Stop and learn about the companions, scholars and notables A new challenge from me I am a companion of the Ansar I converted to Islam before the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, arrived in Medina Then she pledged allegiance to him when he arrived there I was always in the desert, tending to my spoils So he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, gave me the choice to pledge allegiance to me with the pledge of allegiance to the Bedouins or the pledge of allegiance to the immigrants So I said, “Rather, the pledge of allegiance to the immigrants.” Then I went out to take care of my spoils I was with 12 men who had converted to Islam, and we were staying far from the city Let us graze our sheep in its valleys So we said, “Let one of us go to the city every day.” And let him leave his sheep to us, so we can take care of them for him If he returns, we will learn from them So I told them to go to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace And I will remain here, tending your sheep with my spoils I was very careful about her In the morning, my friends go to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace I tend to sheep Until I corrected myself and said Woe to you for the sake of spoils that neither fatten nor enrich You miss out on the company of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace And he took the Qur’an from him while he was there Then I abandoned my spoils and went to the city To stay in the mosque next to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace I committed to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace He often pushed me behind him on the horse Until I became aware of the Prophet's rump, may God bless him and grant him peace And at one time I was holding the reins of the mule of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace He is riding on it We're walking around town He told me not to ride So I urged the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, to ride in his place So Ali repeated it three times I understood that I should say no But I feared that this would be a sin So I said yes So he got down and his knee fell down The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, rode Then he told me Shall I not teach you two surahs the likes of which have never been seen? I said, “Yes, O Messenger of God.” So read to me Say I seek refuge in the Lord of creation And say, I seek refuge in the Lord of people Then the prayer was held So he, may God bless him and grant him peace, came forward He prayed with them Then he told me Read them every time you sleep and wake up Because of my closeness to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace I took the Qur’an from him Until I became one of the reciters And I had a good voice with it The Commander of the Faithful, Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, often visited He asks me to show him something from the Qur’an When I read it, he would cry, may God be pleased with him And when death came to me I gathered my children and instructed them and said: My son I forbid you to do three things Do not accept hadiths from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, except from those who trust him And do not borrow, even if you wear the cloak And do not write poetry So they get distracted from the Qur’an Who am I?