WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Learn about the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 Here is a serious challenge: who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:24.019 I am the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:24.019 --> 00:00:26.019 I am his foster brother. 00:00:26.019 --> 00:00:30.140 I was his close companion before his mission began. 00:00:30.140 --> 00:00:34.140 I was among those who resembled him most in appearance. 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:37.340 However, when the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:39.340 was sent with the message, 00:00:39.340 --> 00:00:42.340 and called his people to Islam, 00:00:42.340 --> 00:00:45.340 I hated him and showed him hostility. 00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:48.340 I satirized him and his companions with my poetry. 00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:51.590 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, migrated 00:00:51.590 --> 00:00:53.590 to Medina, 00:00:53.590 --> 00:00:56.590 I did not miss any of the battles 00:00:56.590 --> 00:01:00.590 that Quraysh waged against the Muslims. 00:01:00.590 --> 00:01:04.719 The Prophet, peace be upon him, was angry with me, 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:06.719 and ordered my execution. 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:11.519 I remained in Mecca until the Conquest took place. 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.519 I realized then that there was no escape for me but to embrace Islam, 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:20.519 and place my hand in the hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:25.549 So I went out to him before he reached Mecca with his army, 00:01:25.549 --> 00:01:29.549 accompanied by my son and a man from our kin. 00:01:29.549 --> 00:01:32.549 We met the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:01:32.549 --> 00:01:34.549 at Thaniyat al-Iqab, 00:01:34.549 --> 00:01:37.549 between Mecca and Medina. 00:01:37.549 --> 00:01:40.549 We sought permission to enter upon him, 00:01:40.549 --> 00:01:44.549 and Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, spoke to him on our behalf. 00:01:44.549 --> 00:01:47.549 He, peace be upon him, said: 00:01:47.549 --> 00:01:50.549 "I have no need of them." 00:01:50.549 --> 00:01:52.549 When we learned of that, 00:01:52.549 --> 00:01:53.549 I said: 00:01:53.549 --> 00:01:58.549 "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, will either grant me permission, 00:01:58.549 --> 00:02:01.549 or I will take my son by the hand, 00:02:01.549 --> 00:02:04.549 and we will wander the earth 00:02:04.549 --> 00:02:07.549 until we die of thirst or hunger." 00:02:07.549 --> 00:02:12.780 When this reached the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:12.780 --> 00:02:15.780 his heart softened toward us, and he granted us permission. 00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:18.780 We entered upon him and embraced Islam. 00:02:18.780 --> 00:02:22.990 From the very first moments of my Islam, 00:02:22.990 --> 00:02:25.990 I set out to make up for the goodness I had missed. 00:02:25.990 --> 00:02:29.990 I became a worshiper, a prostrator, and a warrior. 00:02:29.990 --> 00:02:34.990 I went out with the Messenger, peace be upon him, in the Conquest of Mecca, 00:02:34.990 --> 00:02:37.990 and the battles that followed. 00:02:37.990 --> 00:02:39.990 On the day of Hunayn, 00:02:39.990 --> 00:02:44.990 I was among those who stood firm with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:02:44.990 --> 00:02:47.990 I was with him and did not leave his side for a moment. 00:02:47.990 --> 00:02:53.990 I held the bridle of the Prophet’s mule with my left hand, 00:02:53.990 --> 00:02:58.990 and wielded my sword against the throats of the polytheists with my right. 00:02:58.990 --> 00:03:02.990 until the Muslims returned to the battlefield, 00:03:02.990 --> 00:03:06.990 surrounding their Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:03:06.990 --> 00:03:09.990 and Allah decreed for them a clear victory. 00:03:09.990 --> 00:03:13.219 When the dust of battle settled, 00:03:13.219 --> 00:03:18.219 the Messenger, peace be upon him, turned to me and said: 00:03:18.219 --> 00:03:21.219 "Who is this, my brother?" 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:26.340 No sooner had I heard the word "my brother" from him, peace be upon him, 00:03:26.340 --> 00:03:30.439 than my heart soared with joy. 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.439 I threw myself at his feet, kissing them. 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:38.439 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, praised me, 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:41.439 and testified that I would enter Paradise. 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:45.439 He gave me the glad tidings that I would be the master of the youth of the people of Paradise. 00:03:45.439 --> 00:03:47.789 So, who am I? 00:03:47.789 --> 00:03:53.330 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:03:53.330 --> 00:03:57.580 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:03:57.580 --> 00:04:02.580 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:07.580 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:12.580 They followed the Messenger in his striving and his speech. 00:04:12.580 --> 00:04:17.579 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives. 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:22.579 They passed on, yet their memory remains exalted among us. 00:04:22.579 --> 00:04:27.579 They departed, leaving a question in our conscience: 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:32.579 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 00:04:32.579 --> 00:04:38.579 They filled life with glorious deeds, 00:04:38.579 --> 00:04:43.740 and the world of the noble flourished because of them.