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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (79)
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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the distinguished 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).
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I embraced Islam early on,
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because of an animal that guided me to Islam
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and to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Medina.
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So I migrated to him and accepted Islam at his hands.
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I prayed with him facing both Qiblahs,
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and I gave him the pledge of allegiance on the Day of al-Hudaybiyyah beneath the tree.
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One day, while I was tending my sheep in the Harrah,
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a wolf suddenly attacked a ewe from the flock
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and seized it. I ran after it until I rescued the sheep from it.
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The wolf then sat on its hindquarters and spoke to me in human speech,
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saying, "Do you not fear Allah?
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You come between me and a provision that Allah has driven to me!"
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I said, "How astonishing! A wolf sitting on its hindquarters,
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speaking in human speech!"
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The wolf said, "Shall I not tell you of something even more astonishing than that?
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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
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is in Medina between the two Harrahs,
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informing the people of news of what has passed before."
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So when I heard the wolf's words,
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I drove my sheep until I came to Medina,
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gathered them into one of its corners,
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and then entered upon the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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I embraced Islam and related to him the hadith of the wolf.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went out to the people
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and said to me, "Stand up and inform them of your story."
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So I informed them of what had happened between me and the wolf.
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Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said,
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"The shepherd has spoken the truth." So, who am I?
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Allah willing.
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The best of generations in deeds and example,
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They followed the Messenger in whatever he strove for or said.
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They were here, watering our lives like rain clouds,
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And their memory continuously rises exalted among us.
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They departed, leaving a question in our conscience:
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Has any star ever risen and shone brightly like them?
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They filled life with glorious achievements through their deeds,
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And through them, mankind's world blossomed in pride.