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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (106)
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Pause, and discover the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures.
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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 kunya is Abu Hafs, and I was born in Abyssinia two years before the Hijrah.
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I was the stepson of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I was raised in his household after he married my mother following the death of my father, may Allah be pleased with him.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was also my uncle,
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as he and my father were foster brothers through breastfeeding.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, visited us on the day assigned to my mother.
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When the food was served, I sat down to eat with him.
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Being so young, I lacked proper table manners.
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My hand would wander all around the dish.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to me, teaching and guiding me:
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"O boy, mention the name of Allah Almighty,
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eat with your right hand, and eat from what is directly in front of you."
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That remained my manner of eating ever since.
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On the Day of the Trench, the Prophet, peace be upon him, placed me and 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr
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with the women and children in the fortress of Hassan ibn Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him.
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Ibn al-Zubayr and I would go to the wall of the fortress
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to watch the Muslims and their heroic deeds on the battlefield.
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Ibn al-Zubayr would lift me up at times,
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and I would lift him up at other times.
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The Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, gave
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his son 'Abdullah three thousand dinars from the public treasury,
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while he gave me four thousand.
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His son 'Abdullah questioned him about this,
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so 'Umar said to him, "Bring me a mother like his mother!"
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'Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, appointed me governor over Bahrain
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for a period of time,
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and later summoned me to accompany him to Iraq.
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In his letter dismissing me from office, he wrote:
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"To proceed:
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I have appointed al-Nu'man ibn 'Ajlan al-Zuraqi over Bahrain,
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and I have relieved you of duty without blame or censure upon you.
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You governed well and fulfilled the trust.
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So come to me, neither suspected nor blamed,
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nor accused nor sinful."
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So, who am I?