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Nu’ayman ibn Amr (ra): The Funniest Man in Medina | The Firsts
One of the Prophet's ﷺ Companions was the kind of man who could walk into a room and have everyone laughing.
Nu'ayman ibn Amr (ra) was a gem, beloved for the joy he carried wherever he went. He pulled pranks on the Prophet ﷺ himself, talked his way into mischief no one else would dare, and once sold a fellow Sahabi as a joke that people laughed about for a whole year.
But behind the laughter, he was carrying something heavier. He struggled with alcohol addiction, and he kept falling back into it.
What the Prophet ﷺ said when a Companion cursed him for it is not what you'd expect.
Discover the story of the funniest Sahabi who ever lived, the struggle behind the jokes, and three lessons on how the Prophet ﷺ dealt with someone who kept falling.





























































































































































































