Ramadan, Day 1 ~
You might be either like:
What? Hey, who's Salman Al Farsi?
or like:
What are all those little icons on the 'S'? I mean like, I understand that he was like basically burned or something? Then he got hung on a cross? What kind of guy is this? still alive? And then he's like black from being burned in the fire, and I'm lik-
Stop.
To fix those false confusions, I will tell you who Salman was, and what Salman Al Farsi did.
First of all, Salman was a Magean, (someone who worships fire). That should explain why I drew fire on the top of the S. Well, back on topic. He lived in persia, where his father was the cheif of their tribe.
Salman's father loved salman so much, he kept him in the house like a slave girl. One day, Salmans father had some business to do, but he couldn't do it because he had another job. Salman asked his father if he could do it, and his father said yes. So Salman started off, just a child, and he passed by a church. He heard sounds in the church, so he was curious. He went inside the church and asked the bishop or Priest about their religion. They told him and he found it to be better than Fire worshipping. He asked where their religion originated from and they told him their religion originated from As-Sham, current-day Syria. When he came back home to his father, it was already past sunset, and his father was frantic, until he saw Salman. He asked Salman where he had been, seeing that Salman had not done the job he had given him. Salman told him about the Christians and their religion, and he told his father that their religion is better than ours. His father was so scared that Salman would convert to Chrisianity, that he ended up chaining salman in the house. Salman managed to send out a message to the church saying that if they saw any caravan heading towards As-Sham, then they notify him. Soon, they saw a Caravan, told Salman and he managed to run away to the caravan. The caravan brought him to as sham, and he studied under a bishop there. The bishop turned out to be a very bad man, asking for donations for this and that, and then keeping all the money to himself. When the people heard this, they ended up crucifying him.
After all this, Salman ended up traveling from place to place, until his last teacher died. His teacher said that no one on the earth was following the same religon as him(Following it properly, the way of their forefathers). Thewy had all died. So he told Salman that soon, A prophet would arise in the land of the arabs, and that salman could recognize him by three signs:
1. He eats from only a gift, not from charity
2.He doesn't accept Charity for himself
3. on his back, there is a seal of prophethood
Well Salman had alreasdy gathered much wealth by then, and he had sheep and cows and camels, and money. He saw a caravan that was going to Makkah or Madinah, and he offered them all his wealth in order for them to bring him to the place described to him by the bishop. They agreed, but they were traitors. They sold him as a slave to a jew living in Waadi al qura, a place on the outskirts of Makkah. the jew, after some time sold him to someone else livinbg in makkah. One day, Salman heard his master talking to his cousin (The master's cousin), about a man who claimed to be a prophet, (Obviously Muhammad SAW). One night, Salman crept away to meet the Prophet SAW, bringing food with him. Muhammad SAW was with his companions, and Salman Presented the food as charity to them and Muhammad SAW. Muhammad told his companions to eat, but he himself didnt eat. Salman left and came back again, after some time, bringing some more food. He presented it as a gift, and this time, Muhammad SAW ate from it with his companions.
Slamn got ready for the last sign, the seal. he tried to get around Muhammad SSAW so he could see the seal on his back. Muhammad SAW thought that salman must have been told by someone that he had a seal on his back, so he opened his shirt, and Salman kissed the seal, cried and bowed to the Prophet SAW. The Prophet immediately told him to stand up. Later, Salman became Muslim.
I hoped that made you understand my picture above...
Fire-Magean
Cross-when he visited the church
little blaxck figure- Him running away from home to get to As-Sham in the caravan
Shackles- when he was enslaved
Palm tree- being sold from his first master to the master in madinah, the palm tree representing madinah
Gift, food and seal-The three signs
Islam symbol- His converting to islam
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