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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (122)

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

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

0:16 I am one of the female Companions, among the first of the Muhajirun (emigrants), and among the earliest to embrace Islam.

0:26 My sister is one of the Mothers of the Believers, and my husband is one of the ten promised Paradise.

0:33 My father, my grandfather, my son, and I—we are all Companions.

0:38 I became known as 'Dhat al-Nitaqayn' (She of the Two Belts) because I took my belt—the sash I used to tie around my waist—

0:47 and tore it into two halves; I kept one for myself,

0:51 and with the second, I tied the provisions for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

0:57 when he was in the cave during his migration.

1:02 When my father set out to migrate to Medina with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

1:08 he took all his wealth and left us nothing.

1:13 My grandfather came to me—he had lost his sight and was still a polytheist at the time—

1:19 and said, "By Allah, I see that your father has distressed you by taking his wealth, just as he has distressed you by leaving you behind."

1:28 I replied, "No, he has left us much good."

1:34 I gathered some stones and placed a cloth over them, making it look like a pouch of money.

1:41 Then I took my grandfather’s hand and said, "Place your hand on this wealth."

1:47 He placed his hand upon it and said, "There is no harm in this."

1:51 "If he has left you this, then he has done well."

1:56 In this, there was a message of reassurance for you.

1:59 Then Abu Jahl came with a group of men, and I went out to meet them.

2:04 They asked, "Where is your father?" I replied, "I do not know where he is."

2:10 Abu Jahl raised his hand and struck my cheek so hard that my earring fell off.

2:17 Then they left.

2:20 I was a woman of generous spirit, spending abundantly in the paths of charity.

2:26 I never held back anything for the next day.

2:29 I lived a long life, reaching one hundred years of age, without losing a single tooth.