Part of Who am I?
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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (13) | Safwan bin Umayyah, may God be pleased with him
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Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted.
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A new challenge: Who am I?
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I am one of the Companions.
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I was a leader among the leaders of Quraysh.
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And a prominent figure among their notables.
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I was the chief of the Banu Jumah.
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I used to practice divination with arrows during the Jahiliyyah.
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My father was killed at the Battle of Badr by Bilal ibn Rabah, may Allah be pleased with him.
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I inherited from him a hatred for Islam and hostility toward the Muslims.
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My conversion to Islam was delayed until after the conquest of Makkah.
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I was intensely hostile toward the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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To the extent that I plotted an attempt to assassinate him.
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This attempt was between me and my cousin, Umayr ibn Wahb.
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No one else among the people knew about it.
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In it, I pledged to him that I would take care of his family's expenses.
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And that I would pay off his debts.
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In exchange for him killing the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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However, the attempt failed.
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This happened when Umayr ibn Wahb embraced Islam.
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After the Prophet, peace be upon him, informed him.
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Of what had transpired between me and him in the Hijr of the Ka'bah.
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After the conquest of Makkah.
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I feared for my life from the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
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So I fled toward the sea.
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But the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent me a guarantee of safety.
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And granted me a four-month respite to consider my affairs.
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Then, the Prophet, peace be upon him, set out for the Battle of Hunayn.
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He sent to me, asking to borrow some weapons I possessed.
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I asked, "Is this by choice or by force?"
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He replied, "No, rather by choice."
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So I lent them to him.
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Then I went out with him.
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I witnessed the battles of Hunayn and Ta'if.
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While I was still in a state of disbelief.
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After the battle ended and the spoils were collected.
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I began looking at a valley filled with livestock.
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I stared at it intently.
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Knowing that none of it belonged to me.
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Because I was still in a state of disbelief.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was watching me from afar.
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Then he came to me and said:
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"Does this please you?"
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I said, "Yes."
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He said, "It is yours."
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So I said:
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"No one’s soul could be so generous with something like this,"
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"Except the soul of a prophet."
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I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.
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And that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.
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By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, kept giving to me.
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And giving to me.
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Even though he was the most hateful of people to me.
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He continued to give to me.
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Until he became the most beloved of people to me.
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When the Prophet, peace be upon him, wanted.
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To return the weapons he had borrowed from me.
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He found that some of them had been damaged.
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So he said to me:
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"If you wish, I will compensate you for them."
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I said, "No."
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"Rather, I desire Islam more than that."
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So, who am I?
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Share your answers in the comments below the video.
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We will pin the correct answer in the comments.
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When the next episode is released, Allah willing.
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The best of generations in their stances and examples.
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Following the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke.
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They were here, watering our lives like rain clouds.
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They passed away, yet their memory remains exalted among us.
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They departed and cast into the conscience.
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A question:
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Is there any star like them that has risen and shone?
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They filled life with pride through their deeds.
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And the world of humanity flourished because of them.