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So I had to look him up myself. Salman al-Farsi aka Salman the Persian was a Persian companion Sahaba of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. May peace be upon him. He was raised as a Zoroastrian in Sasanian Persia, then attracted to Christianity and then converted to Islam after meeting Muhammad in the city of Yathrib which later became Medina. So there you go. The learning already started. This man apparently was a Sahaba that met Prophet Muhammad. May peace be upon him. I'm very curious to find out about his story with no further ado. Let's have a look. I was the son of someone who was called the Khan. He was the richest person in my city in my town and he was the main merchant and he had some religious duties or some religious role and position and he loved me so much that he didn't even let me go and mix with people. He kept me at home because he was so worried that something bad might happen to me. So he wanted to protect me from everybody and from every harm. So he kept me at home. He was very deeply involved in what his family was involved in. They were the leaders of the fire worshipers and those who worshiped the son. They were known as Al-Majus. So he used to be in charge as a young boy of keeping the flame alive. So he would bring for it fuel all the time and people worship the flame. And he used to tell himself, you know, I keep the flame alive. I bring the logs. I bring everything and then people are worshiping the same fire. And it's me who's in charge. A young boy. He was very young. So his father used to keep him in the home and within the vicinity. Never allowed him to go anywhere. And he never ever interacted and mixed with people. To this very day, you have such positions. I just watched the best ever food review show and there was a village in which they worshipped little girls. Yes, those little girls apparently were goddesses and those little girls were not participating within everyday society. However, when they grow up, all of a sudden they become normal people. Again, normal old women and they're not goddesses any longer. Makes sense. Say my father was very busy. So he said to me, listen, in one of my gardens, there is some work I need to do and I can't do it. So I'm going to send you to do this work and don't go anywhere else. Only go to that garden. Do the work that I ask you to do and don't go to any other place and come back. Because if you do that, I will be consumed by worry. So he said, I went to that garden of my father's and on the way I heard some people, a nice voice of some people reciting something. So I went there and it was a church. These people were Christians. Seems that they were upon the right and the correct and authentic message of Jesus, peace be upon him. So he liked the hymns and the recitation that they were doing. So he joined them and he stayed with them for the whole day. Then I went back to my father without going to his garden. I found out that my father had spent the whole day looking for me and he was consumed by worry and fear and apprehension about me. My father said to me, where did he go? He said, well, actually I was going to the garden, but I saw some people on the way. They were reciting some nice things. When I went to join them, they were worshiping God. And I liked the religion they were upon and I stayed with them for the whole day. So my father said to me, now those people are evil. The religion is evil. Your religion is better than them. I said, no, their religion is better than our religion. It's clear because worshipping the fire is obviously to any person with a sound intellect. It totally contradicts every reason and every intellect. Of course it does. You can light up the fire and you can put it off again. You have control over the fire. This is what people that are into evolution claim all the time, right? We master it fire. How can you worship something that you are the master over? Father, when he noticed that, he changed him and he imprisoned him. He jailed him at home. He said, you can't go out now. So he said through some of my contacts, I said to those Christians and I asked them, where is the origin of this religion? So they said to him, they are based in a shab. So I said to them, when a caravan comes to you from that land from Syria, please inform me. Time passed by one day, a caravan came from a sham. He said, please, when the day comes, the day of their departure comes, please inform me. Somebody informed him. He broke loose from the chains and he joined them and he went with them to a sham, to one of the churches there. And there was a priest in charge of that church. He stayed with them and he said, listen, I came from that land and I left the religion of my fathers and my forefathers and because I see that religion is the truth, I want to follow it. It's the religion of God. So he joined them. That's an amazing story, man. But he said, I saw that this priest was an evil man. He pretends to be righteous, but every time he tells the people, pay for the poor people, pay for the cause of the religion. The people would pay from their gold and their silver and the wealth that they had, but he didn't give them money to the poor people. He kept it for himself. He used to hold it somewhere. He used to save it somewhere. On the Balkans as well, when I was Orthodox Christian and I promoted Orthodox Christianity on YouTube, I got a lot of backlash from my fellow Balkan people that left the church because they told me those guys are hypocrites. Why would we support them? Priests down here are driving reciduses and whatnot. They're bathing in money. Those guys are hypocrites. It is true, unfortunately. And I hated him so much that I couldn't say anything about him. But they are a few. And one day he became very ill and he died. So everybody was getting ready to bury him and give him a respected funeral. So I said to them, why do you want to give him such a respectable funeral? They said he's our leader and our priest. He said, but he was an evil man. They said, how do you know that? He said, because I lived with him and every time he commanded you to give charity, he would take it for himself and hoard it and save it somewhere. They said, can you prove it? He said, yes, I can tell you where he kept all the money and all the wealth. He told them where that place was and they found a lot of wealth, a lot of silver and gold. He kept it for himself. At least they followed us. Then they brought another priest to be in charge of the church. This new priest was such a righteous person. I've never seen anyone like him in my life. He was a devout believer. Worshiped Allah SWT alone and he would guide the people, teach them and he would do so many deeds of righteousness. I loved him so much like I've never loved any person in my life. And I lived with him and I started learning from him. Then one day he fell ill and he was about to die. So I told him, I left my father and my family on my country in search for the religion of truth and I've lived with you. Now you are dying. You know, tell me about a person that I can go and join him and live with him and learn from him. He said, oh my son, you know, people have changed the religion of truth, the religion that Jesus came with. And I only know of a person who was in the Mosul. That person is upon the true religion. It's quite amazing to see as well that even back in the day, of course those people saw that somebody changed the religion. Nowadays we're sitting here on our phones or in front of our computers and we're watching YouTube and then we see those debates between Christians and Muslims. And we have the claim that the religion has been changed. But this is nothing new. Of course, this discussion has been going on for thousands of years. This is so amazing to hear this story and to see that this struggle was real even back then. What is the true religion? So go and join him and stay with him. Once he died and we buried him, I left to a Mosul and I joined that person and I found him to be even better than his friend. More righteous than his friend and I spent a long time with him, learning from him, serving him and getting closer to Allah SWT. He said, it was such a wonderful time for me. But then time came where this person also fell ill. Alive as temporary man. So he said to this test teacher who was dying, he said to him, guide me to someone. He said, you know son, people have changed the religion. And I only know of one person who is in a city called Nisli bin. So you join him and you learn from him. So he said, I stayed for some time after we buried him. Then I straight set out to Nisli bin to join that person. And I found him even better than his friends. More righteous. I spent more time with him and I learned from him. And I loved him so much more than I loved anybody before. Then he fell ill and he was about to die. When he was on his deathbed, I came to him and I said, I've left my family. What should I do? Where shall I go? I need a sheikh. So he said to him, people have changed the religion. I only know that on earth there is only one person that I know of who is still on the true religion of monotheism, the religion that Isa A.S. came with. She said, where is he? He said in Ammouriyah. So he said, this person died. Then I traveled to Ammouriyah and stayed with that person. I found him to be more righteous than all the ones before and I loved him so much and stayed with him for some time. Then after a while, he became very ill and I could tell that he was dying. So I said, show me, guide me to anyone that I can go and join him. I want to learn from him and I want to stay with him. He said to him, I don't know of any person on earth who is still on the true religion. But he gave him a good piece of news. Now it's time for a prophet to be set with the truth and he will be set in a land between two hills and this land or the city will be full with palm trees. Then he died. She said, I stayed in that city Ammouriyah for some time. I worked and I managed to buy a cow and some sheep, some goats waiting for the opportunity and asking an inquirer to know what is that city? Where is it? So I came to know that it seems that it was the land Arabia. One day there was a trade caravan from a tribe called Kalb, one of the Arab tribes. So I came to them and I said to them, can you take me to your land to Arabia? And I will give you my cow and my goats. They said, okay. And we set out on the journey on the way they set me up. They sold him as a slave who bought him. He was bought by a Jew. So he became a slave to one of the Jews. What a twist of events. He took me to his home, to his town. I saw many palm trees around. So I was hoping that this was the land of the Prophet. Imagine he was taken as a slave. But still his main concern was to find the Prophet or that city where the Prophet was to be sent. That was the main thought on his mind. He didn't think about him being set up and becoming a slave, losing his liberty, losing his self. He said, I really felt some happiness that this might be the city where this Prophet will migrate to. But I stayed with my master for some time. Then one of his cousins came from a city called Yathrib and my master sold me to his cousin. And who was this cousin? The cousin was from Banu Qureyda. They had settled around Medina. So Salman, he decided, okay, I'm going with this new master of mine. Let me go. When he got to Banu Qureyda, he noticed the desert. He noticed the rocks. He saw the greenery, the orchards and he was so excited. He says, Subhanallah. I'm sure this is the place where this messenger is going to come. And he was so happy and delighted. So he worked very hard for this master of his. And one day another cousin came in from Al-Madinah Munawwara. One of the Jewish people had come to see his master. And he was busy on one of the trees, taking out some dates. And what happened is he heard this man say that, Oh, al-Aus and al-Khazraj, they will be destroyed. Look at them. They want to follow a man who's just come from Makkah. He's claiming to be a prophet and he's claiming to say this. And that Salman says, I got such a pleasant surprise. I shook in a way that I almost dropped off the tree. And I quickly rushed down the tree and got to my master with his cousin. And I said, what did you say? Can you repeat it? And my master gave me one smack and sent me back to work. He says, but I heard that he said that he is living in Kuwait. So that night, very quietly, I took some dates. Why did I take dates? He says that man in Ammouriyah, one of those Christian leaders, told me that when the messenger comes, there will be clear signs that prove he's a messenger. He will not eat charity, but he will eat from a gift. And he will have a mark on his back, that which will be a seal of prophethood. When you see that, you know he is the prophet. So Salman al-Farisi, radiAllahu anhu, he decides. Those people back then were so much more in tune. They would already know that prophets are about to appear. And nowadays people are so disconnected. And I believe that we are even furthering this disconnect through our technology because we are always taking our consciousness, our intuition away from what is important and onto our devices. We are distracted all day long. And this is why I believe most people lost their intuition completely. He took some dates and he went to Quba. He says, I saw this messenger, I looked at him, I was so excited. And I said, you know, you people are not from this place. I brought some charity that I want to give you. These are some dates and I want you to eat them. So Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam thanked him and accepted the charity and so on. And the Sahaba, some of them began to eat, but Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam did not eat. Why? Because it was a charity. So Salman says, okay, that's one, one sign done. So after a few days, he heard that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam shifted to Medina already. He went to Medina with some more dates and he looked at Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He says, oh, he told him, you know what, I've brought you a gift because I believe you don't eat charity. So Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam took it, gave some of his companions and ate from it. So he said, okay, that's the second sign done. After a few days, there was someone who died and was being buried. And Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was at Baqiyya assisting in the burial. So Salman had arrived in Baqiyya and he noticed Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam between his clothing. Which again shows us that slaves back in the day were treated differently than slaves that we think about when we think about slavery. Some slaves like this man here were even allowed to travel. Think about it logically. If you were about to get enslaved and now your master tells you, you can travel. Would you ever get back to that master? Of course, nobody ever would. But back in the day they would come back to their masters and work for them. So the relationship between the master and the slave was completely different. Even if you look into the Bible, you will see that Jesus praises the slave and tells you that the slave is better than the rich man. Because the slave only has one master, but the rich man has as many masters as he has vices. Slavery back then was different and slavery back then was not looked down upon. This is why it is so hypocritical yet again when certain Christian apologists look at Muslims and tell them. Oh, it's not bad to go to slavery. Looking very hard to see that mark on his back where his shoulders are and he's trying to look where is the seal. So Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam looked at him and noticed that he's trying to look at the seal of prophethood. So he actually pushed his clothing off in a way that the seal became clear. When Salman saw it he began to weep and he kissed Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and he declared his shahada. And this is why this person was called the seeker of the truth without bothering about him losing his own freedom. Salman al-Farisi, the seeker of the truth. The prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was happy that his companions listened to the story. Now Salman al-Farisi has won the hearts of the companions of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam with such a zeal and determination to find the truth no matter what it takes. So the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam told Salman al-Farisi free yourself. So he went to his master and he said to him, I want to free myself. After some negotiations his master agreed to free him if he grows for him 300 date palms and if he gives him the price of 40 ounces of either gold or silver the narration doesn't really specify. And that was such a huge price but for him it was to free himself and dedicate his time for the sake of Islam. So he came to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam very happy and he said I agreed with my master on this. So the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said to the companions help your brother and here where the Muslim brotherhood really shows its beauty where the Muslims helped Salman al-Farisi and soon after he was freed. Absolutely man this is the beauty of Islam and you see the same thing into this modern day and age. If any Muslim on YouTube asks for something you see the ummah getting together and supporting that Muslim and this is how it started. So this value, this tradition has been kept to this very day in which other religion do you see this. And he became a free person and he helped Islam in so many occasions. He was one of the greatest companions of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Amazing and I didn't even know this. But he was loved by the companions of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He is the hero of the battle of the trench because when the kufar of Makkah they were thousands who were now coming to Medina in order to attack the Muslims. There was no way that they were not going to be entering Medina Munawara. But Salman al-Farisi was one of those who said oh messenger in Persia when the enemy comes and we want to block him from coming. We used to dig a big trench approximately 10 meters by 16 meters and we used to make sure that they cannot. And yet again I have to stop this video and just think about the anti-Islamic claims here. How ridiculous this is they are always saying oh Islam. But here you see a man that was brought up as a Zoroastrian. He was worshipping the fire. He was responsible for that fire and then later on he goes on a journey of seeking truth and goes from one Christian leader to the other committing to Christianity trying to find that truth. Altogether he finds Prophet Muhammad may peace be upon him and goes to war with him. Did he then there complain about how violent Prophet Muhammad is, how bad war is and this is evil and this is not in the name of God. Of course not because if you look into the prophets if you look into Moses for example he of course went to war. He went to Jihad if you will. All of those talking points are not only flawed but they are dishonest of course. They are not representing what truth is. They are an appeal to emotion of course. War bad it hurts. Even in the Bible you will find that there is a time for everything. Look it up there is a time for war as well. Just because war is brutal there is killing does not mean it does not have to be done. They even cross the trench so they don't enter the city at all. So let us do it and subhanallah that was adopted by Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Hence it is called the battle of the trench. Why Salman al-Farisi radiallahu anhu it was his idea and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala confirmed it for Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. This was the young man from Persia. He has a story with Abu Darda radiallahu anhu. Abu Darda radiallahu anhu was another companion whom the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam had asked Salman al-Farisi to live with when they came into Medina Munawara after some time. So Abu Darda radiallahu anhu he became the fostered brother of Salman al-Farisi. Salman al-Farisi radiallahu anhu notices the wife of Abu Darda radiallahu anhu. She took no interest in dressing, no interest in any appearance, no interest in food or anything else. So he asked her what is the problem? So she answered him saying you know your brother Abu Darda he finds no need in this world. Nothing, nothing at all which means he's not interested in his wife. So Salman al-Farisi waited for Abu Darda at night and when the night started he began to read long Salah. Salman stopped him and told him do you know what go and sleep. So he went to sleep a little while later he got up again. He says go to sleep a little while later he got up again. He says go to sleep and when the third of the night was remaining Salman got him up and said now if you want to pray you may pray. Then he said oh Abu Darda remember your body has a right over you, your wife has a right over you, your family has a right over you, everything has a right over you. You must fulfill the rights of absolutely everything and you don't have to overdo it when it comes to acts of worship of this nature. So Abu Darda radiallahu anhu listened to him because he was knowledgeable but that is yet again the beauty of Islam because true Islam the way that I understand it of course I'm not a scholar is about balance. It's not about going to extremes, extreme worship and then neglecting your family for example extreme fasting and then losing your libido and not being able to perform as a man Islam is about balance. This is what happened between me and Salman. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says Salman has spoken the truth. You must fulfill the rights of your family members and understand that too is an act of worship. May Allah make us from amongst those. Absolutely is correct here because God created everything with a purpose. The man has a purpose, the woman has a purpose, the husband and the wife have their own purposes over the children and towards each other of course. So if this is created by God this is the way that it should be. If you are following it then you are directly indirectly worshiping God. Sunul Farisi at some stage became the Amir of Meda'in. Meda'in is an area in Iraq and he was the Amir but he did not change at all. The stipend he used to get on a monthly basis made up of approximately 5,000 coins he used to give it all away. When they came to build a house for him they knew that this man does not want a big house so he asked the builder what type of a house will you build for me. The builder says something that will shade you from the sun protect you from the cold, when you stand up it will hit your head and when you lie down it will hit your feet. That's how small it will be. He says yes now you know me that's the house and that is what they built for him and he was the Amir of Meda'in. On one instance he went out and there was a man who had come from a Sham and what happened is that man was carrying belongings and a lot of goods. So Salman al Farisi radiallahu anhu was the Amir but they did not know this. He offered to help the man and he started carrying the goods and this man says oh thank you very much Jazakumullah khair and what have you and as they are walking they met a group of men who greeted him as the Amir, the governor of Meda'in and they told him As-Salaamu Alaikum O Amir so this man from a Sham looks he says who is the Amir? They look they said the man who is carrying your goods Subhanallah. This was Salman al Farisi a simple man it is reported that Subhanallah one day he was cooking and baking so the visitors came to his house and they said where is your girl the girl who works for you? He said no we sent her to do another task and I am a person who does not give two tasks to the same person they will do one thing at a time may Allah grant us goodness on his deathbed he was crying and when he was crying Subhanallah he asked for something and his wife brought it to him in it there was musk he said when I die I want you to spray this musk on me because the angels who come to take us they love a good fragrance he passed away in Al-Mad'a'in and he was buried very near to Baghdad up to this day his grave is there he passed away approximately at the age of late 70s some say 78 years old at the time of Uthman ibn Affan and it is reported that Ali ibn Abi Talib who attended the Janaza and Allah knows best but this was our hero Salman al Farisi may Allah grant us a good lesson All right guys and this is it for today's video what a beautiful story about a real truth seeker somebody who did not care about his comfort his traditions, his family even he left everything behind to find truth first growing up as a Zoroastrian worshipping the fire leaving his overprotective father behind just to pursue truth to find the truth first and foremost within Christianity there he found beauty there he found people that worshipped God alone but as well he found hypocrisy nevertheless his path did not stop there he continued on he wanted to find the real prophet of monotheism Prophet Muhammad may peace be upon him on his journey he got enslaved but he did not care for his comforts he saw it as a blessing and it truly was because him being a slave he got transported directly towards Prophet Muhammad in Arabia this is absolutely amazing the quintessence of this story is of course we should not get discouraged by outward occurrences this world is like an ocean sometimes you have a storm you have big waves and then after that it can become calm again but this should not distract you of your path towards truth of your path towards God of course and this is what Salman al-Falisi did here of course he did not care about his freedom he did not care about his comfort as said he only cared about truth and ultimately he found it alright guys but this is it for today's video if you liked it leave it a thumbs up and if you haven't subscribed already guys please do so if you want to support this channel via Patreon for example all the links are in the description box below thank you so much for your ongoing support guys as always may God bless you all much love and peace