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Pictures from the lives of the Companions - Episode (98) - Tamim Al-Dari, may God be pleased with him
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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The Mawaddah Association is pleased
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to present to you
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portraits from the lives of the Companions,
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by Abd al-Rahman
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Ra'fat al-Basha,
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may Allah have mercy upon him.
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Tamim al-Dari,
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may Allah be pleased with him.
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The Lakhm tribe of Qahtan migrated
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from the lands of blessed Yemen
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after the destruction of the Ma'rib Dam,
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and settled in the Levant.
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A group of them settled
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in Ramla and the Golan Heights,
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while another group descended
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upon Jerusalem.
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For a time, it was called Bayt Lahm,
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then people corrupted the name,
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calling it Bethlehem.
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The Lakhmids established contact
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with their Roman neighbors,
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and some of them embraced Christianity,
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while others remained
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worshipping Jupiter,
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and making pilgrimage to an idol called
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al-Uqaysir, which was erected on
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the outskirts of the Levant.
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Tamim ibn Aws ibn Kharijah
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al-Dari al-Lakhmi was,
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when he embraced Christianity,
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so deeply immersed in it that
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he became the monk of Bethlehem.
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One day,
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Tamim al-Dari had
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an errand in a neighboring village,
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so he stood up, took his black
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cloak, and put it on,
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tightened his belt around his waist,
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let its ends hang by his side,
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and donned the necklace
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from which hung
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his silver cross.
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Then he put on his small cap,
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and set his face toward the village.
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“When the night grew dark upon him he beheld a star. He said: This is my Lord. But when it set, he said: I love not things that set.” (6:76)
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A matter occurred to him
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that he would not forget for the rest of his life.
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Let us leave Tamim
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al-Dari to speak,
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to tell us his exciting story.
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Tamim al-Dari said:
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"I was residing in the Levant
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when the Prophet,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was sent.
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I went out to the neighboring places
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to attend to some of my needs,
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when night overtook me
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at a deep, dark valley.
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Awe seized me,
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and fear crept into my soul.
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I remembered what the Arabs
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used to say about seeking refuge
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with the jinn in such
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situations.
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So I called out, 'I am under the protection of the
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master of this valley tonight.'
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Then I took to my resting place
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to sleep,
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when suddenly a caller called out,
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whom I could not see, saying:
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'Seek refuge with Allah, O man,
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and seek protection with Him,
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for the jinn do not protect anyone against Allah.'
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I said to the voice,
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'I adjure you by Allah,
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are you telling the truth?'
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He replied:
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'The Messenger of the unlettered has emerged,
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so we have believed and followed him.
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The guile of the jinn has been thwarted,
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and they have been pelted with shooting stars.
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So go to the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds,
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and embrace Islam.'"
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Tamim al-Dari said:
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"My soul calmed down a little,
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and I spent my night recalling
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what the voice had said,
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and pondering it.
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I began to remember what I used to read
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in the Torah and the Gospel
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about the appearance of a new prophet."
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Tamim said:
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"When morning came, I went to the monastery of Job,
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where there was
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an elderly monk
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whose knowledge and understanding I trusted.
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I told him the news,
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and asked him about it. He said:
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'The voice told you the truth,
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for this Prophet is emerging from the land of Makkah,
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and he is the best of the prophets.
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Hasten to him,
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and let no one precede you
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to him if you are able.'"
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Tamim al-Dari cast off
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his monastic garments,
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and accompanied a brother of his named Hind.
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They began to traverse
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the road between Bethlehem
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and Medina,
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to meet the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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and announce
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their Islam before him,
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and reside in his proximity.
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When the two brothers reached Medina,
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they made their mounts kneel
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near the mosque,
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and approached the Messenger of Allah,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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The two brothers greeted him
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with the greeting of Islam,
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and announced before him the word of monotheism,
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and entered the religion of Allah.
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Then,
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Tamim said to the Prophet, peace and blessings of
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Allah be upon him:
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"Allah will manifest your religion, O Messenger of Allah,
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and spread your banner
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across the horizons.
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I have left behind
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my family and my homeland,
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and I have come to devote myself to Allah
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and His Messenger.
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So grant me my village,
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Jabrin, if Allah grants victory
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to the Muslims,
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and they possess Jerusalem."
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He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"It is yours."
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Tamim said: "Write for me
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a document for that, O Messenger of Allah."
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So the Prophet,
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peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wrote
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a document for him to that effect.
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Then the days passed,
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and the armies of the Muslims began
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to spread in the vast land of Allah,
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east and west.
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The fortresses of polytheism began
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to crumble under the hooves
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of the best of believers, fortress after fortress.
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The glad tidings of conquest
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followed one another to the city of
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the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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and no sooner would one
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piece of good news arrive than another would follow,
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until it was
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the year fifteen of the Hijrah,
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when the bearer of good news came
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to the Commander of the Faithful, Umar ibn al-Khattab,
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from his commander, Amr ibn al-As,
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bringing him the news
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of the surrender of Jerusalem,
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and informing him of the insistence
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of its people that the
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Caliph of the Muslims, Umar ibn al-Khattab,
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be the one to conclude the peace treaty for them,
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and inviting him to travel
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to the first of the two Qiblahs,
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in the two sanctuaries.
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So the Faruq, may Allah be pleased with
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him, set out for the liberated land of Palestine,
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and personally concluded
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the peace treaty for its people.
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The banners of Islam were raised
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over the hills of Jerusalem,
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and the sounds of the Adhan echoed
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throughout the Golan,
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where the Lakhm tribe resided.
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Here, the youth of Lakhm,
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Tamim al-Dari, stood before Umar ibn al-Khattab
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and said:
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"O Commander of the Faithful,
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this is Jerusalem, which Allah has conquered
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for the Muslims,
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and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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gifted me my village,
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Jabrin.
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So fulfill for me what
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the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gifted me."
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One of the
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Companions stood up and said:
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"And who bears witness to that for you?"
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Umar ibn al-Khattab said:
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"I bear witness to that."
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And the Faruq fulfilled
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the gift of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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to Tamim al-Dari.
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Tamim al-Dari remained devoted
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ever since he embraced Islam
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to the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and he would hardly
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ever leave it.
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He dedicated himself to the word of Allah,
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reciting it through the hours of the night
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and the edges of the day,
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until he would complete the entire Qur'an
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once every seven days.
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He committed his entire self
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to the service of the Book of Allah,
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being one of the four
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who had compiled the Qur'an during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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Tamim al-Dari experienced
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the joy of worship,
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and thereafter, he would not trade it
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for any worldly pleasure.
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He tasted the sweetness
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of the night vigil (tahajjud),
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and he turned toward it with his body
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and his soul, committing himself to it
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with the utmost dedication.
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When the night would fall
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and people would lay their sides down to rest,
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he would rise from his sleep,
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perform his ablution perfectly,
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and reach for a garment of his
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that he had purchased for a thousand dirhams.
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He would wrap himself in it,
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adorning himself completely
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and perfectly to stand before
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the King of kings,
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seeking to draw near to Him in private,
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away from the people.
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He would then spend his entire night
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in prayer, reciting the verses
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of the Qur'an.
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Whenever he passed by a verse
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mentioning Paradise, he would yearn
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truly to reach it,
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and when he passed by another
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mentioning the Fire,
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he would let out a sigh as if the flames
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of Hell were within his very chest.
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One night, he recited the words of the Almighty:
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"Or do
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those who commit
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evil deeds think that We will make
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them like those
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who have believed and done
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righteous deeds, [so that]
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their life
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and their death
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would be
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equal? How evil
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is their judgment!"
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A trembling seized him
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out of awe of Allah,
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and he was overcome by dread
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from the fear of His punishment.
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He continued to pray with this
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verse from the time of Isha until the dawn broke.
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Every time he repeated it,
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his weeping intensified
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in anguish at the terror of that Great Day.
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Once, sleep overcame
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Tamim,
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and he did not rise for the night vigil,
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so he punished himself
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by standing in prayer for a full year
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without sleeping.
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Tamim al-Dari remained
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a resident of the city of the Messenger of Allah,
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peace be upon him,
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until the martyrdom of
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Dhu al-Nurayn, Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him.
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He then left the city,
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sorrowful and grieving for the Caliph
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of the Muslims,
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the companion of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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He returned to
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his homeland to meet his end
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in his village in the Levant.
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May Allah be pleased
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with Tamim al-Dari,
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the devout worshipper,
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buried in the Golan region.
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May Allah grant him light
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in his grave and settle him
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in the highest gardens of Paradise.
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Tamim al-Dari was
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one of the four
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who collected the Qur'an during the
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time of the Messenger of Allah,
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peace be upon him.
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Muhammad,
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and with his companions, he
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built the lofty structure.
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O seeker,
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assist me, and let me pour forth
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in their praise; shall we
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continue?