1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:03,359 Pause. 2 00:00:03,359 --> 00:00:12,140 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 3 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:20,289 I am one of the younger Companions. 5 00:00:20,289 --> 00:00:24,289 I am the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 6 00:00:24,289 --> 00:00:27,289 I am one of those who narrated the most hadiths. 7 00:00:27,289 --> 00:00:33,420 The Prophet, peace be upon him, would let me ride behind him on his mount. 8 00:00:33,420 --> 00:00:35,479 I am the scholar of the Ummah. 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:37,479 The jurist of the era. 10 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,479 The leader of Tafsir. 11 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,479 The interpreter of the Qur'an. 12 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,280 I was born in the ravine of Banu Hashim. 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,280 During the days of the siege. 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,280 Three years before the year of the Hijrah. 15 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,280 I grew up in Islam while I was still young. 16 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,280 I migrated with my father, and we were among the last to migrate. 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:02,310 Then, I made it a priority to stay close to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 18 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:06,310 To observe his states, his worship, and to emulate him. 19 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:10,500 Once, I came to him late at night. 20 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:13,500 I intended to pray behind him. 21 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:15,500 He took my hand. 22 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:18,540 He pulled me and placed me beside him. 23 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:23,540 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, turned to his prayer, 24 00:01:23,540 --> 00:01:26,540 I stepped back and prayed behind him. 25 00:01:26,540 --> 00:01:28,540 When he finished, 26 00:01:28,540 --> 00:01:32,540 He asked, "What is the matter with you? I placed you beside me, yet you stepped back." 27 00:01:32,540 --> 00:01:35,540 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 28 00:01:35,540 --> 00:01:40,540 Is it appropriate for anyone to pray beside you when you are the Messenger of Allah?" 29 00:01:40,540 --> 00:01:42,540 That pleased him. 30 00:01:42,540 --> 00:01:47,700 He, peace be upon him, used to pray for me, saying, 31 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:50,700 "O Allah, grant him deep understanding of the religion, 32 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:52,700 And teach him the interpretation." 33 00:01:52,700 --> 00:01:57,430 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, passed away, 34 00:01:57,430 --> 00:01:59,430 I said to a young man from the Ansar, 35 00:01:59,430 --> 00:02:04,430 "Let us go and ask the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 36 00:02:04,430 --> 00:02:06,430 And acquire knowledge from them, 37 00:02:06,430 --> 00:02:09,430 For today they are many." 38 00:02:09,430 --> 00:02:10,460 He said, 39 00:02:10,460 --> 00:02:12,460 "How strange of you! 40 00:02:12,460 --> 00:02:15,460 Do you think people need us, 41 00:02:15,460 --> 00:02:20,460 When among them are the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, that there are?" 42 00:02:20,460 --> 00:02:22,460 So he left that pursuit. 43 00:02:22,460 --> 00:02:28,460 But I set out to ask the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and seek knowledge. 44 00:02:28,460 --> 00:02:31,460 If a hadith reached me about a man, 45 00:02:31,460 --> 00:02:35,460 I would go to his door while he was sleeping during the afternoon. 46 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:38,460 I would use my cloak as a pillow at his door. 47 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:41,460 The wind would blow dust upon me. 48 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:44,460 The man would come out and see me. 49 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:45,460 He would say, 50 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:49,460 "O cousin of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 51 00:02:49,460 --> 00:02:51,460 What brings you here? 52 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:54,460 Could you not have sent for me so I could come to you?" 53 00:02:54,460 --> 00:02:56,530 I would say, 54 00:02:56,530 --> 00:02:57,530 "No, 55 00:02:57,530 --> 00:02:59,530 I am more deserving to come to you." 56 00:02:59,530 --> 00:03:02,530 Then I would ask him about the hadith. 57 00:03:02,530 --> 00:03:05,659 That young man from the Ansar remained, 58 00:03:05,659 --> 00:03:09,659 Until he saw me with people gathered around me. 59 00:03:09,659 --> 00:03:10,659 He said, 60 00:03:10,659 --> 00:03:13,659 "This young man is wiser than I." 61 00:03:13,659 --> 00:03:19,460 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to include me with the elders of Badr. 62 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:21,490 Some of them said, 63 00:03:21,490 --> 00:03:26,550 "Why do you bring this young man in with us when we have sons like him?" 64 00:03:26,550 --> 00:03:27,550 He replied, 65 00:03:27,550 --> 00:03:30,550 "He is of the status you know." 66 00:03:30,550 --> 00:03:34,680 One day, he called them and called me with them. 67 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:35,680 He said, 68 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,680 "What do you say about the verse: ﴾When the victory of Allah has come and the conquest...﴿?" 69 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,680 Until he finished the surah. 70 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,780 Some of them said, 71 00:03:44,780 --> 00:03:50,780 "We are commanded to praise Allah and seek His forgiveness when He grants us victory and conquest." 72 00:03:50,780 --> 00:03:53,780 Others said, "We do not know." 73 00:03:53,780 --> 00:03:54,780 Then he said to me, 74 00:03:54,780 --> 00:03:57,780 "And you, what do you say?" 75 00:03:57,780 --> 00:03:58,810 I said, 76 00:03:58,810 --> 00:04:04,870 "It is the term of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, which He made known to him." 77 00:04:04,870 --> 00:04:05,870 'Umar said, 78 00:04:05,870 --> 00:04:09,870 "I know nothing of it other than what you know." 79 00:04:09,870 --> 00:04:13,969 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said about me one day, 80 00:04:13,969 --> 00:04:16,970 "That is a mature youth; 81 00:04:16,970 --> 00:04:18,970 He has an inquisitive tongue, 82 00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:20,970 And an intelligent heart." 83 00:04:20,970 --> 00:04:25,379 I had a large circle in Medina. 84 00:04:25,379 --> 00:04:28,379 People would come to me there to seek knowledge. 85 00:04:28,379 --> 00:04:32,379 I would divide my sessions into days and subjects. 86 00:04:32,379 --> 00:04:34,379 I would set aside a day for fiqh, 87 00:04:34,379 --> 00:04:37,379 A day for the Tafsir of the Qur'an, 88 00:04:37,379 --> 00:04:39,379 A day for the Prophetic biography (Seerah), 89 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:41,379 A day for poetry, 90 00:04:41,379 --> 00:04:44,740 And a day for the history of the Arabs. 91 00:04:44,740 --> 00:04:50,259 So, who am I? 92 00:04:50,259 --> 00:04:54,480 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 93 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:58,480 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 94 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,480 When the next episode is released, if Allah wills.