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Stop him! Stop him!

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I have killed Musailamah the liar!

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I have killed Musailamah the liar.

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I have killed Musailamah the liar.

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I have killed Musailamah the liar.

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I have killed Musailamah the liar.

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With you I killed the best of men, Hamzah Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib;

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and with you I killed the worst man, Musailamah.

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Will I now be able to walk among people like one of them,

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without thinking that they whisper to one another: 'this is Hamzah's killer'?

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We were let down first by the Bedouins.

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They got us on the retreat, leading us to do what we are not good at.

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Then Khalid ordered that each group should be clearly distinguished,

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fighting under their own flag.

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This meant that people were too shy to flee.

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This led to the achievement of victory; all praise be to God.

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I bear witness,

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that Khalid kept moving forward, seeking martyrdom most determinedly

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and he remained steadfast until victory.

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We had to appeal to him saying: 'You are the commander, Khalid.

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You should not be so forward and close to the enemy.

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If you were to be killed, the army will weaken.' He said:

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'I know what you are saying, but I cannot hold back

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and I fear that we will be defeated.'

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Had martyrdom been closer to the one who is most forward and closest to the enemy,

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Khalid would have been the first martyr.

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What has your uncle, Zaid Ibn Al-Khattab, done?

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He sought martyrdom and God blessed him with it.

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Zaid is killed while you are alive! Shouldn't you be ashamed of yourself?

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He prayed for martyrdom and he was granted that.

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I tried hard to have it, but I was denied it.

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May God bestow His grace on Zaid Ibn Al-Khattab.

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He has been ahead of me in the best two things:

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belief in Islam and martyrdom.

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He fought very hard and killed many enemy soldiers.

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He also killed Al-Rajjal Ibn Anfawah, Musailamah's army commander.

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By God, I will never forget him.

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And I hope to meet him at God's messenger's

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basin in the life to come, God willing.

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He was one of the kindest...

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and most sincere of people.

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He always gave me preference over himself, ever since we were young.

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I was hard,

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but he was gentle.

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Peace be upon you.

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My brother, Abdullah.

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Martyred in Yamamah?

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Are you crying, Abu Jandal,

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when God has willed to grace your brother with martyrdom?

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He is now with a company better than ours and in a life better than this one.

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We should weep for ourselves

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as we do not know what God will do with us in what remains of our lives.

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But, father, we know what we should be doing.

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He was always in the forefront, supporting the truth.

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When he believed in something, he would act on it, caring little for the consequences.

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He was quick to act on what he knew.

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Why should we stay here in Makkah, father,

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when all these campaigns of jihad are setting out of Madinah by the Caliph's orders.

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I have resolved to stay there,

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until the Caliph sends me in a campaign wherever he wishes.

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I may thus join my brother.

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I will follow your suit, Abu Jandal.

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I will follow your suit and the suit of Abdullah, my son.

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May God bestow His grace on him.

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At last!

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I have always said: "it is high time for him to be free of his father's chains.

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Indeed.

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At last, I am now free of my father's chains.

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I am now free of my father's chains.

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Abu Bakr! Many of those who knew the Qur'an by heart were killed in Al-Yamamah.

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I fear that this will continue in forthcoming battles.

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I feel that you should give an order that the Qur'an should be collected

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in one complete copy,

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so that it does not remain in various portions in scrolls, on bones,

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tree branches and in people's memories.

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How am I to do something that was not done by God's messenger?

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It is certainly good.

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God has undertaken to keep it intact.

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A part of this is that He will facilitate the means to ensure its preservation

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and guide His servants to take the necessary steps.

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I have thought long on this,

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ever since we heard of the death of our friends at Yamamah,

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and now I am all for it.

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Yes, by God; it is good. Go ahead and do it, Abu Bakr.

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It is a good idea.

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It should make it easier to keep intact.

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To whom shall we entrust the task of collecting it?

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Zaid Ibn Thabit. He is a trustworthy young man with good sense.

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He used to write the Qur'an when it was revealed.

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Peace be to you, Ibn Al-Khattab.

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Peace be to you both.

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How are you now with Islam, Uyaynah?

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I am a Muslim, by the grace of God. That affair is over, Umar.

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- How about your old crony? - You mean Tulaihah Al-Asadi?

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I heard that he has settled with the Kalb tribe, and that he reverted to Islam.

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Has he abandoned soothsaying?

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That was a means to an end which he did not achieve.

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Then he was forced to acknowledge the truth, as I was.

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Well, what is up now?

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We would like you to witness this, as Abu Bakr has ordered.

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What is this?

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I and my friend, Al-Aqra' Ibn Habis, came to the Caliph and said:

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'We have a barren piece of land that has neither grass nor any benefit.

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If you wish you could give it to us

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and we may be able to till it and grow some plants in it.

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Perhaps God may make it useful.

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He consulted those who were with him and they advised him to do so.

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He wrote us this document and those present witnessed it.

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He said, however, it is not valid unless Umar witnesses it.

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He asked us to come to you for that. Here we are.

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Has he done so, now? Let me have a look.

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Why are you doing this, Ibn Al-Khattab? It is the Caliph's document.

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Hasn't he said that it is not valid without me witnessing it?

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By God, I do not accept. Go back.

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What have you done for Islam to deserve to be rewarded with a large piece of land

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to be your private property?

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Don't you know that God's messenger gave us some of the spoils of war

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after the Battle of Hunain?

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God's messenger wanted to win your hearts over when Islam was still weak.

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Now Islam is strong by God's grace. Go away and do your best.

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May God abandon you unless you do.

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You are of the type who are scarce when the going is rough,

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but in the forefront when rewards are available.

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You are certainly hard and rough. We will complain to the Caliph.

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Who is the Caliph, you or Umar?

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He, had he wished and accepted.

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Tell me about this land that you gave to these two:

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is it your own property or the public property of the Muslims?

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It is public property.

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Who gave you the right to assign it to these two,

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to the exclusion of the Muslim community?

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I consulted those around me and they advised me to do so.

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Have you then consulted all Muslims and ensured they were happy with it?

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They all are the owners of this land.

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I told you before that you are better able to undertake this than me,

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but you forced me to accept the responsibility.

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I praise God that I did, giving it to one who is better than me.

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He is the best person after God's messenger, Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq.

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This letter comes from Al-Muthanna Ibn Harithah

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whose prowess in war we all know as he fought alongside Al-Alaa' Ibn Al-Hadrami

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against the apostates of Bahrain. He comes from that area.

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When the war against the apostates there was over, he did not stop.

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He led his people chasing the Persians who helped the apostates.

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He fought them and went deep into their territories until he reached the two rivers:

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Tigris and the Euphrates.

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He established his presence at the borders of Iraq,

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so that we won't be attacked by the Persians and their allies, the Arabs of Iraq.

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He did all this at his own initiative. In his letter, he says

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that if he is appointed as governor of his people

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and those of the adjacent areas of Persia, he will take care of that side.

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What do you think?

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Al-Muthanna himself is one of the best people, as far as we know.

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He is not an ordinary person of unknown ancestry.

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I do not think that he has requested the position for any worldly gain for himself.

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He is, after all, the chief of his people.

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However, he wants his authority to be enhanced by the Caliph's endorsement.

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He will then be able to call on people to fight with him on this condition.

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He will also be able to seek reinforcements from you against our common enemy.

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The Persians would not leave him alone to do what he is doing near the borders of Iraq.

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They, however, are preoccupied with the chaos in their own kingdom.

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As we have heard.

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If the danger represented by Al-Muthanna increases,

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and if they fear the loss of their land next to Al-Heerah,

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they would raise an army against him. He is no match for them.

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With the Persians we cannot rely on raids and skirmishes.

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We must raise against them armies to fight them in their own territories

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over the land under their control,

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until God fulfils His promise to His messenger (peace be upon him).

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Yes, Caliph. This is indeed the right view and the right time.

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The whole of Arabia is now subject to the rule of Islam.

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Our soldiers have gained great expertise in warfare,

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which was totally unknown to the Arabs before Islam.

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If the Arabs set out to fight the Persians, their bonds will strengthen

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and, with God's help, they become like a solid building.

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They will forget their old grievances and vengeance killings.

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If we are to go ahead, then this is the appropriate time.

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When you receive this letter of mine,

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march to Iraq so as to enter from its south-west, starting with Al-Ubullah.

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Try to win its people over, calling on them to believe in God.

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If they do not respond, then take the jizyah from them to acknowledge your authority.

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If they refuse, fight them.

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Treat the farmers well, leaving them to stay in their land, without taxing them.

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Do not force anyone to join you.

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I have also ordered Al-Muthanna Ibn Harithah to join you,

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but you are his commander as long as you stay with him.

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If you leave him, he continues to be the governor as he was.

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I will reinforce you with Al-Qa'qa' Ibn Amr Al-Tameemi,

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who is a man equal to one thousand men.

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An army with Al-Qa'qa' in its ranks does not suffer defeat.

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O you Muslims! This is our first battle against the Persians,

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and it will have great consequences.

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You know that they have beaten us to the water.

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We will fight them over it.

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I believe that the water will be won

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by the party which shows more perseverance

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and by the more honourable army.

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I challenge your commander to a duel.

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God is supreme!

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God is supreme!

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God is supreme!

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God is supreme!

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From Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed to the Prophet's successor, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq.

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I praise God to you. We met the enemy at Kadhimah,

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and God helped us to achieve victory.

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We killed a large number of their soldiers.

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All praise be to God.

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I assigned Al-Muthanna Ibn Harithah to chase those of them who fled.

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The Persian Emperor sent them large reinforcements

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commanded by one of their nobility.

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I sped to support Al-Muthanna at a place called Al-Madhar,

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and joined him before he met the Persian armies,

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who did not expect our arrival.

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We hardly set down our equipment before we attacked them,

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and we were soon able to kill their commanders. This demoralized them.

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Before long they were fleeing before us.

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God is supreme!

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God is supreme!

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Shortly after Al-Madhar,

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we encountered other armies at Al-Walajah.

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They also raised against us their allies from the tribe of Bakr Ibn Wa'il,

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whom they thought to know better how to fight us.

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They gave their command to one of their best commander, Bahman Jathaweih.

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I divided my army into three divisions, ordering two divisions to remain unobserved.

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When the fighting got fierce, they would take the enemy by surprise,

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attacking them from the side and the rear. We thus achieved a great victory over them.

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God is supreme!

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God is supreme!

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- God is supreme! - God is supreme!

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God is supreme!

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Shortly after that we met them again at a place called Ullais,

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where they amassed against us a great army,

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trying to take revenge for their defeat.

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When I arrived with my army close to their army,

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and they were attending to their normal tasks, I drove them away.

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We arrived fully ready for war,

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while they thought that we would encamp first and then marshal our army.

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We attacked them from all sides until God granted us victory.

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Beware.

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The Muslims are coming. The Muslims are coming.

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Our gains included several ships

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which we will use to transport our men and equipment to Al-Heerah,

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All praise be to God.

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People of Madinah,

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God has granted us victory over the Persian army.

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This is their first debacle,

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and God will bring this to completion, if He so wills,

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until our soldiers enter Al-Mada'in by God's help.

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Your lion, Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed, faced their lion and won.

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Women cannot give birth to someone like Khalid.

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- God is supreme. - God is supreme.

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God is supreme. God is supreme.

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God is supreme.

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Now the people of the boats should board as we arranged.

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The rest will march close to the river.

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We shall not stop until we see the palaces of Al-Heerah.

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The true promise is close to fulfilment.

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It will not be long before you see Al-Khawarnaq & the palaces of Al-Heerah.

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Whoever gains control of Al-Heerah controls the whole of Iraq.

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Al-Heerah at last.

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Our Lord, fulfil Your promise and Your messenger's promise.

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By God, I heard him foretelling this at the time

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when he first declared his message in public.

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He sat with his back to the Kaabah, calling on people to believe.

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Some believed him; some disbelieved; others ridiculed him.

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It never occurred to me at the time that I will be the first to see it,

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and that God will choose me to take it.

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My Lord, forgive me what I did in the past.

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All my gratitude is to You for what You subsequently enabled me to do.

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- What are you doing, Abu Bakr? - It is getting very cold.

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These are blankets I am distributing to the poor widows in Madinah.

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May I accompany you so as to earn a little reward, God willing.

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Yes.

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Abu Bakr! I see that you are distributing this wealth that God has granted us,

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dividing it equally between people.

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How can you treat those who have undertaken the two immigrations

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and prayed to the two Qiblahs on equal basis with those who embraced Islam

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after Makkah has fallen to Islam?

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Shouldn't you give preference to those who were in the forefront and sacrificed much?

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Those early Muslims who gave their all did what they did for God's sake

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and they receive their reward from Him.

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What I am giving is a living allowance in

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which equality is better than preferable treatment.

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I shall not give preference to an early Muslim over a latecomer,

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a free man over a slave, a woman over a maid.

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They all are my subjects and we all are God's dependents.

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Shouldn't you appoint a guard for the treasury?

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Why should I need one when I am dividing it between people

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or spending it to equip the soldiers? Nothing remains that needs to have a guard.

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Take this to keep warm in this cold weather.

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May God reward you richly, Caliph.

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I have called you today to consult you on a matter of great importance.

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We cannot at any time make a full list of God's blessings.

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God has blessed us with the conquest of Al-Heerah and those parts of Iraq.

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I am thinking of mobilizing you and our people against the Byzantines in Syria.

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I would like everyone to state their views.

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All praise be to God who gives goodness to whomever He chooses of His creation.

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Whenever we hasten to some good option we find you there ahead of us all.

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This is God's blessing which He bestows on whom He chooses.

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I wanted to meet you on the subject you have just mentioned,

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but God has willed to delay it until you tell us now about it.

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You are right; may God guide you to every right result.

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The reasons for liberating Iraq

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are not greater than those calling for liberating Syria.

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Indeed, God's messenger has paved the way to it,

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with the expeditions of Mu'tah, Tabuk and Usamah's army.

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Ever since Islam gained power here and the Arabs flocked to it,

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the Byzantines have been making things difficult for the people of the areas

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adjacent to them in Arabia.

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They launch raids against the Arab tribes that have embraced Islam in those areas,

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and they kill our messengers and advocates.

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Now that they have learnt of our victory, with God's help, in Iraq,

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they must be worried. They will fear to lose areas of their land.

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Unless we raise armies to fight them in Syria,

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they will be raising armies against us and will fight us here in our land.

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Go ahead, Caliph. Go ahead.

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Caliph, these are the Byzantines, a very mighty proposition.

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You can send to Yemen and the tribes of Rabeeah and Mudar

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to reinforce you with their troops.

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You can then attack the Byzantines, either leading the army yourself

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or appointing any commander you choose.

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What do you think, may God bless you with His grace?

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I believe, Caliph, that you give good counsel to the people of this faith

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and you care for them. When you have a certain view

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and you are sure that it is for the benefit and welfare of the Muslim community,

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go ahead and put it into effect. Your good intentions are never in doubt.

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Uthman has stated the truth.

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Whatever you feel good, take the necessary steps to put it into action.

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We will listen and obey. We do not suspect the validity of your views.

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I support Umar, Uthman and Saad.

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What do you think, Abu Al-Hasan?

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I think you are well guided, bringing good results.

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Whether you lead the army yourself or send someone as commander,

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you will be victorious, God willing.

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Get ready to encounter the Byzantines in Syria.

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I shall appoint your commanders

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and shall reinforce you with fighters from Yemen, Mudar and Rabeeah.

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Obey your Lord.

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Never disobey your commanders.

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Ensure that your intentions and actions are good.

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God is indeed with those who remain God-fearing and those who do good.

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O you people!

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Join the jihad campaign against your enemy, the Byzantines in Syria.

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O you Muslims!

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The Caliph calls upon you to join the jihad against the Byzantine in Syria.

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So, hasten to the achievement of your Lord's forgiveness,

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and a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth.

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Abu Bakr!

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How can I call out to people to join the campaign of jihad, then I stay behind?

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I have decided to join them in this campaign in Syria. I seek your permission.

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I cannot spare you, Bilal.

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Abu Bakr, if you bought me and set me free those many years ago for yourself,

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you can hold me. If you did that for God's sake, let me do God's work.

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No, by God. You know, Bilal, how much I love you.

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It will make me sad to look around and find that Madinah is without you,

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and that you no longer do the call to prayer. I will miss you.

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You know that whenever I did the call to prayer after the Prophet had passed away,

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I was overcome by tears and my voice would not help me.

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I will not do the call to prayer again.

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That's alright, Bilal.

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May God help me when you leave.

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