Nu’ayman ibn Amr (ra): The Funniest Man in Medina

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 b...