Pause and reflect on the lives of the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures of our history.
A new challenge: Who am I?
I am one of the Companions from the youth of the Ansar.
I witnessed the Second Pledge of al-Aqabah with my father.
I was among those who attended it, and I was the last of them to pass away.
I did not participate in the battles of Badr or Uhud.
My father prevented me from taking part in them.
This was so that I could look after my nine sisters.
However, after my father was killed at Uhud,
I never missed a single battle alongside the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
I remained in the constant company of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
I narrated a great deal of knowledge from him.
I had a study circle in the Prophet’s Mosque,
where I would teach the people and grant them understanding of their religion.
I participated with the Muslims in digging the Trench.
One day, I saw the Prophet, peace be upon him, suffering from severe hunger.
He had tied two stones against his stomach due to the intensity of his hunger.
I returned to my wife and said to her,
"Do you have any food?"
She brought out a pouch containing a sa' of barley.
We had nothing else.
We also had a small sheep.
I slaughtered the sheep, and my wife ground the barley.
We prepared a small amount of food.
Then I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
and whispered to him, saying,
"O Messenger of Allah, we have prepared some food for you,
so come, you and one or two others with you."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, called out,
saying, "O people of the Trench,
come, hurry to the food!"
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to me,
"Do not take your cooking pot off the fire,
and do not bake your dough until I arrive."
When the Prophet, peace be upon him, came
to my house, I brought out the dough for him.
He spat into it and blessed it.
Then he went to our cooking pot,
spat into it, and blessed it.
The people arrived with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him;
they were a thousand men.
I swear by Allah, they ate until they were full.
Then they departed,
yet our pot was as full as it had been,
and our dough was still being baked just as it was.
We were returning from the Battle of Dhat al-Riqa'
to Medina with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
I was riding a weak camel of mine
that had exhausted me during the journey.
I kept falling behind the caravan.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, caught up with me
and asked, "What is the matter with you?"
I said, "O Messenger of Allah,
this camel of mine has slowed me down."
He said, "Make it kneel," so I made it kneel.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, also made his mount kneel.
Then he said, "Give me that stick from your hand."
I did so.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, took it
and prodded the camel with it a few times.
He then prayed for me.
Then he said, "Ride."
So I rode,
and my camel moved at a pace it had never moved before.
Then he, peace be upon him, said to me,
"It is yours."
I said, "No, rather it is yours, O Messenger of Allah."
He said, "No, sell it to me."
I said, "No, it is yours."
He said, "No, sell it to me for an uqiyah of gold."
So I sold the camel to him,
on the condition that I would deliver it to him in Medina
when we arrived.
When we reached Medina, I brought the camel to him.
He then said, "Do you think I would take
your camel? Take your camel and your money;
they are both yours."
The camel remained with me during the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
and the time of Abu Bakr and Umar.
When it became old and weak, I brought it to Umar.
He recognized its story,
and said, "Place it among the camels of the zakat,"
and "in the best of pastures."
I kept it there until the camel died.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
had sought forgiveness for me on the night of
this camel twenty-five times.
So, who am I?
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