Part of Who am I?
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Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (266)
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Pause and acquaint yourself with the Companions, the scholars, and the eminent figures of our tradition.
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A new challenge: who am I?
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I am among the younger Companions and the cousin of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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And he is similar to him among the people.
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My mother is Umm al-Fadl, Lubaba bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyya.
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She was the first woman to embrace Islam after Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her.
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My mother saw in a dream as if a part of the body of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was in our house.
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She was deeply distressed by that.
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So she came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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So I mentioned that to him.
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He then spoke well.
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Fatimah gave birth to a boy.
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So you shall nurse him with the milk of this son of yours.
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Then Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, gave birth to al-Hasan.
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So my mother gave him to her, and she nursed him.
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For I am the foster brother of al-Hasan Ibn 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, once had me ride behind him.
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I used to play with ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far, may Allah be pleased with him.
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When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed by an animal.
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He then gestured toward Ibn Ja'far.
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He said, "Carry this to me."
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So place it in front of him.
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Then he gestured toward me and said
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Convey this to me.
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So place me behind him.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, entered Makkah on the day of the Conquest.
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In the eighth year after the Hijrah.
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He then seated me in front of him upon his mount.
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And he, the possessor of virtue, followed behind him.
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And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was
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I am united with my brothers.
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He would then spread his hands, extend them, and say:
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Whoever reaches me first shall receive such and such a reward.
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We used to race toward the embrace of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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And among the ways in which Allah has honored me
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I was the last of the people to have been in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
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For she participated in washing him and burying him.
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And I was the youngest among those who descended into his grave.
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And I was the last one to ascend it.
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For I was the last person to part from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in this world.
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So, who am I?