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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.
A new challenge: Who am I?
I am a Companion of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, from the Ansar.
I embraced Islam and pledged allegiance with the seventy men at the Second Pledge of al-'Aqabah.
I was among those who knew how to write Arabic before Islam.
I witnessed all the battles alongside the Prophet, peace be upon him.
I was one of three men chosen by the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
He commanded them to head to the Mosque of Dirar.
To demolish and burn it down.
When the Prophet, peace be upon him, passed away,
the people wept for him.
They said, "We wish we had died before him."
"We fear we will be led into temptation after him."
So I said,
"But by Allah, I do not wish that I had died before him,"
"so that I may bear witness to him in death just as I bore witness to him in life."
I participated in the Wars of Apostasy during the time of Musaylimah the Liar.
When the day of al-Yamamah came,
and the people lined up for battle,
Abu 'Aqil, may Allah be pleased with him,
was the first to be wounded.
He was struck by an arrow,
which landed between his shoulder and his heart, though not in a fatal spot.
He pulled the arrow out,
but his left side was weakened.
He was dragged to the camp at the rear of the army.
When the fighting intensified,
and the Muslims were defeated before the army of the apostates,
they retreated until they passed their camps.
I stood up and shouted to the people,
"O Ansar!"
"O Ansar!"
"For the sake of Allah, for the sake of Allah!"
"Charge at your enemy!"
Abu 'Aqil, may Allah be pleased with him, heard me.
He rose, intending to fight.
It was said to him,
"What do you want?"
He said,
"The caller has called out my name."
It was said to him,
"He is only saying 'O Ansar'."
"He does not mean the wounded."
He replied,
"I am one of the Ansar,"
"and I will answer him, even if I have to crawl."
He girded himself and took his sword in his right hand.
Then he stood beside me,
and began to call out,
"O Ansar!"
"A charge like the day of Hunayn!"
"Gather together, may Allah have mercy on you all."
They gathered around us,
and we stood firm against the apostates,
until we drove them into the garden.
Swords clashed between us and them,
until Musaylimah the Liar was killed,
and Allah granted victory to the believers.
As for my brother Abu 'Aqil,
his wounded arm was severed from the shoulder,
and it fell to the ground.
He had fourteen wounds on him,
all of which were fatal.
Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, met him,
and asked him who had won the day.
Ibn 'Umar said,
"Rejoice,"
"the enemy of Allah has been killed."
He raised his finger to the sky, praising Allah,
and then he died.
Then I followed him,
for I was also killed in that battle.
That was in the twelfth year of the Hijrah,
during the caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him.
So, who am I?
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