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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (55)
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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 one of the younger Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I was the first child born to the Ansar in Medina after the Migration.
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My father was also a Companion.
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He was the first of the Ansar to pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, on the day of Saqifah.
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I was born in Medina fourteen months after the Migration.
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My mother brought me to the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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He performed the tahnik for me and gave her the glad tidings that I would live a praiseworthy life,
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that I would be killed as a martyr, and that I would enter Paradise.
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I heard the hadith of the ship from the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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in which he says:
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"The likeness of the one who upholds the limits of Allah and the one who transgresses them
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is like a group of people who drew lots for places on a ship.
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Some of them were assigned the upper deck and some the lower deck.
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When those on the lower deck needed water,
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they had to pass by those above them.
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They said,
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'If we were to make a hole in our portion,
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we would not disturb those above us.'
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If they leave them to do what they want,
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they will all perish together.
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But if they restrain their hands,
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they will all be saved together."
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One day, the poet al-A'sha came to me while he was ill,
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and I was the governor of Hims.
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I said to him,
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"What brings you here?"
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He said,
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"To seek your support, honor our kinship, and settle my debts."
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I said,
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"By Allah, I do not have what you seek,
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but I will ask the people for something on your behalf."
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Then I stood up and ascended the pulpit,
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and said, "O people of Hims,
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this man is your cousin from Iraq,
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and he is seeking your assistance.
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What do you think?"
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They replied,
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"We give you authority over our wealth."
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I refused that from them,
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but they insisted,
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"We have indeed given you authority over our wealth."
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[They pledged] two dinars from every man.
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There were twenty thousand men on the register.
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So I brought out forty thousand dinars for him from the public treasury.
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When their stipends were distributed,
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I deducted two dinars from the share of each man.
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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, Allah willing.
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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 though they passed, their memory remains exalted among us.
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They departed, leaving a question in the conscience:
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Has any star ever risen and shone like them?
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They filled life with glories through their deeds,
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and the world of mankind flourished with their grace.