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صور من حياة الصحابة - الحلقة (95) - رافع بن عمير الطائي رضي الله عنه
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
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Mawaddah Association is pleased
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To present to you pictures from the lives of the Companions
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By Abd al-Rahman Rafat al-Basha
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May God have mercy on him
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Rafi bin Omair Al-Tai
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May God be pleased with him
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Have you heard the news of Rafi bin Umair Al-Tai?
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Desert shrewd
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Your great death
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Islam came to Rafi
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He did not pay attention to him
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He paid no attention to him
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This is because he was too busy raiding Arab neighborhoods
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And stealing the camels of their camels
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Do not think that Rafi’ was the leader of an Arab tribe
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Or he had a secret to invade
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Or a band that holds me tight
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Rafi was nothing like that, not even close to that
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Rather, he was a Bedouin from the desert
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He created an army of himself
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He launched his raids on Arab homes alone and alone
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People cherish what they hold dearest
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Then he returns safe and sound
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You might say: Wasn't it in these neighborhoods that Rafi' was raiding?
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Angad's heroes are able to hunt down this mortal
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And save their camels from him and eliminate him
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Indeed, he was among the sons of the desert
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Who are no less courageous, bold and courageous than Rafi
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But there was no one among them who was equal to him in knowing the secrets of this desert
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And the ability to influence its depths
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It was even known among the Arabs
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He gifted a Bedouin with desert sand
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He showed people its ways
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It was Rafi's business
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If he decides to invade a people
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To bring a large number of ostrich eggs
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And fill it with water
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And to bury him in remote places that no foot can set foot in, in the middle of the desert
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Then he launches his raid on whomever he wants from the Arab neighborhoods
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He drives the camels that he captures in front of him
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He takes her to those places whose secrets were not given to anyone but him
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If he enters it and gets immersed in its labyrinth
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The owners stopped chasing him
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And they turned back
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For fear of dying from thirst or loss
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In the ninth year of the Hijra
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The Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, sent Omar bin Al-Aas
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At the head of one of the Muslim companies heading to the country of Tai
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He ordered him to mobilize any of the Arabs who converted to Islam
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To go with him to the Levant to fight the Romans
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And to seek friendship with those of them who were not safe so that they would not join his enemies
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In the company were Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq and Omar bin Al-Khattab
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And a group of the great companions of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
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So they set off until they reached Mount Tai
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The roads blinded them
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They feared loss and destruction for themselves
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Omar bin Al-Khattab said
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Bring us an experienced man to be our guide in these victories
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It was said to him: “You have none other than Rafi’ bin Umair Al-Tai.”
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For he is the most knowledgeable of the people about this desert and the most knowledgeable of its paths
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So they called Rafi and took him as their guide
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Rafi bin Umair spent time with this chosen elite
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One of the companions of the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him
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Days and nights until they accomplished what they were ordered to do
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Rafi saw that their noble qualities were noble and their characteristics were noble
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Their guidance was sublime when their love was planted in his heart
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He found them to be servants by night and knights by day
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Ascetics of this world, desiring the good reward from God
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He had an affair with them that Rafi’ narrates to you himself, saying:
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While I was with the people, I was looking at them all
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I looked out for Abu Bakr in particular, admired him, and favored him
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With my concern for all his companions and for all good things
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When we returned to the houses from which we left
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As they were about to leave us, I felt that they would be with them in my heart
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So I came to Abu Bakr and said, “O good companion.”
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I marked you and chose you from among your friends
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So mention something to me that if I memorize it, I will be one of you and like you
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He said: Do you remember your five fingers?
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I said yes and he said count on it
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It bears witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger
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And perform prayers and pay zakat if you have money
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You fast Ramadan and perform Hajj to the House if you can find a way to it
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Then he said: Have you memorized it? I said yes and listen to me
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I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger
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As for prayer, I will never abandon it
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As for zakat, I have enough money to pay it
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As for Ramadan, I will fast it as long as I live
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As for Hajj, if I am able, I will perform Hajj, God willing
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Since that day, the desert thief Rafi bin Umair
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That black page of his life and he opened the other page
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The page shining with the light of faith and sparkling with the light of the Qur’an
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This was the news of Rafi’ bin Umair in his pre-Islamic era
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Here are some of the stories about him after his conversion to Islam
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The life of the Caliph of the Muslims, Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq
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An army consisting of four divisions to invade the Romans in the Levant
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The invading army rushed in the name of God, liberating the country and guiding the people
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The call to prayer is raised in every land on which his feet set foot
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To announce to the people that the era of slavery to the Caesars has ended
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And servitude to God is one until he reached the outskirts of Damascus
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Then he set off for the city of Homs in central Syria
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The Romans did not take into consideration the Muslim army or care about it
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When they saw him inflicting defeat on them, defeat followed defeat
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Threatening their soldiers with annihilation, they mobilized their armies in Antioch
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He brought help from the parties of the Byzantine state
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Until two hundred and fifty thousand warriors gathered for them
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Then they pushed this massive army from Labjab against the Muslims
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So he went on to recover the country that the Romans had lost
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He threatens the Muslim army with extinction
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The Muslims sent messengers from them to Medina
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They describe the situation to the Caliph and say relief, relief
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And the calf is the calf
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Khalid bin Al-Walid was then in Iraq
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At the head of his large, conquering army
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So the friend sent him orders to go immediately to the Levant
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To help the army threatened with extinction
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He sees the catastrophe that is about to befall the Muslims
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Khaled responded to the Caliph’s order
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He went with ten thousand Muslim soldiers
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Among them is Rafi’ bin Umair Al-Tai
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To be supplies for the Muslim army in the Levant
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It was Ali Khalid bin Al-Walid
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To get his army to Syria in the shortest time
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And to follow a path in which he avoids confronting the Romans
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So as not to prevent him or him from meeting with Muslims
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So he started consulting his companions and said:
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Bored me in such a way
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So Rafi’ bin Umair Al-Tai rose to him
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He said, “I am yours to do, O Prince.”
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He said, "How?"
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He said we will cross the desert starting from Qaraqir
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And pass by and see you
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And ending with Palmyra
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So we are behind Hamas in the middle of the Levant
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Where Muslim armies are stationed
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They surprised Ibn Rum
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They do not know if we descended on them from the sky
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Or We sourced for them from the earth
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Khaled said
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How can we get water in this forgiving desert?
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We have twenty thousand people, both human and horse
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He said as long as God is with us
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I am yours with it
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Khaled consulted opinion-makers from the army lieutenant colonel
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They said, "Don't do it, Prince."
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The distance between Qaraqar and Sawa
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Don't cut it for less than five nights
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It is a desert area with no water or paths
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Passing it is up to the individual passenger
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It's almost impossible
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So what about this large army?
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Do not expose yourself and the souls of Muslims to destruction
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Khaled said
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O Muslims!
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Your guidance is no different
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And do not weaken your certainty
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They knew that help came from God
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It comes with intention
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The reward is commensurate with the hardship
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And a Muslim should not care about anything
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As long as he waits for his Lord's help
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Then Rafi bin Umair is with us
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There is no one among you who is ignorant of Rafi, the son of the desert
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Then he said, “By God, this is necessary.”
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I was determined to implement the order of the successor of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
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And saving the Muslim army from the clutches of the Romans
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All they had to do was respond to him obediently
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They said: You are a man whom God has brought goodness to you
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So do what you want
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He said, may God reward you well
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Then he turned to Rafi and said
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Do what you want, Rafi
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Rafi said, “Take care, Prince.”
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With twenty bone-headed camels, two fat animals
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Any old woman
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So he brought them to him
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So Rafi approached them
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So I made them live
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When they were exhausted by thirst
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Give them water
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So they drank until they were full
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Then he cut off their blades
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That is, their lips
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And tie their mouths so that they do not chew the rumour
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Then these camels carried as much water as they could carry
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Water became in their bellies and on their backs
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The mighty army set off
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He began to fuel the march with his horses and burdens
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So it was every time he came down to a house
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Rafi rose to the camel
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He slaughtered four of them
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So he took the water in her stomach
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He mixed it with her milk and gave it to the horses
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The army was given water on its backs
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When the army completed the fifth stage of its march
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He used up all his water
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Rafi' had to show the soldiers his sources
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God willing, Rafi’ would suffer from ophthalmia until his eyes became swollen
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Tomorrow does not promise anything
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Khaled came to him and said
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Woe to you, Rafi, we have slaughtered all the camels
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The water was all gone
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The army was on the verge of destruction
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And he said
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Look, perhaps you will see two mountains in the shape of breasts
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Khaled looked in every direction
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Then he said
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Yes, yes, Rafi
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Rafi said, “Rejoice.”
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Arise, seek a bramble tree between them
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Her description is such and such
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They searched for it but did not find it
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Rafi said, “And he will judge.”
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Shake off the ground, shake it off, it's here
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And they knew that if you did not find it
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You perished and I perished with you
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They went looking for the bramble tree in every spot
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They soon found it
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It was uprooted and its roots remained in the ground
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So they grew up and Rafi’ grew up with them
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Then he said
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Dig into its origin
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So they dug
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A spring of fresh water, Namir, gushed out from beneath it
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They increased their cheering and glorification
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They came to Rafi’ with joy, joy and congratulations
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He said to them, “Praise be to God.”
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By God, I passed through this land with my father thirty years ago
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My eyes never saw her after that
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The army continued its march until it reached the hills overlooking Ghouta of Damascus
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So Khalid handed over the banner of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, to Rafi’ bin Umair
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He ordered him to focus it there
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So focus it
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It was called punishment
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Then Khalid's army met the four Muslim armies
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Who was waiting for his arrival
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They fought the Battle of Yarmouk
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In which God humiliated the sins of polytheism
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He raised the banner of Islam
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It was one of the great decisive battles in history
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And after
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Did you know that Rafi bin Umair?
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Who was nicknamed, until recently, the desert thief
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He became called the raiser of goodness
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Do you know that this is the reason why this title was given to him?
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He is due to his abundance of kindness to the poor
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His great compassion for those in need
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He used to feed the people of three mosques
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He who earns his right hand and the sweat of his brow
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He is content with the world in one garment
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He wears it at home
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He takes him out to pray
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Don't be surprised by that
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Rafi bin Umair may spend an hour studying
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In the school of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him
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A spark of the light of faith shone in his chest
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Rafi bin Omair guided Badawi with desert sand
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Historians showed people its methods
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With Muhammad and his companions
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The edifice was built by Goths
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O Sheyar, help me better
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In their praise, is there anyone better than you?