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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the noble figures.
Solve this riddle: Who am I?
I am one of the Companions from the Ansar.
I am the master of the Qur'an reciters and the experts in the laws of inheritance.
I am the mufti of Medina.
I embraced Islam as soon as the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived in Medina.
I was eleven years old at the time.
My people from the Banu al-Najjar brought me to the Prophet, peace be upon him.
They said to him:
"This boy has memorized seventeen surahs of the Qur'an."
"Listen to him."
He listened to me and was pleased with my recitation.
Then he said to me:
"Learn the writing of the Jews for me."
"For I do not trust them with my writing."
So I learned the Jewish language.
I mastered it in reading and writing.
In fifteen days.
Then he said to me:
"Learn Syriac."
So I learned it in seventeen days.
This impressed the Prophet, peace be upon him.
Thereafter, I came to be called:
The translator for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
I learned the laws of inheritance.
To the point that the Prophet, peace be upon him, testified for me:
That I am the most knowledgeable of this Ummah regarding the laws of inheritance.
During the Wars of Apostasy after the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
And after a group of the people of the Qur'an were killed in the Battle of Yamama,
Umar Ibn al-Khattab came to the Caliph of the Muslims, Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with them both.
He suggested to him that the Qur'an be compiled.
Before death could overtake the remaining reciters.
This weighed heavily upon Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him.
He sought guidance from his Lord.
And he consulted the Companions.
Then, when he resolved to compile the Qur'an,
He summoned me and said:
"You are a young, intelligent man."
"We do not suspect you of anything."
"You used to write the revelation for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."
"So, track down the Qur'an and compile it."
I said:
"How can you do something that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, did not do?"
He replied:
"By Allah, it is a good deed."
Abu Bakr continued to urge me,
Until Allah opened my heart to it.
By Allah, if they had tasked me with moving a mountain from its place,
It would have been easier for me than what they ordered me to do.
So I began tracking down its verses from parchment, shoulder blades, and the hearts of men.
Until I completed the task.
After the expansion of the Islamic conquests during the era of the Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him,
And the people differed in their recitations,
The Caliph ordered me to compile the Qur'an once more into a single recitation.
It was the final recitation that I heard from the Prophet, peace be upon him,
During the final review with Gabriel, peace be upon him.
So I did.
And I attained the honor of compiling it once again.
So, who am I?
I will provide the correct answer in the comments.
When the next episode is released, if Allah wills.
The best of generations in their stance and example.
They followed the Messenger in all he strove for or said.
They were here, watering our lives like rain clouds.
They have departed, yet their memory remains exalted among us.
They left and cast a question into the conscience.
Is there a star like them that has risen and shone?
They filled life with pride through their deeds.
And the world of mankind flourished in their grace.