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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (156)
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Stop.
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Learn about 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 and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I was the leader of the Emigrants in the land of Abyssinia.
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I am the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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And I am the person who most resembles him.
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me:
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"You resemble my physical appearance and my character."
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I performed the two migrations: to Abyssinia,
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and then to Medina in the seventh year of the Hijrah,
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after the conquest of Khaybar.
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When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw me, he said:
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"I do not know which of the two I am more joyful for:
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your arrival or the conquest of Khaybar."
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People nicknamed me 'Abu al-Masakin' (Father of the Poor),
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because of my deep compassion for them.
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They also nicknamed me 'Dhu al-Janahayn' (The Possessor of Two Wings),
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and 'al-Tayyar' (The Flyer).
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sent an army to Mu'tah,
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numbering three thousand fighters.
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He appointed three commanders over them in succession.
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I was the second commander among them.
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We encountered the enemy,
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and their number was one hundred thousand Romans,
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and one hundred thousand of their Arab allies joined them.
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It was not long before fighting broke out between us.
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It was only a matter of moments,
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until the first commander among us fell,
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who was Zayd Ibn Harithah, may Allah be pleased with him.
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He fell as a martyr.
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So I took the banner after him,
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and assumed command.
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I fought a fierce battle,
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and this was my first engagement with the Muslims.
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When the fighting intensified,
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I dismounted from my chestnut horse,
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and hamstrung it so the enemy would not benefit from it.
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I was the first man among the Muslims to hamstring a horse in Islam.
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Then I fought the Romans while reciting:
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"How wonderful is Paradise and its approach,
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pleasant and cool is its drink.
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The Romans are Romans, we have brought their torment,
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disbelieving, their lineage is far removed.
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Upon me, when I meet them, is to strike them."
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And while I was in that state,
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a Roman soldier struck my right hand and severed it.
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The banner fell from me,
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so I took it with my left hand.
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He struck my left hand and severed it.
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So I embraced the banner with my upper arms until I was killed.
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Allah replaced my arms for me
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with two wings in Paradise, with which I fly wherever I wish.
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When they wanted to bury me,
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they found over ninety wounds on me,
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between a sword strike,
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a spear thrust,
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and an arrow shot.
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All of them were on the front of my body;
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none of them were on my back.
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was deeply moved by my death.
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He went to my house in Medina,
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and took my children, smelling them while his eyes shed tears.
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My wife wept,
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and complained to him about the orphanhood of my children.
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He said to her:
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"Do you fear for them?
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I am their guardian in this world and the Hereafter."
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So, who am I?