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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (150)
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Stop.
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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 Muhajirun (Emigrant) Companions.
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I embraced Islam early on, while the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was still at the house of al-Arqam.
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I then performed both migrations.
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My mother is Arwa bint 'Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim.
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She is the paternal aunt of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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One day, I went to my mother and said to her:
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"I have followed Muhammad and embraced Islam."
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She replied, "The person most worthy of your support and assistance is your cousin."
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"By Allah, if we were capable of what men are capable of,"
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"we would have protected him and defended him."
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I said, "Mother, what is stopping you from embracing Islam and following him?"
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"Your brother Hamza has already embraced Islam."
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She said, "I am waiting to see what my sisters do."
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"Then I will be with them."
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I said, "I adjure you by Allah,"
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"to go to him, greet him, and believe in him,"
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"and bear witness that there is no god but Allah."
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She said, "Then I bear witness that there is no god but Allah,"
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"and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
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She then began to defend the Prophet, peace be upon him, with her tongue,
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and she would urge me to support him and attend to his affairs.
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I once heard 'Awf ibn Sabira al-Sahmi insulting the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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I took a camel's jawbone and struck him with it until he fell, covered in his own blood.
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One day, I saw Abu Jahl confronting the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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accompanied by a number of the disbelievers of Quraysh, and they were harming him.
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I went to Abu Jahl and struck him a blow that wounded him.
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They seized me and tied me up,
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but my uncle Abu Lahab stood up and freed me from them.
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He said to my mother, "Do you not see that your son has made himself a defender of Muhammad?"
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She replied, "The best of his days is the day he defends his cousin, for he has brought the truth from Allah."
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They said, "Have you followed Muhammad?"
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She said, "Yes. So, who am I?"