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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (178)
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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.
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A new challenge: Who am I?
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I am one of the Companions, from the nobility of Banu Tamim and the leaders of Banu Mujashi'.
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During the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah), I used to ransom infant girls destined to be buried alive.
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These were the daughters whose fathers intended to bury them alive.
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Out of fear of shame and poverty.
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I am the grandfather of the poet al-Farazdaq.
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He used to boast of me, saying:
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"And the grandfather who prevented the burying of daughters and saved the buried one, so she was not buried."
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I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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He presented Islam to me, and I accepted it.
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He taught me verses from the Qur'an.
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“And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,” (99:7)
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I said, "That is enough for me, that is enough for me."
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Then I said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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I performed certain deeds during the Age of Ignorance.
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Is there any reward for me in them?"
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He asked, "What did you do?"
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I said, "I lost two pregnant she-camels.
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I went out searching for them on a camel of mine.
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I saw two tents in an open expanse of land.
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I headed toward them.
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I found an old man in one of them.
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I asked, 'Have you seen two pregnant she-camels?'
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He said, 'Yes, we have found your camels.'
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While he was speaking to me and I to him,
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a woman called out to him from the other tent,
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'She has given birth! She has given birth!'
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He asked, 'What did she give birth to?'
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She replied, 'A girl.'
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He said, 'Then bury her.'
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I said to him, 'Do not bury her.
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I will buy her life from you.
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Do not kill her.'
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He asked, 'What will you buy her with?'
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I said, 'I will buy her from you with these two she-camels and their offspring.'
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He said, 'And add to that this camel you are riding.'
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I said, 'Yes.'
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'But on the condition that you send a messenger with me.
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When I reach my family,
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I will send the camel back to you with the messenger.'
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He agreed.
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When I reached my family,
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I sent the camel back to him.
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When night fell,
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I reflected on myself and said,
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'This is truly a noble deed,
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one that no one among the Arabs has preceded me in.'
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From then on, I would not hear of a newborn girl
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without ransoming her before she could be buried.
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This continued until Islam appeared.
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I had saved three hundred and sixty girls,
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buying each one of them with two pregnant she-camels and a camel.
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Is there any reward for me in that?"
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied,
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"This is a form of righteousness.
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You have its reward, since Allah has favored you with Islam."
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One day, I asked the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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and said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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sometimes I have surplus food.
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I set it aside for the people and the wayfarer.
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Whom should I begin with?"
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
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"Your mother and your father,
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your sister and your brother,
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then your closest relatives, then the next closest."
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So, who am I?