WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:03.359 Pause, 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:12.140 and get to know the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures! 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:23.670 I am one of the Companions and an early champion of Islam, 00:00:23.670 --> 00:00:30.670 and among the brave Muslims who set the finest examples of sacrifice and loyalty to this faith. 00:00:30.670 --> 00:00:37.740 My kunya is Abu 'Aqil, and my lineage traces back to the famous Arab tribe of Bali. 00:00:37.740 --> 00:00:40.829 I was an ally of the Aws in Medina, 00:00:40.829 --> 00:00:44.829 and thus became one of the Ansar through my alliance with them. 00:00:44.829 --> 00:00:50.829 I took part in Badr and the subsequent battles alongside the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:50.829 --> 00:00:55.920 I was eager to give and spend in the path of Allah, 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:58.920 despite my poverty and meager means. 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:06.920 One day, the Prophet (peace be upon him) called upon the people to equip the army for an expedition, 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:11.920 so I went out and spent the entire day drawing and hauling water, 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:14.920 earning two sa's of grain from it. 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:16.920 I left one sa' for my family, 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:22.920 and presented the second sa' to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to help equip the army. 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:27.780 After the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:01:27.780 --> 00:01:33.780 I set out for the Ridda Wars with the army of Khalid Ibn al-Walid, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:01:33.780 --> 00:01:37.780 In the Battle of al-Yamama, I was severely wounded; 00:01:37.780 --> 00:01:40.780 an arrow struck my chest, 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:42.780 lodged between my shoulder blades, 00:01:42.780 --> 00:01:45.780 and paralyzed my left arm. 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:48.780 So I reached for the arrow with my other hand, 00:01:48.780 --> 00:01:50.780 tore it out with all my might, 00:01:50.780 --> 00:01:52.780 and stood firm to fight. 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:54.780 Yet, owing to heavy blood loss, 00:01:54.780 --> 00:01:56.780 my strength failed me, 00:01:56.780 --> 00:01:58.780 and I collapsed on the spot. 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:00.849 The Muslims carried me 00:02:00.849 --> 00:02:05.849 and placed me in a tent at the edge of the battlefield. 00:02:05.849 --> 00:02:08.099 When the fighting grew fierce, 00:02:08.099 --> 00:02:10.099 the Muslim ranks wavered, 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:13.099 and Musaylimah was on the verge of victory, 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:18.099 I heard al-Bara' Ibn Malik al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) calling out: 00:02:18.099 --> 00:02:21.099 "Where are you, O assembly of the Ansar? 00:02:21.099 --> 00:02:23.099 Come to me! 00:02:23.099 --> 00:02:25.099 Come to me!" 00:02:25.099 --> 00:02:27.169 Then, through a slit in the tent, I saw 00:02:27.169 --> 00:02:31.169 Ma'n Ibn 'Adi al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:02:31.169 --> 00:02:35.169 breaking his sword's scabbard and charging to the front ranks, 00:02:35.169 --> 00:02:37.169 shouting at the top of his voice: 00:02:37.169 --> 00:02:41.169 "For Allah! For Allah, O assembly of the Ansar! 00:02:41.169 --> 00:02:44.169 Charge again, charge against your enemy!" 00:02:44.169 --> 00:02:46.169 So I rose to answer the call, 00:02:46.169 --> 00:02:49.169 dragging myself despite my wounds. 00:02:49.169 --> 00:02:53.169 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, saw me 00:02:53.169 --> 00:02:55.169 and said to me, 00:02:55.169 --> 00:02:57.169 "Where are you going, Abu 'Aqil? 00:02:57.169 --> 00:02:59.169 What do you intend to do?" 00:02:59.169 --> 00:03:00.169 I said to him, 00:03:00.169 --> 00:03:05.169 "Did you not hear al-Bara' Ibn Malik and Ma'n Ibn 'Adi calling out?" 00:03:05.169 --> 00:03:07.169 He said, 00:03:07.169 --> 00:03:09.169 "They did not call you by name, 00:03:09.169 --> 00:03:11.169 nor did they specify anyone in particular, 00:03:11.169 --> 00:03:14.169 and their call was not meant for the wounded." 00:03:14.169 --> 00:03:16.169 I said to him, 00:03:16.169 --> 00:03:19.169 "They are calling the Ansar, 00:03:19.169 --> 00:03:21.169 and I am one of them, 00:03:21.169 --> 00:03:25.169 and I must answer them, even if I have to crawl." 00:03:25.169 --> 00:03:27.169 So I took the sword in my right hand 00:03:27.169 --> 00:03:29.169 and began calling out: 00:03:29.169 --> 00:03:31.169 "O people of the Ansar! 00:03:31.169 --> 00:03:33.169 Charge, like the charge of Hunayn! 00:03:33.169 --> 00:03:36.169 Charge, like the charge of Hunayn!" 00:03:36.169 --> 00:03:39.169 The Ansar gathered and closed their ranks, 00:03:39.169 --> 00:03:42.169 and the Muslims advanced, fighting selflessly, 00:03:42.169 --> 00:03:47.169 until they drove Musaylimah and his men into the Garden of Death, 00:03:47.169 --> 00:03:50.330 where they met their end. 00:03:50.330 --> 00:03:54.330 During the fighting, my arm was severed from the shoulder, 00:03:54.330 --> 00:03:57.330 and I sustained fourteen wounds, 00:03:57.330 --> 00:03:59.330 all of them mortal. 00:03:59.330 --> 00:04:03.419 I fell onto the battlefield with barely a breath of life remaining. 00:04:03.419 --> 00:04:07.419 'Abdullah Ibn 'Umar was watching me from afar, 00:04:07.419 --> 00:04:09.419 so he came over to me and said, 00:04:09.419 --> 00:04:11.419 "O uncle!" 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:12.419 I asked him, 00:04:12.419 --> 00:04:14.419 "Who has been defeated?" 00:04:14.419 --> 00:04:15.419 He replied, 00:04:15.419 --> 00:04:16.420 "Rejoice! 00:04:16.420 --> 00:04:19.420 The enemy of Allah and the enemy of His Messenger— 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:21.420 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him— 00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:24.420 Musaylimah, has been killed!" 00:04:24.420 --> 00:04:26.579 So I raised my finger to the sky, 00:04:26.579 --> 00:04:29.579 praising Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, 00:04:29.579 --> 00:04:32.579 and then breathed my last as a martyr 00:04:32.579 --> 00:04:34.579 at the Battle of al-Yamama. 00:04:34.579 --> 00:04:36.870 So, who am I? 00:04:36.870 --> 00:04:44.740 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video, 00:04:44.740 --> 00:04:48.970 and we will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:48.970 --> 00:04:51.970 when the next episode is released, 00:04:51.970 --> 00:04:53.970 if Allah wills.