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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (129)
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Pause and identify the Companion, scholar, or prominent figure.
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A new challenge: who am I?
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I am one of the younger Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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My maternal uncle is the great archer Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him.
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I was eager to meet the Prophet, peace be upon him, and learn from him.
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I sat with him more than a hundred times and narrated hadiths from him.
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I prayed more than two thousand prayers with him.
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His prayer was similar to the prayer of people today.
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However, he would lighten the recitation.
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In the dawn prayer, he would recite Surah al-Waqi'ah and similar chapters.
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I once saw the Prophet, peace be upon him, on a moonlit night.
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He was wearing a red garment.
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I began looking at him and then at the moon.
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To me, he was more beautiful than the moon.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, would pass by us while we were young boys.
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We would be playing in the alleys of Medina.
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He would stroke our cheeks.
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One day he passed by.
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He stroked my cheek.
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The cheek he stroked became more beautiful than the other.
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So, who am I?