WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:03.359 Pause. 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:12.140 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:20.289 I am one of the younger Companions. 00:00:20.289 --> 00:00:24.289 I am the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:24.289 --> 00:00:27.289 I am one of those who narrated the most hadiths. 00:00:27.289 --> 00:00:33.420 The Prophet, peace be upon him, would let me ride behind him on his mount. 00:00:33.420 --> 00:00:35.479 I am the scholar of the Ummah. 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:37.479 The jurist of the era. 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:39.479 The leader of Tafsir. 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:41.479 The interpreter of the Qur'an. 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.280 I was born in the ravine of Banu Hashim. 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:47.280 During the days of the siege. 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:50.280 Three years before the year of the Hijrah. 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:53.280 I grew up in Islam while I was still young. 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:57.280 I migrated with my father, and we were among the last to migrate. 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:02.310 Then, I made it a priority to stay close to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:01:02.310 --> 00:01:06.310 To observe his states, his worship, and to emulate him. 00:01:06.310 --> 00:01:10.500 Once, I came to him late at night. 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:13.500 I intended to pray behind him. 00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:15.500 He took my hand. 00:01:15.500 --> 00:01:18.540 He pulled me and placed me beside him. 00:01:18.540 --> 00:01:23.540 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, turned to his prayer, 00:01:23.540 --> 00:01:26.540 I stepped back and prayed behind him. 00:01:26.540 --> 00:01:28.540 When he finished, 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." 00:01:32.540 --> 00:01:35.540 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:01:35.540 --> 00:01:40.540 Is it appropriate for anyone to pray beside you when you are the Messenger of Allah?" 00:01:40.540 --> 00:01:42.540 That pleased him. 00:01:42.540 --> 00:01:47.700 He, peace be upon him, used to pray for me, saying, 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.700 "O Allah, grant him deep understanding of the religion, 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:52.700 And teach him the interpretation." 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:57.430 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, passed away, 00:01:57.430 --> 00:01:59.430 I said to a young man from the Ansar, 00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:04.430 "Let us go and ask the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:04.430 --> 00:02:06.430 And acquire knowledge from them, 00:02:06.430 --> 00:02:09.430 For today they are many." 00:02:09.430 --> 00:02:10.460 He said, 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:12.460 "How strange of you! 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:15.460 Do you think people need us, 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?" 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:22.460 So he left that pursuit. 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. 00:02:28.460 --> 00:02:31.460 If a hadith reached me about a man, 00:02:31.460 --> 00:02:35.460 I would go to his door while he was sleeping during the afternoon. 00:02:35.460 --> 00:02:38.460 I would use my cloak as a pillow at his door. 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:41.460 The wind would blow dust upon me. 00:02:41.460 --> 00:02:44.460 The man would come out and see me. 00:02:44.460 --> 00:02:45.460 He would say, 00:02:45.460 --> 00:02:49.460 "O cousin of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:51.460 What brings you here? 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:54.460 Could you not have sent for me so I could come to you?" 00:02:54.460 --> 00:02:56.530 I would say, 00:02:56.530 --> 00:02:57.530 "No, 00:02:57.530 --> 00:02:59.530 I am more deserving to come to you." 00:02:59.530 --> 00:03:02.530 Then I would ask him about the hadith. 00:03:02.530 --> 00:03:05.659 That young man from the Ansar remained, 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:09.659 Until he saw me with people gathered around me. 00:03:09.659 --> 00:03:10.659 He said, 00:03:10.659 --> 00:03:13.659 "This young man is wiser than I." 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:19.460 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to include me with the elders of Badr. 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:21.490 Some of them said, 00:03:21.490 --> 00:03:26.550 "Why do you bring this young man in with us when we have sons like him?" 00:03:26.550 --> 00:03:27.550 He replied, 00:03:27.550 --> 00:03:30.550 "He is of the status you know." 00:03:30.550 --> 00:03:34.680 One day, he called them and called me with them. 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:35.680 He said, 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...﴿?" 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:42.680 Until he finished the surah. 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:44.780 Some of them said, 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." 00:03:50.780 --> 00:03:53.780 Others said, "We do not know." 00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:54.780 Then he said to me, 00:03:54.780 --> 00:03:57.780 "And you, what do you say?" 00:03:57.780 --> 00:03:58.810 I said, 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." 00:04:04.870 --> 00:04:05.870 'Umar said, 00:04:05.870 --> 00:04:09.870 "I know nothing of it other than what you know." 00:04:09.870 --> 00:04:13.969 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said about me one day, 00:04:13.969 --> 00:04:16.970 "That is a mature youth; 00:04:16.970 --> 00:04:18.970 He has an inquisitive tongue, 00:04:18.970 --> 00:04:20.970 And an intelligent heart." 00:04:20.970 --> 00:04:25.379 I had a large circle in Medina. 00:04:25.379 --> 00:04:28.379 People would come to me there to seek knowledge. 00:04:28.379 --> 00:04:32.379 I would divide my sessions into days and subjects. 00:04:32.379 --> 00:04:34.379 I would set aside a day for fiqh, 00:04:34.379 --> 00:04:37.379 A day for the Tafsir of the Qur'an, 00:04:37.379 --> 00:04:39.379 A day for the Prophetic biography (Seerah), 00:04:39.379 --> 00:04:41.379 A day for poetry, 00:04:41.379 --> 00:04:44.740 And a day for the history of the Arabs. 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:50.259 So, who am I? 00:04:50.259 --> 00:04:54.480 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:58.480 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:02.480 When the next episode is released, if Allah wills.