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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 Ansar of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
I embraced Islam before the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered Medina.
I lived in Islam for only a short time.
I was killed at the Battle of Badr.
The first of Islam’s immortal battles.
On the seventeenth day of Ramadan.
In the second year of the Hijra.
News reached the Prophet, peace be upon him.
That a caravan of the Quraysh was coming from the Levant.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his Companions:
"Whoever has his mount ready,
let him ride with us."
Some men began asking his permission to go fetch their mounts
from the outskirts of Medina.
But he said, "No,
only those whose mounts are ready."
So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, set out,
and we set out with him,
until we reached Badr before the polytheists.
Then the polytheists arrived,
and the two ranks met without a prior appointment.
The two camps prepared for battle,
and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
"By Him in Whose hand is my soul,
no man shall fight them today
and be killed while remaining steadfast, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating,
but that Allah will admit him to Paradise."
"Rise to a Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth."
I asked, "O Messenger of Allah,
“And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil);” (3:133)
is it as wide as the heavens and the earth?" He said, "Yes."
I exclaimed, "Bakh, bakh!" (an expression of wonder and joy).
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked:
"What prompted you to say 'bakh, bakh'?"
I replied, "Nothing, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah,
except the hope that I might be among its people."
He, peace be upon him, said:
"You are indeed among its people."
I then took out some dates I had with me
and began to eat them.
Then I said,
"If I were to live until I finished eating these dates of mine,
that would be a long life."
So I threw them away,
and I began to fight, saying:
"Rushing to Allah with no provision,
save for piety and righteous deeds,
and patience in the cause of Allah through jihad.
Every provision is subject to depletion,
except for piety, righteousness, and true guidance."
I then fought the polytheists until I was killed.
I was the first martyr among the Ansar to be killed in Islam.
So, who am I?