WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:23.309 I am one of the young Companions from the Ansar. 00:00:23.309 --> 00:00:28.379 I embraced Islam at the hands of Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:28.379 --> 00:00:35.380 I witnessed the battles of Badr, Uhud, and all other campaigns alongside the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:35.380 --> 00:00:41.299 I was among the few who remained steadfast with him on the day of Hunayn. 00:00:41.299 --> 00:00:46.299 One day, I passed by the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:00:46.299 --> 00:00:49.299 With him was Jibril, peace be upon him. 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:52.299 I greeted them both and continued on my way. 00:00:52.299 --> 00:00:54.299 Then Jibril departed. 00:00:54.299 --> 00:00:56.299 When I returned, 00:00:56.299 --> 00:00:59.299 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me: 00:00:59.299 --> 00:01:02.299 "Did you see who was with me?" 00:01:02.299 --> 00:01:04.299 I said, "Yes." 00:01:04.299 --> 00:01:07.299 He said, "That was Jibril." 00:01:07.299 --> 00:01:10.299 "And he has returned your greeting." 00:01:10.299 --> 00:01:17.260 I had homes near the dwellings of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:01:17.260 --> 00:01:22.359 Whenever the Prophet, peace be upon him, would marry, 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:26.359 I would vacate one of my homes for him. 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:30.359 Until the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me: 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:36.359 "I have become shy before you because of how often you move out of your homes for us." 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:41.319 My eyesight failed me at the end of my life. 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:46.319 So, I stretched a cord from my prayer mat to the door of my house. 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:51.420 I kept a basket near me containing dates and other things. 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:54.420 Whenever a needy person would greet me, 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:56.420 I would take from those dates, 00:01:56.420 --> 00:02:01.420 Then walk along the cord until I reached the door of the house, 00:02:01.420 --> 00:02:04.510 And hand it to the needy person. 00:02:04.510 --> 00:02:06.510 My family would say to me, 00:02:06.510 --> 00:02:11.509 "We will take care of it for you and deliver your charity to the needy." 00:02:11.509 --> 00:02:14.509 But I would refuse, saying, 00:02:14.509 --> 00:02:19.509 "I am eager to attain all the goodness and reward myself." 00:02:19.509 --> 00:02:24.310 I was also exceptionally dutiful to my mother. 00:02:24.310 --> 00:02:28.310 The Prophet, peace be upon him, heard my voice 00:02:28.310 --> 00:02:31.310 As I was reciting the Qur'an in Paradise. 00:02:31.310 --> 00:02:35.310 He said, "Such is dutifulness." 00:02:35.310 --> 00:02:40.819 "Such is dutifulness." So, who am I? 00:02:40.819 --> 00:02:44.819 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:02:44.819 --> 00:02:49.069 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:02:49.069 --> 00:02:54.069 When the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 00:02:54.069 --> 00:02:59.169 Follow the generations in their stances and examples. 00:02:59.169 --> 00:03:04.169 Follow the Messenger in all he strove for or said. 00:03:04.169 --> 00:03:09.169 They were here, watering our lives like clouds. 00:03:09.169 --> 00:03:14.169 How could their memory not be exalted among us? 00:03:14.169 --> 00:03:19.169 They departed, leaving a question in our conscience: 00:03:19.169 --> 00:03:24.169 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 00:03:24.169 --> 00:03:29.169 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 00:03:29.169 --> 00:03:33.169 And the world of mankind flourished because of them.