to the needy,

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and extraordinary accounts were related concerning his benevolence.

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Among them:

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On one occasion, wealth arrived to him from Hadramawt

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amounting to seven hundred thousand dirhams,

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and he spent his night tossing and turning restlessly.

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His wife, Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, said to him:

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"What is the matter with you, may Allah have mercy on you?"

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He said:

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"I have been thinking all night,

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saying to myself:

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'What can a man think of his Lord when he spends the night with such wealth in his house?'"

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She said:

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"Why not share it with your close friends?

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When morning comes,

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call for large bowls and platters,

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and distribute it among them."

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He said to her:

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"May Allah have mercy on you!

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You are truly divinely guided, the daughter of a divinely guided man."

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When morning came,

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he distributed it entirely among the Emigrants (Muhajirun) and the Ansar.

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A man once came to him and appealed to him on account of the kinship between them.

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Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him:

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"This is an orchard of mine in such-and-such a place —

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that is, my garden —

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and I have been offered three hundred thousand dirhams for it.

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If you wish, take the money,

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and if you wish, take the orchard."

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So the man took the money, the full value of the orchard.

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He (may Allah be pleased with him)

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never left any destitute member of Banu Taym without providing for his needs,

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nor any debtor without paying off his debt,

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nor any bachelor without arranging his marriage.

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'Ubaydullah Ibn Ma'mar

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and 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amir Ibn Kurayz owed

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a debt amounting to eighty thousand dirhams,

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so Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) paid it off on their behalf,

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and he also paid off thirty thousand dirhams for another of his cousins.

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He used to send ten thousand dirhams every year to the Mother of the Believers, 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her.

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It used to be said:

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"The most generous of the Arabs in Islam

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is Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him)."

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Yet despite all this giving and spending,

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he would humbly say:

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"We feel the same attachment to our wealth as the miserly do,

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but we force ourselves to be patient and part with it."

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When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

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and his companion Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) migrated to Medina,

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Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah was away in the Levant on business.

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On his way back to Mecca,

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he met the Prophet (peace be upon him) and Abu Bakr

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while they were on their journey of migration,

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and he clothed them both in garments from the Levant.

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He then returned to Mecca,

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settled people's financial trusts and dues,

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and then took the family of Abu Bakr

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and set out with them, migrating to Medina.

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One day, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) passed by a water well called Baysan,

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so he asked about it.

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He was told, "Its name is Baysan,

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and its water is salty and bitter."

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:

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"Rather, it is Nu'man,

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and it is sweet and wholesome."

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So the Messenger of Allah changed its name,

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and Allah changed the nature of the water.

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Thereupon, Talhah ibn 'Ubaydullah bought it and gave it away in charity.

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He then came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and informed him of it,

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so the Messenger of Allah said:

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"You, O Talhah, are truly an overflowing fountain of generosity (Fayyad)!"

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For this reason, he was nicknamed "Talhah the Fayyad" (the Boundlessly Generous),

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may Allah be pleased with him and make him well-pleased.