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    Salman the Persian, Zoroastrian, Persia (part 2 of 2): From

    Christianity to Islam

    Description: The long search finally ends with Salman meeting the promised Prophet, and
    earning his freedom become one of his closest companions.
    By Salman the Persian
    Published on 25 Jun 2007 - Last modified on 11 Oct 2009
    Category: Articles >Stories of New Muslims > Personalities
    Category: Articles >The Prophet Muhammad > Stories of His Companions

    The man died, and Salman stayed in Amuria. One day, "Some merchants from the
    tribe of Kalb[1] passed by me," Salman said, "I told them, 'Take me to Arabia and I will
    give you my cows and the only sheep I have.'" They said, "Yes." Salman gave them what
    he offered, and they took him with them. When they reached Waadi al-Quraa [close to
    Medinah], they sold him as a slave to a Jewish man. Salman stayed with the Jew, and he
    saw the Palm trees [his previous companion had described].
    "I hoped that this would be the same place described by my companion."
    One day, a man who was a first cousin to Salman's master from the Jewish tribe of
    Bani Quraidha in Medinah came visiting. He bought Salman from his Jewish master.
    "He took me with him to Medina. By God! When I saw it, I knew it was the place my
    companion described.
    Then God sent[2] His Messenger [i.e., Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of
    God be upon him]. He stayed in Mecca as long as he did.[3] I did not hear anything
    about him because I was very busy with the work of slavery, and then he migrated to
    Medina.
    [One day,] I was on a palm-tree on top of one of its date-clusters doing some work for
    my master. A first cousin of his came and stood in front of him [his master was sitting]
    and said, "Woe to Bani Qeelah [people of the tribe Qeelah], they are gathered in Qibaa"
    [4] around a man who came today from Mecca claiming to be a Prophet!"
    I trembled so fiercely when I heard him that I feared that I would fall on my master.
    I descended and said, 'What are you saying!? What are you saying!?'
    My master became angry and punched me hard saying, "What business do you have
    in this [matter]? Go and mind your business."
    I said, "Nothing! I just wanted to be sure of what he was saying."
    On that evening, I went to see the Messenger of God while he was in Qibaa. I took
    something with me which I had saved. I went in and said, "I was told that you are a
    righteous man and that your company [who] are strangers [here] are in need. I want
    to offer you something I saved as charity. I found that you deserve it more than

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    anyone else."
    I offered it to him; he said to his companions, "Eat," but he himself kept his hand
    away [i.e., did not eat]. I said to myself, "This is one [i.e., one of the signs of his
    Prophethood]."
    Following this encounter with the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be
    upon him, Salman left to prepare for another test! This time he brought a gift to the
    Prophet in Medina.
    "I saw that you do not eat from that given as charity, so here is a gift with which I
    wish to honor you." The Prophet ate from it and ordered his companions to do the
    same, which they did. I said to myself, "Now there are two [i.e., two of the signs of
    Prophethood]."
    On the third encounter, Salman came to Baqee-ul-Gharqad [a grave yard in Medina]
    where the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, was attending the
    funeral of one of his companions. Salman said:
    "I greeted him [with the greeting of Islam: 'Peace be upon you'], and then moved
    towards his back attempting to see the seal [of Prophethood] which was described to
    me by my companion. When he saw me [doing so], he knew that I was trying to
    confirm something described to me. He took the garment off his back and I looked at
    the seal. I recognized it. I fell down upon it, kissing it and crying. The Messenger of
    God, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, told me to move around [i.e., to
    talk to him]. I told him my story as I did with you, Ibn 'Abbaas [remember that Salman
    is telling his story to Ibn 'Abbaas]. He [the Prophet] liked it so much he wanted me to
    tell my story to his companions.
    He was still a slave owned by his master. The Prophet said to him, "Make a contract
    [with your master] for your freedom, O Salman." Salman obeyed and made a contract
    [with his master] for his freedom. He reached an agreement with his master in which he
    would pay him forty ounces of gold and would plant and successfully raise three hundred
    new palm trees. The Prophet then said to his companions, "Help your brother."
    They helped him with the trees and gathered for him the specified quantity. The
    Prophet ordered Salman to dig the proper holes to plant the saplings, and then he planted
    each one with his own hands. Salman said, "By Him in Whose hands is my soul [i.e., God],
    not a single tree died."
    Salman gave the trees to his master. The Prophet gave Salman a piece of gold that
    was the size of a chicken egg and said, "Take this, O Salman, and pay [i.e., your master]
    what you owe."
    Salman said, "How much is this in regards to how much I owe!"
    The Prophet said, "Take it! God will [make it] equal to what you owe."[5]
    I took it and I weighed a part of it and it was forty ounces. Salman gave the gold to his
    master. He fulfilled the agreement and he was released.

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    From then on, Salman became one of the closest of companions to the Prophet.

    The Search for the Truth


    One of the great companions of the Prophet by the name of Abu Hurairah reported:

    "We were sitting in the company of God's Messenger when Surah al-Jumuah (Surah 62) was
    revealed. He recited these words:

    "And [God has sent Muhammad also to] others who have not yet
    joined them (but they will come)..." (Quran 62:3)

    A person amongst them said, 'O God's Messenger! Who are those who have not joined us?'

    God's Messenger made no reply. Salman the Persian was amongst us. The Messenger of God
    placed his hand on Salman and then said, 'By the One in Whose Hands is my soul, even if faith
    were near Pleiades (the seven stars), men from amongst these [i.e. Salman's folk] would surely
    attain it." (At-Tirmidhi)

    Many in this world are like Salman, searching for the truth about the True and Only
    One God. This story of Salman is similar to stories of people in our own time. The search
    of some people took them from one church to another, from church to Buddhism or
    Passiveness, from Judaism to 'Neutrality', from religion to meditations to mental abuse.
    There are those who shifted from one idea to another, but don't even think of wanting to
    know something about Islam! When they met some Muslims, however, they opened their
    minds. The story of Salman is that of a long search. You could make your search for
    truth shorter by benefiting from his.

    Endnotes:

    [1] An Arab tribe.

    [2] Salman has arrived in Medinah before Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be
    upon him, was commissioned as a prophet.

    [3] Thirteen years after he received the revelation from God.

    [4] The outskirts of Medinah.

    [5] A miracle from God.

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