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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (181)
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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 of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I am from the Muhajirun of Makkah.
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I was among the first to embrace Islam.
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I migrated to Abyssinia twice.
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Then I migrated to Madinah.
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I participated in Badr and in all the military expeditions of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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Before Islam, I was among the affluent in Makkah.
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My father was 'Utbah ibn Rabi'ah.
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He was one of the masters of Makkah.
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And one of its nobles.
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When I embraced Islam,
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My father disowned me.
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And withheld everything from me.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his Companions on the day of Badr:
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"I know some men from Banu Hashim and others
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who have been brought out against their will.
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They have no desire to fight us.
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So whoever among you encounters any of the Banu Hashim,
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do not kill him.
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And whoever encounters Abu al-Bakhtari ibn Hisham,
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do not kill him.
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And whoever encounters al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib,
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the uncle of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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do not kill him.
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For he was only brought out under duress."
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So I said,
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"Shall we kill our fathers and our sons,
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and our brothers and our kin,
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while we spare al-'Abbas?
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By Allah, if I encounter him, I will strike him with my sword."
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My statement reached the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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He said to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab,
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"Shall the face of the uncle of the Messenger of Allah be struck with a sword?"
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'Umar said,
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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let me strike off his head with my sword,
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for by Allah, he has acted hypocritically."
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But the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade him.
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I feared for myself because of that statement.
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And I said,
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"I will remain fearful of it,
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unless martyrdom atones for it for me."
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And so I was killed as a martyr on the day of al-Yamamah.
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At the beginning of the battle on the day of Badr,
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I challenged my father to a duel,
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but the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade me.
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Then my father was killed that day,
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while he was still in a state of disbelief.
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When the slain were thrown into the pit of Badr,
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the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood over them,
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calling them by their names and saying,
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"O 'Utbah, O Shaybah,
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O Umayyah ibn Khalaf,
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O Abu Jahl,
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have you found what your Lord promised you to be true?
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As for me,
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I have found what my Lord promised me to be true."
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Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, turned,
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and saw me looking distressed,
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my face having changed.
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He said to me,
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"Perhaps you are troubled by the matter of your father?"
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I said, "No,
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by Allah, I have no doubt about my father or his fate.
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But I knew my father to be a man of opinion, forbearance, and virtue,
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so I had hoped that this would draw him toward Islam.
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When I saw his fate today,
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and that he died in disbelief despite what I had hoped for him,
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it saddened me."
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So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed for my well-being.
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In the Prophetic biography, I am known much for my freedman, Salim.
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I had adopted him before Islam.
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But when Islam abolished adoption,
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he became my freedman.
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He and I were like brothers.
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We participated together in fighting the apostates
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during the caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him.
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And we were killed together in the Battle of al-Yamamah.
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So, who am I?
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Share your answers with us in the comments below the video.
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We will pin the correct answer in the comments
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when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.