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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (101)
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Pause and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.
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A new "Who Am I?" challenge.
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I am one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from the people of Medina.
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I was one of the valiant men of the Arabs and one of their most famous figures in courage, daring, bravery, and chivalry.
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I was also one of their most lethal fighters during the pre-Islamic Era of Ignorance.
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I participated with the army of the polytheists in the Battle of Uhud.
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Then I embraced Islam after they departed from the battlefield.
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The first expedition I participated in as a Muslim was the Expedition of Bi'r Ma'unah.
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That was when Hawazin betrayed the Muslims and killed them all.
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Coinciding with this event, I happened to pass by the location.
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I was with Al-Mundhir Ibn 'Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him).
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We saw birds hovering in the sky.
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So we said, "The birds must be hovering over something."
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We rushed to see what the matter was.
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We found our companions slain where they lay, with the treacherous polytheists surrounding them.
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So we dismounted and fought the people.
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As for my companion Al-Mundhir, he was killed.
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As for me, 'Amir Ibn al-Tufayl took me prisoner.
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He then set me free in fulfillment of a vow to manumit a slave on behalf of his mother.
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So I returned to Medina.
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Yet the sight of my companions treacherous slain never left my mind.
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When I approached Medina,
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I met two men from Hawazin.
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I wanted to take revenge for the Muslims who had been treacherously killed.
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So we rested together in the shade of a tree.
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When they fell asleep, I killed them.
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However, they possessed a covenant of protection from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him),
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which I did not know about.
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So I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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and informed him of what I had done.
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He severely reproved me for killing them,
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but then he pardoned me,
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and he ordered that the blood money for these two slain men be paid.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) later dispatched me
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to the Negus in Abyssinia
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with two letters he had written to him.
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In one of them,
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he requested him to marry him to Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her).
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In the other,
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he asked him to send to him the remaining Muslims who were still with him.
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So I traveled to him
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and delivered the two letters to him.
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He read them and returned the greeting of peace.
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Then the Negus married him to Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her)
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and sent his companions to him in two ships.
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So, who am I?