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So now I'm going to lie about a cat. We're here at

the location of one of the great companions who passed away

in Taran Amwas and the plague of Amwas. The companions of the Prophet

All understood this concept of shahada and thought that they would die in the battlefield. And

Subhanallah what ends up happening is that this plague takes 25,000

companions in Tabarein, some of the greatest people. Many of them being from

Muhajidin, Abu Abeida bin Jarrah al-Diyallahu tala'anhu, the

Amin of this Ummah. Muhaad bin Jarrah al-Diyallahu tala'anhu,

the Master of the Rilama, the Master of the Scholars,

Shurahmeed, Muhasana al-Diyallahu tala'anhu, who was probably the companion

that you could credit, the majority of Jordan, what is now Jordan, coming into Islam.

All of them passed away, Liraad bin Azwar al-Diyallahu tala'anhu,

passed away in this particular plague. And Subhanallah when you think about 25,000

companions in Tabarein and the impact that's going to have on the Ummah

and how much hope that this gave to the Ummah when they learned from the Prophet

Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam that this is one of the means of shahada. These were

people that never thought that they would die outside of the battlefield,

that Allah Subhanahu Alaihi Wasallam declared something else for them.

And what we have in their stories is this beautiful khitan, this beautiful ending,

where each of them expresses a complete pleasure and tranquility with the decree

of Allah Subhanahu Alaihi Wasallam as Allah Subhanahu Alaihi Wasallam takes their lives,

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