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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (203)
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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 a Companion of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, from the Ansar.
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I embraced Islam and pledged allegiance with the seventy men at the Second Pledge of al-'Aqabah.
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I was among those who knew how to write Arabic before Islam.
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I witnessed all the battles alongside the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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I was one of three men chosen by the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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He commanded them to head to the Mosque of Dirar.
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To demolish and burn it down.
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When the Prophet, peace be upon him, passed away,
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the people wept for him.
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They said, "We wish we had died before him."
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"We fear we will be led into temptation after him."
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So I said,
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"But by Allah, I do not wish that I had died before him,"
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"so that I may bear witness to him in death just as I bore witness to him in life."
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I participated in the Wars of Apostasy during the time of Musaylimah the Liar.
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When the day of al-Yamamah came,
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and the people lined up for battle,
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Abu 'Aqil, may Allah be pleased with him,
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was the first to be wounded.
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He was struck by an arrow,
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which landed between his shoulder and his heart, though not in a fatal spot.
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He pulled the arrow out,
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but his left side was weakened.
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He was dragged to the camp at the rear of the army.
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When the fighting intensified,
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and the Muslims were defeated before the army of the apostates,
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they retreated until they passed their camps.
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I stood up and shouted to the people,
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"O Ansar!"
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"O Ansar!"
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"For the sake of Allah, for the sake of Allah!"
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"Charge at your enemy!"
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Abu 'Aqil, may Allah be pleased with him, heard me.
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He rose, intending to fight.
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It was said to him,
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"What do you want?"
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He said,
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"The caller has called out my name."
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It was said to him,
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"He is only saying 'O Ansar'."
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"He does not mean the wounded."
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He replied,
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"I am one of the Ansar,"
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"and I will answer him, even if I have to crawl."
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He girded himself and took his sword in his right hand.
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Then he stood beside me,
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and began to call out,
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"O Ansar!"
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"A charge like the day of Hunayn!"
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"Gather together, may Allah have mercy on you all."
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They gathered around us,
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and we stood firm against the apostates,
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until we drove them into the garden.
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Swords clashed between us and them,
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until Musaylimah the Liar was killed,
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and Allah granted victory to the believers.
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As for my brother Abu 'Aqil,
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his wounded arm was severed from the shoulder,
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and it fell to the ground.
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He had fourteen wounds on him,
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all of which were fatal.
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Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, met him,
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and asked him who had won the day.
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Ibn 'Umar said,
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"Rejoice,"
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"the enemy of Allah has been killed."
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He raised his finger to the sky, praising Allah,
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and then he died.
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Then I followed him,
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for I was also killed in that battle.
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That was in the twelfth year of the Hijrah,
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during the caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him.
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So, who am I?
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