Part of Who am I?
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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (157)
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Stop.
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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.
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A new challenge: Who am I?
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I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, from the Ansar.
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I am one of those who narrated a great number of hadiths from the Prophet.
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I witnessed the Second Pledge of al-'Aqabah with my father while I was still young.
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My father prevented me from participating in the battles of Badr and Uhud so that I could look after his nine daughters.
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But when he was martyred at Uhud, I never missed a single event with the Prophet, peace be upon him, thereafter.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, met me after Uhud.
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He said to me, "Why do I see you looking brokenhearted?"
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I said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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my father has been martyred,
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and he left behind dependents and debt."
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He said, "Shall I not give you glad tidings of how Allah met your father?"
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I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah."
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He said, "Allah has never spoken to anyone
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except from behind a veil,
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but He brought your father back to life and spoke to him face-to-face without a veil."
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He said, "O My servant, ask of Me and I shall grant it to you."
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He said, "O my Lord, bring me back to life so that I may be killed for Your sake a second time."
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The Lord, Mighty and Majestic, said,
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"It has already been decreed by Me that they shall not return to it [the world]."
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He said, "O Lord, then convey [the news of my state] to those I left behind."
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So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse.
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“Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.” (3:169)
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“Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.” (3:169)
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My father’s grave was uncovered
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when Mu'awiyah, may Allah be pleased with him, diverted a water spring
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near the graves of the martyrs of Uhud
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after more than half a century had passed.
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I rushed to my father’s grave,
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and I found him as fresh as the day we buried him.
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One day I fell ill,
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and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to visit me.
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He found that I had lost consciousness,
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so he performed wudu,
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then poured the water from his wudu over me,
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and I regained consciousness.
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I said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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how should I dispose of my wealth?
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What should I do with my wealth?"
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He did not answer me with anything
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until the verse of inheritance was revealed.
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I was eager for knowledge and for conveying it.
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I heard of a man in the Levant
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who had heard a hadith from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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So I bought a camel,
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packed my belongings upon it,
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and traveled for a month
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until I reached him in the Levant.
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I heard the hadith from him,
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and then I returned to Medina immediately.
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I used to always advise the people of knowledge,
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and I would say to them:
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"A scholar must wash his heart
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just as a man washes his garment of filth."
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So, who am I?
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Allah.