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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (272)
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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 be upon him.
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I am the leader of the Aws from the Ansar.
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And I am one of the nobles of the people of Medina.
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I embraced Islam when I was 31 years old.
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That was after I heard the Qur'an.
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May Allah be pleased with him, the messenger of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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To us in Medina.
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With my conversion, my people, the Banu 'Abd al-Ashhal, also embraced Islam.
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All of them in a single day.
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Then, Usayd ibn Hudayr, may Allah be pleased with him, and I took charge.
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Of breaking the idols of the Banu 'Abd al-Ashhal.
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And I made my home a headquarters for Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr.
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And As'ad ibn Zurarah, may Allah be pleased with them both.
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Where they would invite the people of Yathrib to Islam.
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I participated with the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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In the Battle of Badr.
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When he went out to intercept the caravan of Quraysh.
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And he did not intend to fight.
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But when the caravan escaped us.
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And Quraysh came out to fight us.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:
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"Advise me, O people."
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Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and al-Miqdad, may Allah be pleased with them, spoke.
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And they spoke well.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, praised them.
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And prayed for them.
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Then he said, "Advise me, O people."
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So I said, "By Allah, it is as if you mean us,
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O Messenger of Allah."
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He said, "Indeed."
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I said, "We have believed in you and declared you truthful.
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And we have testified that what you have brought is the truth.
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And we have given you our pledges on that.
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And our covenants of hearing and obedience.
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So proceed, O Messenger of Allah, to whatever you desire.
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For we are with you. By the One who sent you with the truth,
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if you were to lead us to this sea and plunge into it,
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we would plunge into it with you.
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Not a single man among us would stay behind.
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And we do not dislike that you should face our enemy with us tomorrow.
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We are steadfast in war,
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and truthful in the encounter. Perhaps Allah will show you
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from us that which will gladden your eyes.
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So march with us upon the blessing of Allah."
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was pleased.
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With my words, and it energized him.
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Then he said, "March on and rejoice,
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for Allah the Almighty has promised me
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one of the two parties. By Allah,
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I am now looking at the places where the people will fall."
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And before the Battle of Badr began,
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I suggested to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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that we build a shelter for him to stay in.
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And from which he could manage the battle.
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And we prepared mounts for him.
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So that if the Muslims were defeated,
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he, peace be upon him, could return to Medina.
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For there are men there who love him as we love him.
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They would defend him and support him.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, approved of that.
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And the Companions did as well.
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And I was the guard of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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at the shelter.
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And in the Battle of the Trench,
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an arrow struck me and severed my artery.
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And that was the cause of my death.
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When the Muslims carried my bier,
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they noticed how light it was.
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The hypocrites said,
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"How light his funeral is!"
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"And that is only because of his judgment regarding the Banu Qurayza."
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This reached the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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He said, "Indeed, the angels
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were carrying it."
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And the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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was walking in al-Baqi' on his tiptoes.
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And the Companions, while they were digging my grave,
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could smell the scent of musk.
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Until they reached the side-niche.
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And the Prophet, peace be upon him, informed us
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that the Throne of the Most Merciful shook at my death,
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out of love and joy.
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People were amazed by a silk garment
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that was gifted to the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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And they began to touch it.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, informed them
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that the handkerchiefs of Sa'd in Paradise
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are better than this garment.
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So, who am I?