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HADRAT ABU BAKR ra<br />
<strong>Hadrat</strong> ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Auf ra and <strong>Hadrat</strong> <strong>Abu</strong> ‘Ubaidah<br />
bin ‘Abdullah bin Al-Jarrah ra . The following companions had the<br />
added honour of being quite young when they accepted Islam:<br />
<strong>Hadrat</strong> Sa‘d bin Abi Waqqas ra , who was nineteen years old and<br />
in the prime of his youth when he became a Muslim; <strong>Hadrat</strong><br />
Zubair bin Al-‘Awwam ra , a cousin of the Holy Prophet sa , was only<br />
fifteen years old when he accepted Islam; and <strong>Hadrat</strong> Talhah bin<br />
‘Ubaidullah ra , who was also quite young. All of these six individuals<br />
are considered amongst the greatest of the companions, as well as<br />
the closest companions and advisors of the Holy Prophet sa .<br />
In addition to these, there was <strong>Hadrat</strong> Khalid bin Sa‘id ra<br />
and also <strong>Hadrat</strong> ‘Uthman bin Maz‘un ra , who was from the Banu<br />
Jamh. He was a man of such pious and simple habits that he even<br />
asked to become a hermit but the Holy Prophet sa refused as it is<br />
not permitted in Islam to ignore the rights of one’s fellow human<br />
beings in order to worship God.<br />
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