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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr was afflicted,

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he who was the brother of the Caliph 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr,

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with a disease in his leg.

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Physicians were gathered for him from every place

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to treat him for this ailment

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that had struck his leg.

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The physicians concluded,

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having decided that his leg must be amputated.

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History describes for us this procedure,

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which took place 1300 years ago,

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when they offered him wine to intoxicate him

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so that he would not feel the pain of the amputation.

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He refused and said,

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"I will not seek help against the decree of Allah through an act of disobedience to Allah."

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They then wanted him to drink an anesthetic,

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meaning a sedative,

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but he said, "No."

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"I do not wish to lose a part of my body

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while I am not feeling a pain that I can count as a reward with Allah."

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They asked,

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"How will you endure the amputation while you are awake and conscious?"

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He replied to them,

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"I will immerse myself in the remembrance of Allah.

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When you see that I have become absorbed in that remembrance,

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then do as you must."

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He began to remember Allah with his tongue, his heart, and his limbs,

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and he was drowned in the ecstasy of that remembrance.

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When they saw that he was absorbed in the remembrance,

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the procedure began.

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They cut the flesh with a knife heated by fire,

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and when they reached the bone, they sawed through it.

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All the while, he was proclaiming the oneness and greatness of Allah,

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and sweat poured from him.

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Then they brought oil

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and cauterized the wound with it, at which point he fainted.

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When he regained consciousness,

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he took his leg,

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which had become a piece of flesh and bone,

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and he began to kiss it, saying,

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"By the One who carried me upon you,

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He knows that I never walked with you toward any act of disobedience."

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While he was in this state of profound trial,

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a voice called out

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that his son Muhammad had been kicked by a horse and had fallen,

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and had died instantly.

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Thus, calamities gather together;

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only moments ago his leg was amputated,

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and now he is being told of the death of his son, the apple of his eye.

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What are these calamities?

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Yet 'Urwah ibn al-Zubayr said, seeking reward from Allah,

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"O Allah, if You have taken one limb,

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You have left others;

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and if You have taken one son,

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You have left other children.

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To You belongs all praise for what You have given and what You have taken."

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Before this great lesson in patience,

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there is a call for patience and contentment,

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despite what befalls the Ummah

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of trials, tribulations, aggression,

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occupation, annihilation, and the violation of sacred things.

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So have patience, O my Ummah,

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for you are upon the truth.