A Handful of Dates and Paradise

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اِنطَلَقَ رَسولُ اللهِ صلى اللهُ عليهِ وسلم وأَصْحابُهُ حَتَّى سَبَقُوا المُشْرِكينَ إِلَى بَدرٍ وَجَاءَ المُشْرِكُونَ

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) and his companions set out until they reached Badr before the polytheists, and the polytheists came.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يُقَدِّمَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنكُمْ إِلَى شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا دُونَهُ

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'None of you should advance towards anything until I am ahead of him.'

فَدَنَا المُشْرِكُونَ

The polytheists approached.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُومُوا إِلَى جَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'Rise to a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth.'

قَالَ يَقُولُ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ الحُمَامِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ جَنَّةٌ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ

Umayr bin Al-Humam Al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a paradise as vast as the heavens and the earth?'

قَالَ نَعَمْ

He said: 'Yes.'

قَالَ بَخٍ بَخٍ

He said: 'How wonderful!'

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا يَحْمِلُكَ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ بَخٍ بَخٍ

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 'What makes you say 'How wonderful'?'

قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا فَأَخْرَجَ تَمَرَاتٍ مِنْ قَرَنِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُنَّ

He said: 'Nothing, O Messenger of Allah, except that I hope to be among its people.' So he said: 'You are indeed among its people.' Then he took out dates from his quiver and began to eat them.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَئِنْ أَنَا حَيِيتُ حَتَّى آكُلَ تَمْرَاتِي هَذِهِ إِنَّهَا لَحَيَاةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ

Then he said: 'If I live until I eat my dates, it will indeed be a long life!'

فَرَمَى بِمَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ

He threw away what dates he had with him,

ثُمَّ قَاتَلَهُمْ حَتَّى قُتِلَ

and then he fought them until he was killed.