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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (12) | Qais bin Saad bin Ubadah, may God be pleased with him
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Pause.
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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most eminent among them.
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Here is a serious challenge: who am I?
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I am a Companion, one of the masters of the Ansar.
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My father was the leader of the Khazraj.
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Our house was among the most noble and ancestrally distinguished homes of the Arabs.
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Following the custom of the wealthy and generous Arabs of that time,
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we had a herald who would stand upon an elevated place,
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calling guests to their food during the day,
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and lighting a fire to guide the weary traveler by night.
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People used to say,
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"Whoever loves fat and meat,
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let him come to the house of Dulaym Ibn Harithah."
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There was neither beard nor hair upon my face,
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so the Ansar would say,
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"We wish we could buy you a beard with our wealth."
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Despite that, I was one of the shrewdest of the Arabs,
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known for my cunning, skill, and intelligence.
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Had it not been for Islam,
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I would have devised a scheme that the Arabs could not have withstood.
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I served the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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and I held a position with him like that of a chief of police to a prince.
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I carried his banner in some of the military expeditions,
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and he appointed me to collect the zakat.
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When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent
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Abu Ubaydah Ibn al-Jarrah,
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with three hundred of the Muhajirun and the Ansar,
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I was among them.
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We suffered great hardship,
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so I slaughtered nine camels for them,
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until we found a whale on the seashore,
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and we ate from it for a month,
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until our strength returned to us.
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I used to feed people during my travels with the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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and whenever my provisions ran out,
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I would borrow to feed them.
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Every day I would call out,
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"Come to the meat and the tharid!"
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An old woman came to me and said,
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"I complain to you of the scarcity of rats in my house,"
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and I said,
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"How elegant this metaphor is!"
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"Fill her house with bread and meat,
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and ghee and dates."
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I once sold a piece of land of mine for ninety thousand,
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and when I arrived in Medina,
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I ordered the herald to call out,
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"Whoever needs a loan, let him come."
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I lent out fifty thousand of it,
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and spent the rest.
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Then, I later fell ill,
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and my visitors became few.
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I said to my wife,
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"I see that few have visited me during this illness of mine,
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and I believe that is
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because of the debts people owe me."
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So I ordered the herald to call out,
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"Whoever owes us a debt,
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they are absolved of it."
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By evening, the threshold of my door was broken
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from the multitude of visitors.
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So, who am I?
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Share your answers with us in the comments below the video.
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We will pin the correct answer in the comments
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when the next episode is released,
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if Allah wills.
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The best of generations in their stances and examples,
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they followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke.
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They were here, watering the clouds of our lives,
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and through their stances, their memory is exalted.
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They departed, leaving a question in the conscience:
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Is there a star like them that has risen and shone?
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They filled life with pride through their deeds,
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and the world of the noble flourished because of them.