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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (199)
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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.
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I am one of the Ansar of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I embraced Islam before the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered Medina.
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I lived in Islam for only a short time.
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I was killed at the Battle of Badr.
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The first of Islam’s immortal battles.
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On the seventeenth day of Ramadan.
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In the second year of the Hijra.
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News reached the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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That a caravan of the Quraysh was coming from the Levant.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his Companions:
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"Whoever has his mount ready,
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let him ride with us."
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Some men began asking his permission to go fetch their mounts
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from the outskirts of Medina.
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But he said, "No,
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only those whose mounts are ready."
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So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, set out,
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and we set out with him,
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until we reached Badr before the polytheists.
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Then the polytheists arrived,
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and the two ranks met without a prior appointment.
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The two camps prepared for battle,
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and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
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"By Him in Whose hand is my soul,
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no man shall fight them today
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and be killed while remaining steadfast, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating,
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but that Allah will admit him to Paradise."
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"Rise to a Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth."
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I asked, "O Messenger of Allah,
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“And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil);” (3:133)
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is it as wide as the heavens and the earth?" He said, "Yes."
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I exclaimed, "Bakh, bakh!" (an expression of wonder and joy).
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked:
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"What prompted you to say 'bakh, bakh'?"
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I replied, "Nothing, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah,
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except the hope that I might be among its people."
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He, peace be upon him, said:
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"You are indeed among its people."
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I then took out some dates I had with me
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and began to eat them.
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Then I said,
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"If I were to live until I finished eating these dates of mine,
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that would be a long life."
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So I threw them away,
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and I began to fight, saying:
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"Rushing to Allah with no provision,
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save for piety and righteous deeds,
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and patience in the cause of Allah through jihad.
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Every provision is subject to depletion,
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except for piety, righteousness, and true guidance."
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I then fought the polytheists until I was killed.
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I was the first martyr among the Ansar to be killed in Islam.
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So, who am I?