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

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A new "Who Am I?" challenge.

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I am one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).

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I embraced Islam early on,

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because of an animal that guided me to Islam

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and to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Medina.

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So I migrated to him and accepted Islam at his hands.

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I prayed with him facing both Qiblahs,

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and I gave him the pledge of allegiance on the Day of al-Hudaybiyyah beneath the tree.

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One day, while I was tending my sheep in the Harrah,

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a wolf suddenly attacked a ewe from the flock

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and seized it. I ran after it until I rescued the sheep from it.

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The wolf then sat on its hindquarters and spoke to me in human speech,

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saying, "Do you not fear Allah?

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You come between me and a provision that Allah has driven to me!"

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I said, "How astonishing! A wolf sitting on its hindquarters,

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speaking in human speech!"

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The wolf said, "Shall I not tell you of something even more astonishing than that?

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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

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is in Medina between the two Harrahs,

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informing the people of news of what has passed before."

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So when I heard the wolf's words,

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I drove my sheep until I came to Medina,

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gathered them into one of its corners,

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and then entered upon the Prophet (peace be upon him).

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I embraced Islam and related to him the hadith of the wolf.

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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went out to the people

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and said to me, "Stand up and inform them of your story."

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So I informed them of what had happened between me and the wolf.

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Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said,

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"The shepherd has spoken the truth." So, who am I?

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Allah willing.

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The best of generations in deeds and example,

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They followed the Messenger in whatever he strove for or said.

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They were here, watering our lives like rain clouds,

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And their memory continuously rises exalted among us.

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They departed, leaving a question in our conscience:

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Has any star ever risen and shone brightly like them?

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They filled life with glorious achievements through their deeds,

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And through them, mankind's world blossomed in pride.