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Pictures from the lives of the Companions - Episode (49) - Khabbab bin Al-Art, may God be pleased with him
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Mawaddah Association is pleased
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to present to you snapshots from the lives of the Companions,
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by 'Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha,
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may Allah have mercy on him.
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Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, may Allah be pleased with him.
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Umm Anmar al-Khuza'iyyah set out for the slave market in Makkah,
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intending to buy herself a young male servant
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who could serve her and whose labor she could exploit.
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She began closely inspecting the faces of the slaves offered for sale,
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until her choice settled upon a boy who had not yet reached puberty.
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She saw in his robust health and the marks of desert nobility upon his face
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that which enticed her to purchase him.
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She paid his price and set off with him.
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While they were on their way,
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Umm Anmar turned to the boy and asked,
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"What is your name, boy?"
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He replied,
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"Khabbab."
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She asked,
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"And what is your father's name?"
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He said,
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"Al-Aratt."
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She asked,
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"And where are you from?"
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He said, "From Najd."
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She remarked,
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"So you are an Arab, then?"
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He replied, "Yes,
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from the tribe of Banu Tamim."
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She asked,
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"And who brought you into the hands of the slave dealers in Makkah?"
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He explained,
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"An Arab tribe raided our settlement,
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drove off the livestock, captured the women,
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and seized the children.
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I was among the boys taken.
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Then I kept passing from hand to hand
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until I was brought to Makkah
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and ended up in your hands."
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Umm Anmar placed her young slave with a blacksmith in Makkah
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to learn the craft of sword-making.
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It was not long before the young boy mastered the trade and acquired complete proficiency in it.
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When Khabbab grew stronger and reached robust manhood,
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Umm Anmar rented a shop for him,
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purchased tools for him,
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and began exploiting his skill in crafting swords.
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It was only a short time before Khabbab became famous in Makkah,
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and people began flocking to buy his swords
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because of the honesty, truthfulness, and craftsmanship he displayed.
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Despite his youth, Khabbab
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possessed the mind of a mature man and the wisdom of elders.
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Whenever he finished his work and was alone with his thoughts,
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he would often reflect upon that pagan society
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that was steeped in corruption from head to toe.
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He was appalled by the dense ignorance and blind misguidance
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that had enveloped the life of the Arabs,
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of which he himself was one of the victims.
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He used to say to himself, "This dark night must surely come to an end."
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He wished for his life to be prolonged
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so that he might see with his own eyes the demise of darkness and the birth of light.
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Khabbab did not have to wait long,
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for word soon reached him that a ray of light
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had shone forth from the mouth of a youth from Banu Hashim,
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named Muhammad ibn 'Abdillah.
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So he went to him and listened to his message,
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and its radiance dazzled him and its light overwhelmed him.
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He extended his hand to the Prophet,
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testifying that there is no god but Allah
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and that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.
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Thus he became the sixth person to embrace Islam on the face of the earth,
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to the extent that it was said a time passed when Khabbab represented one-sixth of Islam.
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Khabbab did not conceal his Islam from anyone,
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and news of his conversion soon reached Umm Anmar.
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She flew into a furious rage
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and gathered her brother, Siba' ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza,
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joined by a group of youths from the Khuza'ah tribe,
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and they all marched toward Khabbab.
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They found him busily engaged in his work.
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Siba' approached him and said,
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"We have received news about you that we could not believe."
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Khabbab asked, "And what is that?"
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Siba' said, "It is rumored that you have apostatized and followed the youth of Banu Hashim."
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Khabbab replied calmly,
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"I have not apostatized; rather, I have believed in Allah alone, without any partner,
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renounced your idols,
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and testified that Muhammad is the servant of Allah and His Messenger."
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No sooner had Khabbab's words struck the ears of Siba' and those with him
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than they set upon him, beating him with their hands,
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kicking him with their feet,
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and pelting him with whatever hammers and iron scraps they could reach,
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until he collapsed to the ground unconscious,
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bleeding profusely.
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The news of what transpired between Khabbab and his mistress spread through Makkah like wildfire,
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and the people were astonished by Khabbab's audacity.
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They had never heard before
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of anyone following Muhammad and standing among the people to declare his Islam
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with such openness and defiance.
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The elders of Quraysh were shaken by Khabbab's stance,
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for it had never crossed their minds that a blacksmith like Umm Anmar's slave—
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who had no clan to protect him
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and no tribal allegiance to defend or harbor him—
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would have the boldness to rebel against their authority,
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openly revile their gods,
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and mock the religion of their forefathers.
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They realized that this day would be followed by grave consequences.
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And Quraysh was not mistaken in its expectations,
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for Khabbab's boldness inspired many of his peers to proclaim their Islam,
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and they began openly declaring the word of truth, one after another.
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The leaders of Quraysh gathered at the Ka'bah,
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led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb,
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al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah,
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and Abu Jahl ibn Hisham.
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They conferred regarding the affair of Muhammad,
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concluding that his matter was escalating day by day
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and hour by hour.
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So they resolved to eradicate the disease before it spread beyond control,
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deciding that every tribe should set upon its own followers of his,
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torturing them until they recanted their religion or died.
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The burden of torturing Khabbab fell upon Siba' ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza and his people.
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When the midday heat intensified and the sun's rays scorched the ground,
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they would take him out to the stony valley of Makkah,
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strip off his clothes,
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dress him in iron coats of armor,
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and deprive him of water.
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When exhaustion reached its absolute limit,
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they would come to him and ask,
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"What do you say about Muhammad?"
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He would reply, "He is the servant of Allah and His Messenger,
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who brought us the religion of guidance and truth
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to bring us out from darkness into light."
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Thereupon they would beat and punch him relentlessly,
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then say to him,
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"And what do you say about al-Lat and al-'Uzza?"
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He would say, "Two deaf, dumb idols
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that can neither harm nor benefit."
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So they would bring red-hot stones
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and press them against his back,
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holding them there until his own body fat melted to quench them.
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Umm Anmar was no less cruel to Khabbab than her brother Siba'.
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She saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passing by Khabbab's shop and speaking with him,
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which drove her to madness.
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She began coming to Khabbab day after day,
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taking a red-hot piece of iron from his furnace
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and placing it upon his head until his scalp smoked
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and he fell unconscious,
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while he continued to pray against her and her brother Siba'.
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When the Messenger, peace be upon him, gave permission
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to his Companions to migrate to Madinah,
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Khabbab prepared to depart.
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However, he did not leave Makkah
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until Allah answered his supplication against Umm Anmar.
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She was afflicted with a headache the likes of which had never been heard of in severity,
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causing her to howl from the intensity of the pain like a dog.
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Her sons sought medical treatment for her everywhere,
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but they were told that there was no cure for her pain
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except to regularly cauterize her head with fire.
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So she resorted to cauterizing her head with red-hot iron,
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enduring burning pain that made her forget the agony of her headache.
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In Madinah, under the care of the Ansar, Khabbab tasted the sweetness of rest
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of which he had been deprived for so long.
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His eyes were delighted by his proximity to his Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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without anything to trouble him or disturb his peace.
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He fought alongside the noble Prophet at Badr,
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fighting under his banner,
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and marched with him to Uhud.
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There Allah delighted his eyes with the sight of Siba' ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza,
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the brother of Umm Anmar,
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meeting his death at the hands of the Lion of Allah,
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Hamzah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib.
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His life was extended
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until he lived through the reigns of the four Rightly Guided Caliphs,
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living under their care, highly esteemed and renowned.
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One day during his caliphate, he visited 'Umar ibn al-Khattab,
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who elevated his seat
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and brought him very close, saying to him,
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"No one is more deserving of this assembly than you, except Bilal."
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Then he asked him about the worst torture he had endured at the hands of the polytheists,
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but Khabbab felt too shy to answer.
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When 'Umar insisted, Khabbab pulled his cloak back from his spine,
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and 'Umar recoiled in horror at what he saw,
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asking, "How did this happen?"
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Khabbab replied,
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"The polytheists lit a fire of firewood for me until it became glowing embers,
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then they stripped off my clothes
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and dragged me across it,
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until the flesh fell from my backbones,
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and nothing extinguished that fire except the fluid that oozed from my body."
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Khabbab became wealthy in the latter part of his life after a long period of poverty,
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acquiring gold and silver beyond what he had ever dreamed of.
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Yet he disposed of his wealth in a manner no one could imagine:
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he placed his dirhams and dinars in a known spot in his house,
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accessible to those in need among the poor and destitute.
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He did not tie it securely,
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nor did he lock it away,
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so they would come to his home and take whatever they wished,
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without asking or seeking permission.
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Even so,
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For he feared that he would be held to account for that wealth,
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and that he might be punished on its account.
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A group of his companions narrated, saying:
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"We entered upon Khabbab during the illness from which he died,
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and he said, 'There are eighty thousand dirhams in this spot.
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By Allah, I never tied its bag closed,
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nor did I ever turn away a beggar from it.'
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Then he wept.
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So they asked him, 'What makes you weep?'
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He replied, 'I weep because my companions have passed away
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without receiving any part of their reward in this world,
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whereas I have survived
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and received this wealth,
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which I fear may be the reward for those deeds of mine.'"
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And when Khabbab departed to the mercy of his Lord,
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the Commander of the Faithful, 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), stood at his grave
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and said: "May Allah have mercy on Khabbab.
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He embraced Islam willingly,
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emigrated obediently,
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and lived as a striver in the cause of Allah.
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And Allah will never cause the reward of those who do good to be lost."
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"May Allah have mercy on Khabbab.
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He embraced Islam willingly,
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emigrated obediently,
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and lived as a striver in the cause of Allah."
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— 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib.