1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,360 Pause. 2 00:00:04,360 --> 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 --> 00:00:25,670 I am one of the Companions, from the nobility of Banu Tamim and the leaders of Banu Mujashi'. 5 00:00:25,670 --> 00:00:29,960 During the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah), I used to ransom infant girls destined to be buried alive. 6 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:35,990 These were the daughters whose fathers intended to bury them alive. 7 00:00:35,990 --> 00:00:39,149 Out of fear of shame and poverty. 8 00:00:39,149 --> 00:00:42,149 I am the grandfather of the poet al-Farazdaq. 9 00:00:42,149 --> 00:00:45,149 He used to boast of me, saying: 10 00:00:45,149 --> 00:00:51,149 "And the grandfather who prevented the burying of daughters and saved the buried one, so she was not buried." 11 00:00:51,149 --> 00:00:56,240 I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 12 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,270 He presented Islam to me, and I accepted it. 13 00:01:00,270 --> 00:01:04,269 He taught me verses from the Qur'an. 14 00:01:05,269 --> 00:01:10,340 “And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,” (99:7) 15 00:01:10,340 --> 00:01:13,500 I said, "That is enough for me, that is enough for me." 16 00:01:13,500 --> 00:01:16,560 Then I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 17 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,560 I performed certain deeds during the Age of Ignorance. 18 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,560 Is there any reward for me in them?" 19 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,560 He asked, "What did you do?" 20 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:30,560 I said, "I lost two pregnant she-camels. 21 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,560 I went out searching for them on a camel of mine. 22 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,560 I saw two tents in an open expanse of land. 23 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,560 I headed toward them. 24 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,560 I found an old man in one of them. 25 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,560 I asked, 'Have you seen two pregnant she-camels?' 26 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,560 He said, 'Yes, we have found your camels.' 27 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,780 While he was speaking to me and I to him, 28 00:01:55,780 --> 00:01:58,780 a woman called out to him from the other tent, 29 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:01,780 'She has given birth! She has given birth!' 30 00:02:01,780 --> 00:02:04,780 He asked, 'What did she give birth to?' 31 00:02:04,780 --> 00:02:07,780 She replied, 'A girl.' 32 00:02:07,780 --> 00:02:10,909 He said, 'Then bury her.' 33 00:02:10,909 --> 00:02:14,039 I said to him, 'Do not bury her. 34 00:02:14,039 --> 00:02:17,039 I will buy her life from you. 35 00:02:17,039 --> 00:02:19,039 Do not kill her.' 36 00:02:19,039 --> 00:02:22,229 He asked, 'What will you buy her with?' 37 00:02:22,229 --> 00:02:28,300 I said, 'I will buy her from you with these two she-camels and their offspring.' 38 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:33,419 He said, 'And add to that this camel you are riding.' 39 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:35,490 I said, 'Yes.' 40 00:02:35,490 --> 00:02:38,490 'But on the condition that you send a messenger with me. 41 00:02:38,490 --> 00:02:41,490 When I reach my family, 42 00:02:41,490 --> 00:02:44,490 I will send the camel back to you with the messenger.' 43 00:02:44,490 --> 00:02:46,490 He agreed. 44 00:02:46,490 --> 00:02:48,580 When I reached my family, 45 00:02:48,580 --> 00:02:51,580 I sent the camel back to him. 46 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:53,740 When night fell, 47 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:56,740 I reflected on myself and said, 48 00:02:56,740 --> 00:02:59,740 'This is truly a noble deed, 49 00:02:59,740 --> 00:03:02,740 one that no one among the Arabs has preceded me in.' 50 00:03:02,740 --> 00:03:05,740 From then on, I would not hear of a newborn girl 51 00:03:05,740 --> 00:03:08,740 without ransoming her before she could be buried. 52 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:11,840 This continued until Islam appeared. 53 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,840 I had saved three hundred and sixty girls, 54 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:22,000 buying each one of them with two pregnant she-camels and a camel. 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,129 Is there any reward for me in that?" 56 00:03:25,129 --> 00:03:28,349 The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied, 57 00:03:28,349 --> 00:03:31,349 "This is a form of righteousness. 58 00:03:31,349 --> 00:03:36,349 You have its reward, since Allah has favored you with Islam." 59 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:41,280 One day, I asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, 60 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,280 and said, "O Messenger of Allah, 61 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:48,280 sometimes I have surplus food. 62 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:52,280 I set it aside for the people and the wayfarer. 63 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,280 Whom should I begin with?" 64 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,599 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 65 00:03:57,599 --> 00:03:59,599 "Your mother and your father, 66 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:01,599 your sister and your brother, 67 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:03,599 then your closest relatives, then the next closest." 68 00:04:03,599 --> 00:04:06,240 So, who am I?