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Pause and reflect upon the Companions, the scholars, and the eminent figures of our history.

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Here is a new challenge: Who am I?

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I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, from the Ansar.

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I am a leader among the leaders of the Banu Salama tribe of the Khazraj.

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I am known as one of the archers.

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, designated me as the leader of my people.

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He once asked, "Who is your leader, O Banu Salama?"

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They replied, "Al-Jadd ibn Qays, though we consider him stingy."

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, responded, "And what disease is more grievous than stinginess?"

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"Rather, your leader is the white-complexioned youth," and he pointed to me.

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I witnessed the Second Pledge of al-Aqaba alongside my father.

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My father was one of the twelve leaders present at that pledge.

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I participated with the Prophet, peace be upon him, in Badr, Uhud, and all subsequent battles.

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This continued until the conquest of Khaybar.

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When Allah, the Almighty, granted victory to His Messenger, peace be upon him, over it,

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Zaynab bint al-Harith, a Jewish woman, presented a gift.

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She brought a roasted sheep to the Prophet, peace be upon him.

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She had laced it with poison.

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She concentrated the poison heavily in the shoulder and the foreleg,

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having learned that these were the parts of the sheep the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, preferred most.

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When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, entered, I entered with him.

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She placed the sheep before us.

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, took the shoulder and ate from it.

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I also ate from the sheep.

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I immediately sensed the effect of the poison in the morsel I had taken.

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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said,

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"Withdraw your hands."

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"For the shoulder of the sheep has informed me that it is poisoned."

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I said, "By the One who honored you with the truth, O Messenger of Allah,

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I felt that in the morsel I consumed.

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The only thing that prevented me from spitting it out

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was that I disliked spoiling your meal for you.

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And I would never value my own life above yours."

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Shortly thereafter, I began to feel the effects of the poison in my body.

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I did not rise from my place before my complexion changed.

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Death overtook me quickly, and my soul departed.

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, sent for the Jewish woman.

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He asked her, "What drove you to do what you did?"

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She replied, "If you are a prophet, what I did will not harm you;

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and if you are a king, I have relieved the people of you."

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The Prophet, peace be upon him, handed her over to my family.

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They executed her in retribution.

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So, who am I?

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If Allah wills.