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Stop.

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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.

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A new challenge: Who am I?

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I am one of the senior Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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I am one of the ten promised Paradise.

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My supplications are answered by Allah.

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My father was among the Hunafa' who lived upon monotheism before the mission of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

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He is among those who will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection as a nation unto himself.

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I was the first governor of Damascus in Islam.

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I was among those who attended its siege alongside Abu 'Ubaydah Ibn al-Jarrah, may Allah be pleased with him.

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When it was conquered,

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he appointed me as his deputy over it.

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I had a piece of land in Medina,

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and next to it was land belonging to Arwa bint Uways.

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Arwa went to Muhammad Ibn 'Amr Ibn Hazm,

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and claimed that I had built a wall on her land.

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She asked him to come to me and speak to me so that I would return her right to her,

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and said that if I did not,

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she would cry out to the Prophet in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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and complain about me to the governor of Medina, Marwan Ibn al-Hakam.

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He said to her,

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"Do not harm a Companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him;

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he would not wrong you, nor would he take what is rightfully yours."

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She left,

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and then went to 'Umarah Ibn 'Amr and 'Abdullah Ibn Salam.

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She said to them the same as she had said to the first,

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and that if I did not comply,

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she would cry out to the Prophet in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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and complain about me to the governor of Medina.

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They came to me at my land in al-'Aqiq,

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and I asked them, "What brings you here?"

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They said,

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"Arwa bint Uways came to us,

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and claimed that you built a wall on her property,

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and she swore by Allah that if you do not remove it,

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she will cry out against you in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

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and complain about you to the governor of Medina.

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So we wanted to come to you and remind you of that."

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I said,

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"I would never take any part of her land,

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for I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, say:

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'Whoever takes a span of land unjustly,

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it will be tied around his neck on the Day of Resurrection from seven earths.'

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So let her come and take whatever right she has."

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Then I said,

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"O Allah, if she has lied against me,

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do not let her die until You take away her sight,

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and let her death occur on her own land."

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Go back and inform her of that.

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Arwa bint Uways came to my land,

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tore down the wall, and built a house.

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Allah answered my supplication against her,

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and she did not live long before she went blind.

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She used to get up at night for her needs,

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with a servant girl leading her.

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One night, she got up without waking the servant,

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and she fell into a well of hers on her land,

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and died.

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So, who am I?

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Share your answers with us in the comments below the video.

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when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.