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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (269)

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0:01 Pause and reflect on the lives of the Companions, the scholars, and the eminent figures of our history.

0:12 Here is a new challenge: who am I?

0:16 I am one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, from the tribe of Bajila.

0:25 I resided in Medina with the Prophet, peace be upon him.

0:30 My heart became deeply attached to the love of the Qur'an and the love of the people of the Qur'an.

0:35 I recall us as young boys in the company of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

0:41 We were approaching the age of maturity.

0:44 We learned faith before we learned the Qur'an.

0:49 Then we learned the Qur'an, and through it, our faith increased.

0:54 After the passing of the Prophet, peace be upon him,

0:58 I moved to Kufa and then to Basra.

1:02 I taught the people the Qur'an.

1:05 I lived my life with the Book of Allah and would counsel those around me to hold fast to it.

1:12 Once, I visited a group of people in the provinces.

1:15 When I departed from them, they said to me, "Give us counsel."

1:20 I said to them, "I counsel you to fear Allah and I counsel you to hold fast to the Qur'an."

1:27 For it is a light in the dark of night and a guidance during the day.

1:32 Act upon it to the best of your ability and despite any hardship.

1:36 If a trial befalls you, sacrifice your wealth to protect your religion.

1:41 If the trial intensifies, sacrifice your wealth and your very self to protect your religion.

1:47 For the truly ruined is the one whose religion is ruined.

1:50 And the truly plundered is the one whose religion is plundered.

1:53 Know that there is no poverty after Paradise.

1:57 And there is no wealth after the Fire.

2:01 The Prophet, peace be upon him, told us about a man from those who came before us.

2:07 A sore appeared on his hand.

2:10 When it caused him pain, he took a knife and cut his hand with it.

2:15 He bled until he died.

2:20 Allah the Almighty said, "My servant has hastened his end by taking his own life."

2:25 "I have forbidden Paradise to him."

2:28 I used to narrate this hadith.

2:31 And I would warn against a man killing himself out of despair over calamities.

2:37 So, who am I?