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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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Mawaddah Association is pleased

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to present to you snapshots from the lives of the Companions,

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written by 'Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha,

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may Allah have mercy upon him.

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Mu'adh ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamuh

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and his brother Mu'awwid, may Allah be pleased with them both.

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While the youth Mu'adh ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamuh

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was among a group of his peers,

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playing and enjoying themselves amid the water, shade, and greenery,

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the young Meccan preacher came upon them:

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Mus'ab ibn 'Umair, may Allah be pleased with him.

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He greeted them warmly and gently,

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spoke to them with love and affection, and said:

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"Will you not sit with me for a short while,

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so that I may tell you about what I have?

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If you like what you hear, I will continue;

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and if it displeases you, I shall stop."

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The young boys looked at one another

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with expressions filled

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with much contentment and reassurance,

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and said, "Of course."

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They then gathered around him

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like the beads of an elegant necklace

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arranged around a radiant neck.

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Mus'ab turned to them with a cheerful, friendly face

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and addressed them with his sweet, luminous eloquence.

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He began telling them about the virtues of Islam,

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endearing the sweetness of faith to their hearts,

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and instilling in them a dislike for disbelief and idol worship.

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He had barely finished his words

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when the face of Mu'adh ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamuh beamed

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with the light of faith.

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He then looked at him and said,

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"What should I do if I wish to enter this religion?"

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He replied,

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"You go to this well,

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purify yourself with its water,

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and then bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner,

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and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger,

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and the seal of His prophets.

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Then turn your face toward Him Who created the heavens and the earth,

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and perform two units of prayer."

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Mu'adh said,

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"It is as though the beginning of this religion is physical purity through ablution,

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and its culmination is spiritual purity through prayer."

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Mus'ab ibn 'Umair smiled in admiration of him and said,

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"How quickly you have understood, O Mu'adh!"

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Then Mu'adh went to the water, purified himself,

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uttered the two testimonies of faith,

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and performed two units of prayer.

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No sooner had his two brothers, Mu'awwid and Khallad, seen him

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than they embraced Islam as he had,

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did as he had done,

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and entered the religion of Allah alongside him.

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The father of Mu'adh, 'Amr ibn al-Jamuh, was at that time

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an old man advanced in years.

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He had an idol called Manah,

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which he had crafted from precious wood

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and endowed with great luster and splendour.

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He rivalled his fellow nobles in its magnificence

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and devoted himself to its guardianship.

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He would go to it in the morning

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and return to it in the evening.

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He never ceased perfuming it with the finest fragrances

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and offering it his most cherished sacrifices.

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Mu'adh realized that there was no way for his father to embrace Islam

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unless this idol was removed from his life.

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He knew that his elderly father

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could not bear to hear a single offensive word about his idol,

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and that it was impossible for him to abandon it

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after such long companionship

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merely due to the blame of critics or the arguments of debaters.

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So he resolved to pursue his goal by another path

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besides the path of persuasion,

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seeking the help of his brothers and his peers.

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One night, he, his two brothers Mu'awwid and Khallad,

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and some of their young peers from Banu Salimah went to Manah,

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removed it quietly from its place,

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and took it to a pit behind the houses

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where filth was thrown.

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They cast it face down into its depths,

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retraced their steps,

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and then slept along with everyone else,

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as though nothing had happened.

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When morning came, the old man

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went to his idol as was his habit,

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but did not find it.

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He flew into a rage

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and began searching for it everywhere,

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until he found it lying face down in the pit.

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He pulled it out,

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washed it with pure water,

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perfumed it with the most expensive scent,

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and restored it to its former place.

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Mu'adh and his companions repeated their deed with the idol time and again,

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while the old man persisted in taking it out of the pit every time,

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washing it, and perfuming it.

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On the fourth night,

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weariness overtook him.

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He went to the idol before going to sleep,

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took a sharpened sword, hung it around its neck,

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and said to it,

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"O Manah,

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if you are truly a god,

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then defend yourself against those who seek to harm you

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and treat you ill.

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Here is the sword with you,

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so do with it as you wish."

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When morning came,

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he found his idol in that same pit,

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bound together with a dead dog.

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This time he did not pull it out of its place;

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rather, he left it where it was,

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and bore witness that there is no god but Allah,

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and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

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Mu'adh and his two brothers were overjoyed by their father's acceptance of Islam,

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and their eyes were delighted by his faith.

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The faithful household transformed into one of the strongholds of Islam in Yathrib,

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after everyone in it embraced the religion of Islam

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and all its inhabitants were illuminated by the prophethood of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

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Not long after Mu'adh ibn 'Amr embraced Islam,

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the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived in Medina as an emigrant.

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Mu'adh and his brothers turned to him like a thirsty person rushing to cool water,

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attaching themselves to him as a mother attaches to her only child,

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accompanying him as a devoted lover accompanies his beloved.

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They would go with him whenever he went out,

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return with him whenever he returned,

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pray behind him whenever the time for prayer arrived,

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and attend his exhortations and guidance

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whenever he sat to admonish his Companions and teach them the religion of Allah,

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until Mu'adh and his brothers became the finest flower among the youth of Yathrib,

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and the delight of Islam and its people.

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Then the days passed swiftly and smoothly

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over the young, righteous youths,

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and the Great Battle of Badr took place.

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Mu'adh and his brother Mu'awwid had a renowned and memorable stance in it,

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which the history of Islam recorded in letters of light on its brightest pages.

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Let us listen to the eminent Companion 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Auf, may Allah be pleased with him,

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and hear a part of his account concerning the two of them,

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for he witnessed from them that which aroused his astonishment and admiration.

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'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Auf said:

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"While I was standing in the rank on the day of Badr, I looked around me,

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and there, to my right and my left,

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were two young boys from the youth of the Ansar.

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One of them nudged me,

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so I leaned close to him and said,

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'Are you nudging me, my boy?'

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He said, 'Yes.'

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I asked, 'And what do you want?'

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He said,

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'O uncle, do you know Abu Jahl?'

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I said, 'Yes.'

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He said,

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'Point him out to me.'

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I said,

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'And what do you need with him, my nephew?'

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He said,

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'I have been informed that he reviles the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him,

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and plots to kill him.

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By Him in Whose Hand is my soul,

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if I see him, I shall attack him,

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and I will not part from him until whichever of us is decreed to die first meets his end.'

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I looked at him with a smile, full of amazement,

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and asked, 'Who are you?'

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He said,

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'Mu'adh ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamuh.'

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Then I stood upright in the rank,

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and the other boy approached me and nudged me.

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I leaned toward him,

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and he said to me something similar to what his companion had said.

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I asked him, 'Who are you?'

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He said,

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'Mu'awwid ibn 'Amr.'

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I asked,

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'And who is this standing to my right?'

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He said,

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'He is my brother, Mu'adh.'

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Nothing could have pleased me more than standing between those two men rather than anyone else,

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save the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him.

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It was not long

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before I saw Abu Jahl moving among Quraysh,

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so I turned to them and said,

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'O my nephews,

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do you see that man moving among the people?'

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They said, 'Yes.'

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I said,

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'That is your man whom you were asking about.'

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Mu'adh said:

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"No sooner had I recognized Abu Jahl

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and made sure it was him,

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than I headed in his direction.

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The polytheists were surrounding him

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as though he were in a forest of men.

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A man from among the Muslims who was watching me said to me,

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'Beware of Abu Jahl, young boy!

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Reaching him is a difficult task for you.'

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By Allah, his words only increased my resolve and determination.

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Then I rushed toward him,

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and once I was within reach,

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I leaped at him and struck him a blow with my sword

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that severed his leg and brought him to the ground.

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My brother Mu'awwidh was following closely behind me,

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and as soon as he stood over Abu Jahl,

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he fell upon him with his sword,

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striking him relentlessly,

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while the spears of the polytheists tried to push him away

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and struck at him from every side,

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until his wounds overwhelmed him,

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and he fell martyred by his side.

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As for me,

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his son, 'Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl, struck down

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upon my shoulder with his sword,

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severing my left hand from my shoulder,

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though it remained hanging only by a strip of skin at my side.

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Yet I continued fighting throughout the entire day,

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dragging it behind me as I moved.

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When it caused me great pain

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and began hindering me from fighting,

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I placed its palm on the ground,

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stepped firmly on it with my foot,

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and kept pulling upward

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until I completely severed it from my body,

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and cast it to the ground.

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When the battle came to an end,

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the bearer of glad tidings came to inform the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)

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of the death of Abu Jahl.

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The Prophet asked the bearer of good news,

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"By Allah, beside Whom there is no other deity,

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has that truly happened?"

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He replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah,

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he has indeed met his end."

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Thereupon, he said,

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"Allah is the Greatest! Allah is the Greatest!

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All praise is due to Allah, Who fulfilled His promise,

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and granted victory to His servant."

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To conclude,

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Mu'adh ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamuh continued

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defending the sanctuary of Islam with a single hand

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during the lifetime of the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him),

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and throughout the eras of his two companions, Abu Bakr and 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them).

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Then, during the caliphate of Dhu al-Nurayn 'Uthman ibn 'Affan,

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Mu'adh answered the call of his Lord,

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his right hand accompanying him,

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while his other hand—

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he had hoped it had preceded him to the Gardens of Delight.

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"I would not have been pleased to stand between any two men other than them,

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whoever they might be,

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apart from the Messenger, peace be upon him."

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— 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf

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