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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most eminent among them.
A new challenge: Who am I?
I am one of the Companions, from the masters of the Quraysh, and my brother was Abu Jahl.
My cousin is Khalid Ibn al-Walid, may Allah be pleased with him.
I witnessed the day of Badr while I was still in a state of disbelief.
I fled to Makkah when I saw the defeat of the polytheists.
And the killing of my two brothers, Abu Jahl and al-'As.
Then I embraced Islam on the day of the conquest of Makkah.
I witnessed the Battle of Hunayn.
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave me.
One hundred camels from the spoils of Hunayn.
Along with those whose hearts were to be reconciled.
My Islam became sincere, and I said:
"I shall not leave any valley I traversed while fighting the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,"
"But that I will traverse it in the path of Allah."
"And I shall not leave a single dirham I spent in fighting him,"
"But that I will spend the like of it in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him."
I asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, one day and said:
"O Messenger of Allah, tell me of something I may hold fast to."
He said, "Control this," and he pointed to his tongue.
I thought it would be easy, for I was a man of few words.
But I had not fully grasped its weight.
When I set out to be mindful of my speech and my tongue,
I found that there was nothing more difficult than it.
I was a generous man, a poet, and beloved by the people of Makkah.
When I resolved to go out for jihad in the path of Allah,
The people of Makkah were deeply distressed.
There was not one of them who did not come out to bid me farewell.
When I reached the high ground of al-Batha',
I stopped, and the people stood around me weeping.
When I saw their distress, I said:
"O people,"
"By Allah, I have not left out of a desire for myself over you,"
"Nor to choose one land over your land."
"But this matter has come to pass."
"Men have gone forth who preceded us to Allah."
"And by Allah, we have not attained a single day of their days."
"By Allah, if they have surpassed us in this world,"
"We seek to join them in the Hereafter."
"O people, it is the transition to Allah the Almighty."
Then I headed to the Levant.
I was wounded in the Battle of Yarmouk.
I fell, stretched out upon the ground.
I asked for water to drink.
When the water reached me,
'Ikrimah looked at me,
And he had also been wounded.
I said, "Give the water to 'Ikrimah."
When 'Ikrimah took it,
'Ayyash looked at him,
And he said,
"Give it to 'Ayyash."
But the water did not reach 'Ayyash,
Before he had passed away.
They returned with the water to 'Ikrimah,
Only to find that he had already passed away.
Then they brought the water to me,
But my soul had already departed.
So, who am I?
We will pin 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 whenever he strove or spoke.
They were here, watering our lives like clouds.
Their memory remains exalted among us.
They departed and left a question in the conscience:
Is there any star like them that has risen and shone?
They filled life with pride through their deeds,
And the world of humanity flourished with their grace.