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 --> 00:00:22.989 I am one of the Companions from the Ansar. 00:00:22.989 --> 00:00:27.989 I am one of the famous archers and renowned brave warriors. 00:00:27.989 --> 00:00:34.060 I witnessed all the battles with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:34.060 --> 00:00:37.060 One day, the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me: 00:00:37.060 --> 00:00:42.060 "Your voice in the army is better than a thousand horsemen." 00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:47.719 I stood firm on the day of Uhud when the people fled. 00:00:47.719 --> 00:00:53.719 I was shooting arrows in front of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, defending him. 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:57.719 I was a man who pulled the bowstring with great strength. 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:01.719 I broke two or three bows that day. 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:05.719 A man would pass by carrying a quiver of arrows, 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:10.719 and the Prophet, peace be upon him, would command him to pour them out for me. 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:15.719 I would shield the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, from behind me, 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:18.719 and I would shoot at the people with my arrows. 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:24.719 Whenever I shot an arrow, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, would raise his head, 00:01:24.719 --> 00:01:27.719 looking to see where my arrow landed. 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:30.719 I would say, "O Prophet of Allah, 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:34.719 may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, do not raise your head, 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.719 lest an arrow from the enemy's arrows strike you. 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:39.719 My throat is a shield for your throat, 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.719 my soul is a ransom for your soul, 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:47.379 and my face is a shield for your dignity." 00:01:47.379 --> 00:01:52.379 On the day of Hunayn, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:01:52.379 --> 00:01:56.379 "Whoever kills an enemy combatant is entitled to his spoils." 00:01:56.379 --> 00:01:59.379 I killed twenty men that day, 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:03.019 and I took their spoils. 00:02:03.019 --> 00:02:06.019 When the words of Allah the Exalted were revealed: 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:11.020 "You will never attain righteousness until you spend from that which you love," 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.020 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:18.020 I possess more wealth in Medina in the form of date palms than any of the Ansar, 00:02:18.020 --> 00:02:22.020 and the most beloved of my wealth to me is Bayruha. 00:02:22.020 --> 00:02:25.020 It is a charity for the sake of Allah. 00:02:26.020 --> 00:02:31.020 So place it, O Messenger of Allah, where Allah shows you." 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:34.180 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:38.180 "Well done, well done! That is profitable wealth. 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:41.180 That is profitable wealth. 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:45.250 I suggest you distribute it among your relatives." 00:02:45.250 --> 00:02:51.819 During the Farewell Pilgrimage, the Prophet, peace be upon him, shaved his head, 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:55.819 and he distributed the hair from the right side among his Companions, 00:02:55.819 --> 00:02:58.819 giving them one or two hairs each. 00:02:58.819 --> 00:03:02.819 He gave me all the hair from the left side. 00:03:02.819 --> 00:03:08.740 When the Muslims resolved to launch a naval expedition 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:12.740 during the caliphate of Uthman Ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:03:12.740 --> 00:03:15.740 I began preparing myself to go out with them. 00:03:15.740 --> 00:03:17.740 My sons said to me, 00:03:17.740 --> 00:03:19.740 "May Allah have mercy on you, 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:22.740 you have become a very old man, 00:03:22.740 --> 00:03:26.740 and you have already fought alongside the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:30.740 and alongside Abu Bakr and Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:03:30.740 --> 00:03:34.740 Why not stay behind and let us fight on your behalf?" 00:03:34.740 --> 00:03:38.810 I replied, "Allah the Exalted says: 00:03:38.810 --> 00:03:42.810 'Go forth, whether light or heavy,' 00:03:42.810 --> 00:03:47.810 and He has called us all to go forth, both the old and the young." 00:03:47.810 --> 00:03:51.810 So I insisted on going out for jihad. 00:03:51.810 --> 00:03:54.870 While we were at sea, 00:03:54.870 --> 00:03:57.870 death overtook me while I was on the ship. 00:03:57.870 --> 00:04:00.870 They could not find an island to bury me on 00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:03.870 until seven days later. 00:04:03.870 --> 00:04:06.870 During this period, 00:04:06.870 --> 00:04:10.870 I remained as I was, without anything changing about me. 00:04:10.870 --> 00:04:13.159 So, who am I? 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:30.480 Find out in the next episode, if Allah wills.