Part of Who am I?
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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (285)
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Pause and reflect on the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.
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A new challenge: Who am I?
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I am a female Companion from the Ansar.
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I am the maternal aunt of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, through nursing.
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I was among the first women of the people of Madinah to embrace Islam.
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I am the mother of Anas Ibn Malik,
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the servant of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, arrived in Madinah,
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there was not a single household that did not present him with a gift.
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So, I took my son Anas by the hand,
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and I brought him to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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I said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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there is not a man or woman among the Ansar
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who has not presented you with a gift,
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and I have nothing with which to gift you
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except for this son of mine.
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So take him,
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and let him serve you as you wish."
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My son Anas served him
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for the entire duration of his stay in Madinah, ten years.
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After the death of my husband Malik, the father of Anas,
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Abu Talhah, may Allah be pleased with him, came to propose to me.
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At that time, he was still a polytheist.
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I said to him,
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"O Abu Talhah,
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a man like you cannot be turned away,
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but you are a disbelieving man,
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and I am a Muslim woman.
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It is not lawful for you to marry me.
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If you embrace Islam,
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that shall be my dowry; I ask for nothing else."
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So Abu Talhah embraced Islam,
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and he married me.
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I had no dowry other than Islam,
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and people never heard of a dowry more noble than mine.
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I had a young son,
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and the Prophet, peace be upon him, used to play with him,
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saying to him,
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"O Abu Umayr,
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what has become of the nughayr (small bird)?"
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One day, he fell ill,
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and Abu Talhah went out to the mosque.
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Our son Abu Umayr passed away,
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so I covered him with a cloth.
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When Abu Talhah returned,
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I had prepared his dinner for him,
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and I had adorned myself.
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He asked about the boy,
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and I replied,
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"He is in the most peaceful state he has ever been."
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He assumed the boy was well,
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so he ate his dinner,
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and then he approached me as a husband approaches his wife.
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When it was the end of the night,
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I said to him,
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"O Abu Talhah,
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have you not seen the family of so-and-so?
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They borrowed something,
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and when the owners sent to them
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asking for their property back,
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they refused to return it."
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Abu Talhah replied,
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"They have not acted justly."
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I said,
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"Your son was a loan from Allah,
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and Allah has taken it back."
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Abu Talhah then recited the istirja' (saying 'to Allah we belong and to Him we return'),
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and praised Allah.
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When morning came,
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he went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and informed him of what had happened.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
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"May Allah bless both of you
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for your night together."
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Consequently, I became pregnant with Abdullah Ibn Abi Talhah.
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Later, we saw
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nine of his children,
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all of whom had memorized the Qur'an.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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would frequently visit my house.
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When he was asked about that,
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he said,
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"I feel compassion for her;
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her brother was killed while with me."
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I used to prepare for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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a mattress made of leather
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for him to sleep on in my house.
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When he would wake up,
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I would go to the mattress,
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collect the sweat of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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and place it in a bottle I had, to use as perfume.
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, gave me the glad tidings of Paradise,
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for he said,
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"I saw myself enter Paradise,
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and I heard the sound of your footsteps walking within it."
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So, who am I?
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