WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.360 Stop. 00:00:04.360 --> 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 --> 00:00:21.539 I am one of the Muhajirun (Emigrant) Companions. 00:00:21.539 --> 00:00:24.539 I embraced Islam early on in Makkah. 00:00:24.539 --> 00:00:26.539 I migrated to Abyssinia. 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:29.640 Then I returned to Makkah with my kin. 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:32.640 Later, I intended to migrate to Madinah. 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:34.640 But I was unable to do so. 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:36.770 I was a virtuous and righteous man. 00:00:36.770 --> 00:00:38.770 My elder brother 00:00:38.770 --> 00:00:41.770 is 'Amr ibn al-'As, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:41.770 --> 00:00:43.770 He was one of the most astute men among the Arabs. 00:00:43.770 --> 00:00:46.770 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, testified 00:00:46.770 --> 00:00:48.770 to our faith. 00:00:48.770 --> 00:00:52.759 When I intended to migrate to Madinah, 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:55.759 I, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.759 and 'Ayyash ibn Abi Rabi'ah, may Allah be pleased with them both, agreed 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.759 to meet at a specific location 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:03.759 outside of Makkah. 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:05.760 We said, 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:08.760 "Whoever among us does not arrive by morning has been detained, 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:10.760 so his two companions should proceed." 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.950 On the following morning, 00:01:13.950 --> 00:01:17.950 'Umar and 'Ayyash met at the designated spot, 00:01:17.950 --> 00:01:19.950 but I was detained. 00:01:19.950 --> 00:01:21.950 So they proceeded to Madinah. 00:01:21.950 --> 00:01:24.049 As for me, 00:01:24.049 --> 00:01:26.049 my people found out about me. 00:01:26.049 --> 00:01:29.049 They bound me, tortured me, 00:01:29.049 --> 00:01:31.049 and pressured me to abandon my religion, 00:01:31.049 --> 00:01:33.049 and I succumbed to the trial. 00:01:33.049 --> 00:01:35.049 People used to say, 00:01:35.049 --> 00:01:38.049 "Allah will not accept any repentance, 00:01:38.049 --> 00:01:41.109 nor any ransom or compensation from those who were tempted away from their faith." 00:01:41.109 --> 00:01:43.109 They were people who knew Allah, 00:01:43.109 --> 00:01:47.340 then returned to disbelief due to a trial that befell them. 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:52.340 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived in Madinah, 00:01:52.340 --> 00:01:54.340 Allah revealed regarding them and us 00:01:54.340 --> 00:01:56.340 His saying: 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:59.340 “Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (39:53) 00:01:59.340 --> 00:02:01.340 "against themselves." 00:02:01.340 --> 00:02:05.340 “Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (39:53) 00:02:05.340 --> 00:02:11.340 “Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (39:53) 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:17.689 "Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." 00:02:17.689 --> 00:02:19.689 "And turn in repentance to your Lord," 00:02:19.689 --> 00:02:27.689 “Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.” (39:54) 00:02:27.689 --> 00:02:32.689 "before the punishment comes upon you," 00:02:32.689 --> 00:02:37.689 "then you will not be helped." 00:02:37.689 --> 00:02:43.689 “And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not,” (39:55) 00:02:43.689 --> 00:02:48.689 "before the punishment comes upon you." 00:02:48.689 --> 00:02:53.689 "before the punishment comes upon you." 00:02:53.689 --> 00:02:59.689 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote these verses on a parchment 00:02:59.689 --> 00:03:02.169 and sent it to me. 00:03:02.169 --> 00:03:04.169 When it reached me, 00:03:04.169 --> 00:03:07.169 I began reading it but did not understand it, 00:03:07.169 --> 00:03:09.199 until I said, 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:12.199 "O Allah, make me understand it." 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.199 Allah, the Exalted, cast into my heart 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:19.259 that it was revealed regarding what we used to say. 00:03:20.259 --> 00:03:22.259 I returned to my camel, 00:03:22.259 --> 00:03:24.259 mounted it, 00:03:24.259 --> 00:03:28.330 and caught up with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:03:28.330 --> 00:03:33.330 I witnessed every battle with him after the Battle of the Trench. 00:03:33.330 --> 00:03:37.330 One day, my brother 'Amr and I came to the mosque, 00:03:37.330 --> 00:03:42.580 and found people arguing about the Qur'an. 00:03:42.580 --> 00:03:44.580 We withdrew from them. 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:48.580 Again, the people were arguing about the Qur'an, 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:50.580 and we withdrew from them. 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:53.580 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:03:53.580 --> 00:03:56.580 was behind the chamber, hearing their words. 00:03:56.580 --> 00:04:01.580 He came out in anger, stood over them, and said, 00:04:01.580 --> 00:04:04.580 "It was by this that the nations before you were destroyed." 00:04:04.580 --> 00:04:09.580 "The Qur'an was not revealed for you to strike one part of it against another." 00:04:09.580 --> 00:04:13.610 "It was revealed so that its parts might confirm one another." 00:04:13.610 --> 00:04:16.699 Then he turned to me and my brother, 00:04:16.699 --> 00:04:21.699 and we felt relieved that he had not seen us with them. 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:25.860 Then he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 00:04:25.860 --> 00:04:28.860 "The sons of al-'As are believers." 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:33.689 When the day of Ajnadayn arrived, 00:04:33.689 --> 00:04:37.689 my brother 'Amr and I went out to the battlefield. 00:04:37.689 --> 00:04:40.689 We raced toward Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. 00:04:40.689 --> 00:04:42.819 I held the curtain for him 00:04:42.819 --> 00:04:45.819 until he performed ablution and applied perfume. 00:04:45.819 --> 00:04:49.819 Then he held it for me until I performed ablution and applied perfume. 00:04:49.819 --> 00:04:54.040 We spent our night asking Allah for martyrdom. 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:58.040 We offered ourselves to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:01.040 He accepted me and left my brother. 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:03.300 On the battlefield, 00:05:03.300 --> 00:05:07.300 I saw the Muslims retreating from their enemy. 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:09.300 I cast the helmet from my face, 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:13.300 and began advancing toward the enemy, shouting, 00:05:13.300 --> 00:05:17.300 "O company of Muslims, come to me, come to me!" 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:20.300 "Are you fleeing from Paradise?" 00:05:20.300 --> 00:05:23.300 I began plunging into the ranks of the polytheists, 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:25.300 killing some and returning. 00:05:25.300 --> 00:05:28.300 I did this repeatedly. 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:31.300 Then a champion from Ghassan stepped forward to challenge me, 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:33.300 and I killed him. 00:05:33.300 --> 00:05:36.300 Then men from Ghassan turned upon me, 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:38.300 and struck me with their swords 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:40.300 until they killed me. 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:43.300 Then they trampled me with the hooves of their horses 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:47.300 until they tore my flesh and scattered my bones. 00:05:47.300 --> 00:05:50.360 After the battle ended, 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:53.360 my brother 'Amr, may Allah be pleased with him, returned to me, 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:57.360 gathered my flesh and bones, and buried me. 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:59.709 So, who am I? 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