Part of Who am I?
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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (231)
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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 younger Companions, from the youth of the Ansar.
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I was born ten years before the Hijrah.
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I sought to join the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, on the day of Badr.
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He turned me away, but permitted me to join on the day of the Trench.
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I witnessed fifteen military expeditions with him.
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And I traveled with him eighteen times.
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I was also among the scholars and jurists of the Companions.
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I narrated three hundred and five hadiths from the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, met me once.
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He took my hand and shook it.
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I said, "O Messenger of Allah,
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I thought shaking hands was only a practice of the non-Arabs."
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He replied, "We are more entitled to shaking hands than they are."
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"There are no two Muslims who meet and shake hands,
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but their sins fall away between them."
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I was keen to shake hands after that.
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And I would say, "It is part of the perfection of greeting that you shake your brother's hand."
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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, came one day
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to my father at our house.
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He bought a camel saddle from him.
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He asked my father if I could carry his belongings.
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So I carried them with him.
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When we set out,
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I said, "O Abu Bakr,
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tell me how you both managed when you migrated with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."
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He said, "Yes.
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We traveled through the night and the next day,
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until the midday heat peaked.
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The road was deserted, with no one passing through it.
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I saw a large rock that provided shade.
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We stopped there.
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I smoothed out a place with my hands for the Prophet, peace be upon him, to sleep.
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I spread a fur over it.
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I said, 'Sleep, O Messenger of Allah,'
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'while I keep watch around you.'
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He slept, and I went out to keep watch around him.
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Suddenly, I saw a shepherd approaching the rock with his sheep,
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wanting from it the same thing we had wanted.
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I said to him,
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'To whom do you belong, young man?'
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He said,
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'To a man from the people of Makkah.'
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I said,
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'Is there milk in your sheep?'
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He said, 'Yes.'
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I said,
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'Will you milk them?'
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He said, 'Yes.'
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He took a sheep,
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and milked it for us.
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I brought it to the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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and I disliked waking him up.
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I found him awake just as I arrived.
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I poured some water onto the milk,
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until the bottom of it cooled.
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Then I said,
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'Drink, O Messenger of Allah.'
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He drank until I was satisfied.
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Then I said,
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'Is it not time to depart?'
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He said, 'Yes.'
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So we departed after the sun had begun to decline."
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I was known for my horsemanship and my courage,
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and for not fearing death.
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I killed one hundred men in single combat,
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not counting those in general battles.
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I participated in the conquest of Tustar.
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I was the commander of the force that conquered Rayy,
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in the year twenty-four of the Hijrah.
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So, who am I?
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Post the correct answer in the comments.
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Upon the release of the next episode,
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if Allah wills.