“Salman El-Farsi (Salman the Persion), A Short Story of His life by Sayed A.A Razwy

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Salman El-Farsi was born around 568 A.D Jiyye, Persia (Iran). His Persian name was Rozeba.. Salman was from a rich and an influential family. He was a brilliant child and exhibited interest in gaining knowledge. Salman was first a Zoroastrians and he used to be a priest in a fire-temple. He began to lose interest as he found many unanswerable questions in his religion.

One day, Salman El-Farsi was asked by his father to handle a business at country-house. During his journey, he found Christians and he then converted to Christians. He was being tortured by his father because of the conversion. With helped of Christians friends, Salman managed to get rid from his father and he went to Syria.

After leaving Jiyye in Persia, Salman lived in several places. He discovered about religious knowledge and he felt Christians was not the religion that he was looking for. It was in Ammuria that he heard for the first time about the new Prophet in Makkah. After several difficulties such as being past from one master to another master, Salman finally managed to meet the Prophet personally. He converted to Islam, the religion that he was searching throughout his life. After Salman got the freedom, he was with the Prophet at all times. He strived towards Islam. After the death of Prophet Muhammad, Salman was appointed by Ali ibn Talib as the governor of Madaen in Iraq. He governed Madaen with the true message and mission of Islam. However, within three months, Salman died in A.D 656, at the age of 88 years old.

Among his contributions in Islam were as the translator of Quran into Persian language, contributed in the battle of Khandaq and in the battle of Badr. May Allah S.W.T blessed Salman El-Farsi’s life.