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The boy of the trench, The boy who would not bend

In the hadith

In the hadithThe boy who would not bend

The boy of the trenchالغلام

Najran

A boy who gave his life so a whole people would believe in Allah.

A king sent a boy to learn sorcery, but on the way he learned true faith from a monk. Allah cured the sick through his prayers, and the king could not kill him from a mountain or at sea. The boy told him: gather the people and shoot me, saying "In the name of Allah, Lord of the boy." He died, and the crowd cried out that they believed.

What does the Quran say?

And they resented them not except because they believed in Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy,

Quran 85:8

85:4-8

What does the hadith say?

Sahih Muslim 3005

What grew out of it?

Surah al-Buruj remembers the believers who were then thrown into trenches of fire.

The lesson

Victory can mean your message living on, not you.

Who else is linked?

NajranThe monk of the trenchThe king of the trenchDhu Nuwas

Source: hadith · Wikipedia

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