WEBVTT 00:00:01.330 --> 00:00:04.330 Pause. 00:00:04.330 --> 00:00:12.109 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 00:00:12.109 --> 00:00:16.109 Solve this riddle: Who am I? 00:00:16.109 --> 00:00:23.579 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:28.579 I left my home among the Banu Aslam and migrated to Medina. 00:00:28.579 --> 00:00:34.670 I witnessed the Battle of Badr and all the campaigns alongside the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:34.670 --> 00:00:37.670 I was among the poor, the people of the Suffah. 00:00:37.670 --> 00:00:41.670 I remained in the company of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:41.670 --> 00:00:46.670 I loved him dearly and was deeply committed to serving him. 00:00:46.670 --> 00:00:51.670 So much so that I would stay with him day and night. 00:00:51.670 --> 00:00:55.670 In his presence, during his travels, and in all his military expeditions. 00:00:55.670 --> 00:00:59.700 I would spend the night at the door of his chamber. 00:00:59.700 --> 00:01:03.700 So that perhaps the Prophet, peace be upon him, might need something. 00:01:03.700 --> 00:01:06.700 And find me there to serve him. 00:01:06.700 --> 00:01:08.760 One night, 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:13.760 I spent the night at the door of the chamber of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.760 When he rose in the night, 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:19.760 I brought him his water for ablution and whatever he needed. 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:21.760 He wished to reward me. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.760 So he said to me, 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:25.760 "Ask of me what you wish." 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:26.819 I said, 00:01:26.819 --> 00:01:28.819 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:01:28.819 --> 00:01:31.819 I ask for your companionship in Paradise." 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:35.859 He, peace be upon him, said, 00:01:35.859 --> 00:01:37.859 "Is there anything else?" 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:38.859 I said, 00:01:38.859 --> 00:01:41.920 "That is all, O Messenger of Allah." 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:42.920 He said, 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:46.920 "Then help me against your own self by prostrating often." 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:51.719 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me one day, 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:53.719 "Will you not marry?" 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:54.719 I replied, 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:56.719 "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, 00:01:56.719 --> 00:02:00.719 but I have nothing with which to marry." 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:02.819 He said to me, 00:02:02.819 --> 00:02:04.819 "Go to such-and-such person from the Ansar, 00:02:04.819 --> 00:02:07.819 and tell him to marry his daughter to you." 00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:09.849 I went to him and said, 00:02:09.849 --> 00:02:12.849 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:12.849 --> 00:02:15.849 commands you to marry your daughter to me." 00:02:15.849 --> 00:02:17.849 He said, 00:02:17.849 --> 00:02:21.849 "Welcome to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him! 00:02:21.849 --> 00:02:25.849 The messenger of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:25.849 --> 00:02:27.849 shall not leave without his request being fulfilled." 00:02:27.849 --> 00:02:29.849 So he married me to her. 00:02:29.849 --> 00:02:32.849 He did not ask me for proof of my statement, 00:02:32.849 --> 00:02:35.849 nor for any dowry. 00:02:35.849 --> 00:02:40.979 I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and informed him. 00:02:40.979 --> 00:02:41.979 I said, 00:02:41.979 --> 00:02:43.979 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:43.979 --> 00:02:45.979 I went to noble people, 00:02:45.979 --> 00:02:49.979 they married me without asking for proof, 00:02:49.979 --> 00:02:53.979 and I have nothing to give them as a dowry." 00:02:53.979 --> 00:02:58.069 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, spoke to the Companions, 00:02:58.069 --> 00:03:01.069 and they collected for me the weight of two date stones in gold. 00:03:01.069 --> 00:03:04.069 And they prepared food for us. 00:03:04.069 --> 00:03:06.069 The Ansari man said, 00:03:06.069 --> 00:03:09.069 "This is plenty and good." 00:03:09.069 --> 00:03:13.900 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, gave me a piece of land, 00:03:13.900 --> 00:03:17.900 and he gave Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, a piece of land. 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:20.900 We disagreed over the boundaries of the land. 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:24.900 Abu Bakr said a word to me that I disliked. 00:03:24.900 --> 00:03:26.900 Then he regretted it. 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:28.900 He said to me, 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:33.900 "Say back to me the same word so that it may be a just retribution." 00:03:33.900 --> 00:03:35.900 I said, "I will not do so." 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:41.939 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, went to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:03:41.939 --> 00:03:43.939 and I went after him. 00:03:43.939 --> 00:03:46.939 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me, 00:03:46.939 --> 00:03:49.939 "What is between you and the Siddiq?" 00:03:49.939 --> 00:03:51.939 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:54.939 such and such happened." 00:03:54.939 --> 00:03:57.939 He said a word to me that I disliked. 00:03:57.939 --> 00:03:59.939 Then he said, 00:03:59.939 --> 00:04:04.939 "Say to me what I said to you so that it may be a just retribution." 00:04:04.939 --> 00:04:05.939 But I refused. 00:04:05.939 --> 00:04:09.939 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 00:04:09.939 --> 00:04:10.939 "Indeed, 00:04:10.939 --> 00:04:12.939 do not say it back to him. 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:14.939 Instead, say: 00:04:14.939 --> 00:04:17.939 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr.' 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:20.939 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr.'" 00:04:20.939 --> 00:04:26.129 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, turned away weeping. 00:04:26.129 --> 00:04:28.420 So, who am I? 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:36.480 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:40.699 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:40.699 --> 00:04:45.699 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.