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Get to know the Companions and the scholars, and the most exalted among them.
A serious challenge: who am I?
I am one of the Companions.
I embraced Islam before the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, entered the house of al-Arqam.
I was among the oppressed in Makkah.
I was a slave to al-Tufayl ibn al-Harith.
He used to torture me to make me renounce my religion, but I refused.
When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, saw me suffering from the torture,
he bought me and set me free.
I then became his freedman, tending to his sheep.
When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his companion Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, migrated to Madinah,
they hid in the cave of Thawr for three nights.
So that the polytheists would lose their trail.
I would go to them with the sheep.
I would milk them for the two of them.
And when ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr would leave them,
I would follow his tracks with the sheep to cover his footprints.
When they set out for Yathrib,
I went out with them and attained the honor of the migration in their company.
I served them along the way.
Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, would have me ride behind him on his mount until we reached Madinah.
I witnessed the battles of Badr and Uhud with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
In the fourth year of the Hijrah,
the incident of Bi'r Ma'unah took place.
Where the disbelievers committed treachery.
They killed us all, except for ‘Amr ibn Umayyah, may Allah be pleased with him.
The one who killed me was Jabbar ibn Salma.
He pierced my back with his spear.
The spear passed through my body.
I said, "I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka'bah!"
Jabbar asked, "What has he succeeded in?"
They said, "He has succeeded in attaining Paradise."
He said, "By Allah, he spoke the truth."
He then embraced Islam afterward.
Upon my death, the angels raised me to the sky.
People saw me between the sky and the earth.
Then the angels placed me back on the earth.
They came searching for my body,
but they could not find it.
They believed that the angels had buried me.
So, who am I?
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The best of generations in their stances and examples.
They followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke.
They were here, watering our lives like clouds.
They passed away, yet 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 glories through their deeds,
and the world of the Ummah flourished because of them.