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Pause and discover the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures.
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A new challenge: Who am I?
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I am one of the Mothers of the Believers and a wife of the noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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And the most beloved of people to him.
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He married me as a virgin before the migration to Medina.
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And he never married any virgin besides me.
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Then he consummated our marriage when I was nine years old,
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After his return from the Battle of Badr,
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In the second year of the Hijrah.
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I remained with him and enjoyed his favor until his passing.
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I narrated abundant knowledge from him,
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So much so that the scholars considered me the absolute most knowledgeable woman of the Ummah in fiqh.
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Divine revelation used to descend upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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While he was with me under my blanket.
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And the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, declared
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That my superiority over other women
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Is like the superiority of Tharid over all other food.
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During the Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq,
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I set out with the army in the company of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
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Along the way, I went aside to relieve myself,
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And the army moved on without noticing my absence.
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When I returned to their camp, I found no one.
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So I stayed put, hoping they would miss me and return for me.
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Then the noble Companion Safwan ibn al-Mu'attal, may Allah be pleased with him, came along.
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He took me and brought me back to catch up with the army.
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When the hypocrites saw us,
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They slandered us with the Lie (al-Ifk) and said,
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"By Allah, neither did he remain safe from her, nor did she from him!"
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But Allah Almighty declared my innocence from above seven heavens,
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And revealed concerning me Qur'anic verses that will be recited until the Day of Resurrection,
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In magnificent verses from Surah an-Nur.
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Because of me, the verse of Tayammum (dry ablution) was revealed,
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When I lost my necklace while we were on a journey.
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I went to search for it,
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Detaining the army when they were without any water.
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When the prayer time arrived,
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Allah revealed the verse of Tayammum.
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Thereupon, Usayd ibn Hudayr, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
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"May Allah reward you with good!
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For by Allah, no hardship has ever befallen you that you disliked,
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Except that Allah made it a source of good for you and for us.
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This is not the first of your blessings, O family of Abu Bakr!"
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And my father said to me,
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"By Allah, my dear daughter, you are truly blessed!
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Look at what blessing and ease
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Allah has granted the Muslims through your detaining them."
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, once raced with me
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On one of his journeys,
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And I outran him.
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Later, when I grew older and gained weight,
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He raced me again and won,
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Then said, "This one is for that one."
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, passed away
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In my room and on my assigned night,
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And Allah joined my saliva with his at the time of his death,
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And his soul was taken while he rested between my chest and my neck.
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So, who am I?
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The answer:
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Aisha bint Abi Bakr, may Allah be pleased with them both.
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Pause
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And discover the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures.
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A new challenge:
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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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And among the earliest people to embrace Islam in Mecca.
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I migrated to Abyssinia,
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Then returned to Mecca,
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Where I was confined and detained,
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Unable to migrate to Medina
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Even after the Prophet, peace be upon him, migrated there.
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So I remained in Mecca
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Until the Prophet, peace be upon him, dispatched
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An expedition of Muslims
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Led by 'Ubaydah ibn al-Harith, may Allah be pleased with him.
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They encountered a force from Quraysh
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Led by 'Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl.
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I had been forced out with the polytheists,
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But when the two groups met without engaging in battle,
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I separated myself from the polytheists
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And joined the Muslim expedition.
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I participated in all the major battles alongside the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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And I was the first person whose horse galloped in the cause of Allah.
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I was swift to answer the call to jihad,
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A brave warrior equal to a thousand horsemen.
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At the Battle of Badr,
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I rode out on my horse with the Muslims.
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When the caravan escaped us
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And battle became imminent,
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The Prophet, peace be upon him, consulted his Companions,
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Saying,
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"Give me your counsel, O people."
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Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up
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And spoke excellently.
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Then 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, stood up
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And spoke likewise.
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Then I stood up and said,
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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Go forward to what Allah has commanded you,
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For we are with you.
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By Allah, we will not say to you as the Children of Israel said to Moses:
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“They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here.” (5:24)
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'We are sitting right here.'
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Rather,
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“They said: O Moses! We will never enter (the land) while they are in it. So go thou and thy Lord and fight! We will sit here.” (5:24)
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'We will fight alongside you both!'
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By the One Who sent you with the truth,
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If you were to take us to Bark al-Ghimad,
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We would fight alongside you against all resistance until you reached it."
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, spoke well of me
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And supplicated for me.
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A long time after the passing of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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A man passed by me
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And said,
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"Blessed are these two eyes that have seen the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him!
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By Allah, how we wish we had seen what you saw!"
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I listened to what he said
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And felt astonishment,
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Then I turned to him and said,
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"What drives one of you to wish for a scene that Allah spared him from,
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Not knowing how he would have fared had he witnessed it?
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By Allah, there were people who witnessed the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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Whom Allah cast face-down into Hellfire
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Because they did not respond to him nor believe him.
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Do you not praise Allah for bringing you forth from your mothers' wombs
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Knowing none but your Lord,
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Believing in what your Prophet brought,
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Having been spared the trial through others?"
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I had a large belly,
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And I had a Roman servant boy
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Who said to me, "Let me make an incision in your belly
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And remove some of its fat so that you become slender
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And your body becomes lighter,
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For I am experienced in this."
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So he cut open my belly
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And removed some of the fat and tissue,
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Then sewed it up.
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However, the wound became infected,
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The boy fled,
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And I passed away because of that.
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So, who am I?
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The answer:
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Al-Miqdad ibn 'Amr,
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May Allah be pleased with him.
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Pause
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And discover the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures.
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A new challenge:
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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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And a veteran master poet of the Mukhadramun.
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Indeed, I am one of the authors of the Mu'allaqat,
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And my poetry was full of wisdom.
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I was renowned for horsemanship and bravery,
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And famous for eloquence and oratory.
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I was among the nobles of the people in both the Pre-Islamic Era (Jahiliyyah) and Islam.
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The Mother of the Believers Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, recited
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Around one thousand lines of my poetry from memory.
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I came as part of my tribe's delegation to the Prophet, peace be upon him, before the Conquest of Mecca,
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And embraced Islam along with them.
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Although I was among the greatest poets,
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I did not compose poetry in Islam,
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For Allah Almighty replaced it for me with the Qur'an,
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So I was content with it instead of poetry.
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I only composed a single line of verse in Islam,
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And that line was:
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"No noble free man rebukes himself like his own conscience,
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And a person is rectified by a righteous companion."
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, endorsed some of my pre-Islamic poetry,
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Saying, "The truest word ever uttered by a poet is:
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'Verily, everything besides Allah is falsehood,'"
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Which was from my verse.
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'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote to his governor in Kufa
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Asking him to summon me
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So that I might write some poetry for him.
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I said to the governor, "If you wish, I can recite poetry from the Jahiliyyah."
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He replied, "Rather, from your poetry in Islam."
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So I wrote out Surah al-Baqarah for him
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And sent it to him,
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Saying, "Allah has replaced poetry for me in Islam with this Surah."
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So, who am I?
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The answer: Labid ibn Rabi'ah, may Allah be pleased with him.
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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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From among the Ansar.
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I embraced Islam as soon as it reached Medina.
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I set out with the Prophet, peace be upon him, for the Battle of Badr,
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But my leg was fractured at al-Rawha',
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So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent me back to Medina.
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Yet he allotted me my share of the spoils and reward of Badr,
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So I was considered as one who had witnessed it.
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I fought alongside the Prophet, peace be upon him, at Uhud
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And stood firm with him on that day
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When the people were scattered and exposed,
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And I pledged allegiance to him unto death.
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On that day, I killed
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'Uthman ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Mughirah
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And took his spoils of war,
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And the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, granted me his spoils;
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He did not grant spoils to anyone else on that day besides me.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked me on the day of Uhud
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While he was in the mountain pass,
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Saying, "Have you seen 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf?"
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So I said, "Yes,
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I saw him near the side of the mountain,
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surrounded by a band of polytheists,
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so I hastened toward him to protect him;
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then I caught sight of you, so I turned aside toward you."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
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"Verily, the angels are defending him."
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So I returned to 'Abd al-Rahman
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and found seven slain men of the polytheists lying before him.
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I said to him,
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"May your right hand be blessed!
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Did you kill all of these?"
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He replied:
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"As for this one,
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Arta'ah ibn Shurahbil (may Allah be pleased with him) killed him;
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and these two, I killed them;
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but as for the rest,
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they were killed by someone I did not see."
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I said,
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"The Messenger of Allah spoke the truth."
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And on the Day of Uhud, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
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kept asking:
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"What happened to my uncle?
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What happened to Hamzah?"
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So I went out searching for him,
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and I found him slain,
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having been mutilated.
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I stood over him deeply shaken,
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unable to move
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out of grief for him,
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wondering what I would say to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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until I had delayed returning to him.
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Then 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived
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and found me,
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and he found Hamzah lying slain
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beside me.
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So he took my hand,
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and we returned and informed the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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of his martyrdom.
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Later, I took part in the expedition of Bi'r Ma'unah,
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and I was martyred on that day.
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'Amr ibn Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and I were tending the grazing camels,
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when we saw birds hovering over the encampment of our companions.
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So we went to them,
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and found that they had all been killed.
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I said to 'Amr,
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"What do you think we should do?"
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He replied,
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"I think we should catch up with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and inform him."
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But I said,
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"I will never hold back from a spot where my companions were slain."
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So I rushed after the polytheists,
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and when I caught up with them,
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I fought them until I was killed.
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Who am I?
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The answer:
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Al-Harith ibn al-Simmah (may Allah be pleased with him).
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Pause,
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and learn about the Companions, the scholars, and notable figures!
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A new challenge:
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Who am I?
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I am one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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from the Ansar,
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and a chieftain of the chiefs of Banu Salamah from the Khazraj.
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I was also among the renowned archers.
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) made me the leader of my people,
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when he asked,
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"Who is your leader, O Banu Salamah?"
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They said,
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"Al-Jadd ibn Qays,
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although he has some stinginess in him."
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
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"And what disease is worse than stinginess?
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Rather, your leader is the fair, curly-haired youth,"
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pointing toward me.
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I witnessed the Second Pledge of al-'Aqabah alongside my father,
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who was one of the twelve chieftains (Nuqaba') present there.
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I participated alongside the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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in Badr, Uhud, and the battles that followed,
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until the conquest of Khaybar took place.
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When Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, granted victory
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to His Messenger (peace be upon him),
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Zaynab bint al-Harith, the Jewish woman, presented
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a roasted sheep as a gift to the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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having laced it with poison.
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She put the most poison into the shoulder and foreleg,
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having been told that it was the favorite cut of the sheep to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
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When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) entered,
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I entered with him,
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and the roasted sheep was served to us.
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) took a bite from the shoulder and ate of it,
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and I also ate from the sheep.
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I sensed the taste of poison in the morsel I took.
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Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said:
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"Hold back your hands!
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For the shoulder of this sheep has informed me that it is poisoned."
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I said,
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"By the One Who honored you with the truth, O Messenger of Allah,
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I indeed noticed that in the bite I just took,
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and nothing prevented me from spitting it out
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except that I disliked to spoil your meal for you;
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nor would I hold my life dearer than yours."
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After that, I began to feel the effects of the poison spreading through my body;
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I did not even rise from my place before my complexion changed,
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and death overtook me swiftly, so my soul departed.
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) then sent
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for the Jewish woman
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and asked her,
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"What drove you to do what you did?"
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She replied,
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"If you were truly a prophet, what I did would not harm you;
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and if you were merely a king, I would have rid the people of you."
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So the Prophet (peace be upon him) handed her over
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to my kin,
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and they executed her in lawful retribution (qisas).
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Who am I?
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The answer:
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Bishr ibn al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur
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(may Allah be pleased with them both).
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Pause,
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and learn about the Companions, the scholars, and notable 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 be upon him),
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from the Ansar.
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I attended Badr and all the major campaigns with the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) appointed me over Khaybar after its conquest,
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and I used to bring him of its dates.
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I was present with the Muslims at the Battle of Badr,
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and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was straightening the ranks before the battle began,
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holding a featherless arrow in his hand
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with which he aligned the battle line.
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He passed by me while I was standing slightly out of the line,
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so he prodded me in the stomach with the arrow and said,
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"Stand in line!"
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I said,
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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you have caused me pain,
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while Allah has sent you with the truth,
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so let me have retribution from you!"
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So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) uncovered his abdomen
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and said,
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"Take retribution."
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But I embraced him and kissed his stomach.
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He asked me,
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"What prompted you to do this?"
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I replied,
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"O Messenger of Allah,
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what you see has arrived,
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and I am not safe from being killed,
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so I wished that my very last moment with you
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would be that my skin touches your skin."
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So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed for goodness on my behalf
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and said to me,
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"Stand in line."
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I fought valiantly in that battle,
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and during it, I captured Khalid ibn Hisham al-Makhzumi,
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the brother of Abu Jahl.
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I brought him to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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who placed him among the captives.
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Who am I?
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The answer:
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Sawad ibn Ghaziyyah (may Allah be pleased with him).
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Pause!
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Pause,
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and learn about the Companions, the scholars, and notable figures!
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A new challenge:
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Who am I?
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I am one of the Companions
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and a freed client (mawla) of the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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I had been an enslaved servant belonging to Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her),
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and she said to me,
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"I will manumit you
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on the condition that you serve the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
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for as long as you live."
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I replied,
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"Even if you had not made that a condition upon me,
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I would never have parted from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
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as long as I live."
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So she set me free.
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One day, I went out on a journey with the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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and his companions,
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and their baggage became too burdensome for them.
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So the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me,
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"Spread out your cloak."
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I spread it out,
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and he placed all their belongings into it,
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then loaded it onto me
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and said,
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"Carry it,
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for you are nothing less than a ship (safinah)!"
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Thus he gave me a moniker by which I remained known,
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to the point that it overshadowed my actual name
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and became the dearest of names to me.
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So I carried the gear;
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and even if they had loaded upon me that day
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the burden of one camel, or two camels,
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or five, or six,
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it would not have felt heavy to me.
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Once, I boarded a ship at sea,
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and it was wrecked with us aboard.
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So I grabbed hold of a wooden plank from it,
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and the waves cast me onto the shore.
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No sooner had I arrived
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than a lion stood right by my head!
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So I said,
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"O lion,
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I am the freedman of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."
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Thereupon, the lion lowered its head,
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nudged me gently with its shoulder,
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and walked beside me, guiding me along the path
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until it brought me safely to the Muslim army.
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Then it murmured softly and turned away,
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so I knew it was bidding me farewell.
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Who am I?
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The answer:
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Safinah, may Allah be pleased with him,
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the freedman of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
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Pause here,
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and discover the Companions, scholars, and luminaries.
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A new challenge:
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Who am I?
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I am among the younger Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I was born in Mecca two years before the Hijrah,
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and was raised upon Islam.
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The Prophet (peace be upon him) passed away
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when I was twelve years of age.
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I took part alongside the Prophet (peace be upon him)
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in expeditions such as the Battle of Tabuk.
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I became one of the greatest military commanders of the early Islamic conquests:
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I was among those who participated in the conquests of the Levant,
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and I am the conqueror of the lands of Armenia.
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I wore down the Byzantines with my numerous battles and victories over them,
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so much so that I came to be called "Habib ar-Rum" (the Scourge of the Byzantines).
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I was among the nobles of Quraysh and their bravest warriors,
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raising the banner of their glory.
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I was counted in the rank of Khalid ibn al-Walid and Abu 'Ubaydah, may Allah be pleased with them both,
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in courage, daring, and magnificent achievements on the battlefield.
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That was because I was raised for warfare from my earliest youth,
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having grown accustomed to thrusting and striking from childhood.
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Thus, I spent most of the days of my life in battles,
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and I played a profound role in establishing the pillars of Islam in distant lands and remote realms
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through long striving, especially in the lands of the Byzantines.
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Yet along with that, I was gentle toward the soldiers and ascetic toward worldly life.
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The people of the Levant used to praise me lavishly,
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holding me in the highest regard for righteousness,
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and they would say that my supplications were always answered.
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Whenever I encountered an enemy or besieged a fortress, I preferred to say:
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"There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Magnificent."
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Indeed, one day I besieged a fortress,
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and raised my voice with "There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Magnificent,"
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and the Muslims raised their voices along with me,
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whereupon the fortress cracked open,
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the Byzantines were routed,
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and Allah granted us victory!
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Who am I?
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The answer:
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Habib ibn Maslamah,
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may Allah be pleased with him.
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Pause here,
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and discover the Companions, scholars, and luminaries.
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A new challenge:
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Who am I?
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I am one of the noble Companions,
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and the father of the confidant of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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I was an ally of the Ansar.
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I was involved in a bloodshed feud among my people during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (Jahiliyyah),
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so I fled from them to Medina
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and allied myself with Banu 'Abd al-Ashhal.
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I embraced Islam when I was already an old man,
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and I took part in the Battle of Uhud with the Prophet (peace be upon him).
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I did not participate in Badr with the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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and nothing kept me from attending it
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except that my son and I set out toward the outskirts of Medina,
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but the disbelievers of Quraysh captured us along the way.
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They said, "You intend to join Muhammad!"
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We replied, "We intend only to reach Medina."
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So they took from us a solemn covenant and pledge before Allah
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that we would proceed straight to Medina
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and not fight alongside him.
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When we came to the Prophet (peace be upon him),
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we informed him of this,
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and he said, "Depart;
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we will fulfill their covenant to them,
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and we seek the help of Allah against them."
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When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went out
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to the Battle of Uhud,
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he placed me and Thabit ibn Waqsh, may Allah be pleased with him,
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inside the fortress along with the women and children,
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because we were two elderly men unable to fight.
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When the battle began,
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I said to my companion:
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"May you lose no father!
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What are we waiting for?
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By Allah, neither of us has much left of his life;
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we are but an owl of today or tomorrow!
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Shall we not take our swords,
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catch up with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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that Allah may grant us martyrdom alongside him?"
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So we took our swords,
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caught up with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him),
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and entered among the ranks of the Muslims,
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without them realizing who we were.
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As for my companion Thabit ibn Waqsh,
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the polytheists quickly killed him;
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but as for me,
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the swords and spears of the Muslims struck me,
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for they did not recognize me.
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My son cried out to them, saying,
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"My father! It is my father!"
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But they did not realize it until after they had killed me.
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They said, "By Allah, we did not recognize him!"
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and they were speaking the truth.
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My son said:
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"May Allah forgive you,
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and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful."
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The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) wished
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to pay him my blood money,
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but he refused to accept it,
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giving it as charity to the Muslims.
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This only elevated him further in the sight of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
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in status and virtue,
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and he prayed for his well-being.
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Who am I?
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The answer:
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Al-Yaman,
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Husayl ibn Jabir,
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the father of Hudhayfah,
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may Allah be pleased with them both.
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Pause here,
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and discover the Companions, scholars, and luminaries.
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A new challenge:
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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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My origin is from Persia.
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I was once an enslaved servant,
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bought and sold just like merchandise,
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until a woman from the people of Mecca bought me
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and emancipated me.
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Her husband took a liking to me,
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so he adopted me as his son.
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Then we entered Islam together.
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When Islam abolished adoption,
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I came to be called his freedman,
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and we became brothers in faith.
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My heart became deeply attached to the Qur'an,
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and the Words of Allah became my constant occupation at all times.
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When I emigrated to Medina,
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I used to lead the people in prayer there
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until the Prophet (peace be upon him) arrived,
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whereupon he became the leader.
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One night,
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I was reciting the Qur'an in the mosque with a beautiful voice,
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and 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, passed by me.
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She heard my recitation
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and could not help but sit and listen to me,
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so much so that she was delayed in returning to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).
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When she came to him,
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he asked her about the reason for her delay,
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and she said, "There is a man in the mosque
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with the most beautiful voice reciting the Qur'an I have ever heard."
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So the Prophet (peace be upon him) took his cloak
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and went out to listen to my recitation.
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He recognized me and said:
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"Praise be to Allah, Who has placed someone like you in my Ummah!"
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And he (peace be upon him) said one day,
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advising his Companions:
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"Take the Qur'an from four:
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from myself, from Ibn Mas'ud,
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Ubayy ibn Ka'b,
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and Mu'adh ibn Jabal."
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That was because of our distinction above others in the recitation of the Qur'an
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and our total devotion to it.
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Even though I was a non-Arab Persian,
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the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them,
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held me in high esteem and gave me precedence over others.
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The Commander of the Believers, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said
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when death approached him:
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"If so-and-so were alive,
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I would have appointed him as the Caliph,"
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referring to me by that statement.
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I participated alongside the Prophet (peace be upon him) in all the military expeditions,
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and then I took part with the Muslims in fighting the apostates.
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During the Battle of al-Yamamah,
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when the Muslims were initially exposed and forced back,
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and the banner of the Emigrants fell from the hand of Zayd ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him,
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I stepped forward and took up the banner.
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The people said to me,
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"We fear that we may be overrun from your flank!"
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So I said,
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"What a wretched bearer of the Qur'an I would be then,
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if the Muslims were to be attacked from my flank!
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This is not how we used to act alongside the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him!"
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Then I dug a pit in the ground,
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stood inside it holding the banner,
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and kept fighting and fighting
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while blows struck me from every direction,
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until I was weighed down by wounds
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and fell to the ground,
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covered in blood.
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The battle ended with victory for the Muslims,
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and the people came looking among the fallen.
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They found me with a spark of life still in me,
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so I said to them,
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"What happened to my brother and patron, Abu Hudhayfah?"
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They said, "He was killed."
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I said,
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"Lay me down beside him."
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They said,
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"Look, he was killed right beside you;
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his feet are by your head."
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A broad smile came over my face,
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for this was my brother:
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we embraced Islam together,
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we lived together,
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and we died together.
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Then, shortly after, I departed this life.
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Who am I?
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The answer: Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah,
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may Allah be pleased with them both.