Salman of Persia, the Companion of the Prophet

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Salman of Persia
The Companion of the Prophet

Many years before the advent of Islam, Salman had been raised by his father to serve in the temples of Persia. Secretly, deep down in his heart he didn't think it was right to worship the idols of Persia, and so he started to search for the truth.

Now at that time there were two groups of good living people in Persia who did not worship the Persian idols and Salman in his search for the truth was attracted to them. However, there was something that puzzled Salman because both groups claimed to follow the teachings of Jesus, but what one group taught was very different from the teachings of the other!

Salman listened to what both parties had to say about Jesus and chose not to follow the one that preached what they called "the trinity" which is worshiping three gods instead of One and claimed that Jesus was one of the three.

The more he thought about it occurred to him that the trinity was very similar to the pagan religions of Persia because they worshipped many gods instead of just One. So the group Salman chose to follow were the Nazarenes who taught the Creator was One and that Jesus was His prophet, and that he was not a god or even His son. However, Salman knew it would cause a problem at home if he told his father about his conversion so he hid it.

Salman had many experiences in his search for the truth, and served several priests. The first priest was however, corrupt. He took from the poor and used the proceeds to satisfy his lusts, so Salman abandoned him in search of one more pious.

Salman found an elderly, pious priest to teach him and in return he served him for many years until his death. When he died Salman sought to serve another priest who followed Prophet Jesus and was blessed to find one who was more knowledgeable and pious than the others.

The priest spoke to him many times about a special prophecy Jesus had made. The priest taught Salman that it was written in the Holy Scriptures that Prophet Jesus had prophesied the coming of a new prophet who would be sent after him, and that he would appear in Arabia and went on to described the location in which he would appear. As death approached the priest, Salman asked if he knew of another priest to guide him, but the priest said he knew of none. However, he advised Salman to go in search of the city he described in Arabia.

It was shortly after the death of the priest that Salman's father learned of his son's conversion and in a burst of rage had his son bound with rope so that he could not leave the house.

Salman was a strong young man and one day as he sat tied up with rope in his room, news reached him that an Arab caravan was about to return to Arabia. It was the opportunity he had been waiting for, so he summoned all his strength, broke loose from the ropes that bound him and went to them. When Salman met the caravan leader he offered him a herd of camels and all his wealth if he would take him with them. The deal was struck and so shortly thereafter he left with them.

Just before the caravan reached Yathrib, as Medina was then called, the Arabs took not only Salman's camels and wealth but sold him into slavery to a Jew from the tribe of Krayzah. Salman was very disheartened by the turn of events until the Prophet's arrival in Medina some years later. It was then that he was able to recognize that his circumstances had not been a misfortune as he had previously thought, but a very great blessing from Allah to him, for he had unknowingly, and certainly not through his own planning, arrived at the place the priest described and as soon as Salman heard about Islam, he knew it was what he had been looking for and he became a Muslim.

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Release: June 04, 2011

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