1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Stop. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:27,219 I am one of the Companions from the Muhajirun and one of the first to embrace Islam. 5 00:00:27,219 --> 00:00:33,219 I am ten years older than the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 6 00:00:33,219 --> 00:00:38,219 I held a position of great status with him, peace be upon him. 7 00:00:38,219 --> 00:00:40,859 I migrated to Medina. 8 00:00:40,859 --> 00:00:47,859 The Prophet, peace be upon him, appointed me as the leader of sixty riders from the Muhajirun. 9 00:00:47,859 --> 00:00:49,859 He bestowed upon me a banner. 10 00:00:49,859 --> 00:00:53,859 It was the first banner ever raised in Islam. 11 00:00:53,859 --> 00:00:56,859 We encountered two hundred men from Quraysh. 12 00:00:56,859 --> 00:00:59,859 Led by Abu Sufyan Ibn Harb. 13 00:00:59,859 --> 00:01:01,859 At the mountain pass of al-Mirah. 14 00:01:01,859 --> 00:01:06,859 We exchanged arrows without engaging in sword combat. 15 00:01:06,859 --> 00:01:11,859 That was the first military engagement to take place in Islam. 16 00:01:11,859 --> 00:01:16,359 Then I participated in the Battle of Badr. 17 00:01:16,359 --> 00:01:20,359 At the beginning of the battle, Utbah Ibn Rabi'ah stepped forward. 18 00:01:20,359 --> 00:01:24,359 Followed by his son al-Walid and his brother Shaybah. 19 00:01:24,359 --> 00:01:29,390 Utbah called out, saying, "Who will duel?" 20 00:01:29,390 --> 00:01:32,390 Some young men from the Ansar went out to face him. 21 00:01:32,390 --> 00:01:35,390 He asked, "Who are you?" 22 00:01:35,390 --> 00:01:38,390 They replied, "We are from the Ansar." 23 00:01:38,390 --> 00:01:42,390 He said, "We have no need of you." 24 00:01:42,390 --> 00:01:45,390 "We only seek our cousins." 25 00:01:45,390 --> 00:01:49,420 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 26 00:01:49,420 --> 00:01:51,420 "Rise, Hamzah." 27 00:01:51,420 --> 00:01:53,420 "Rise, Ali." 28 00:01:53,420 --> 00:01:56,420 And he gestured to me and said, "Rise." 29 00:01:56,420 --> 00:02:00,579 Hamzah approached Utbah and killed him. 30 00:02:00,579 --> 00:02:03,579 Ali approached al-Walid and killed him. 31 00:02:03,579 --> 00:02:05,579 As for me, 32 00:02:05,579 --> 00:02:08,580 I dueled Shaybah Ibn Rabi'ah. 33 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:10,580 We exchanged blows for a while. 34 00:02:10,580 --> 00:02:14,580 Then each of us struck the other. 35 00:02:14,580 --> 00:02:17,580 Shaybah struck me in my leg. 36 00:02:17,580 --> 00:02:19,580 I fell to the ground. 37 00:02:19,580 --> 00:02:23,780 Hamzah and Ali rushed at Shaybah and killed him. 38 00:02:23,780 --> 00:02:27,780 They carried me to the Muslim camp at al-Yaramraq. 39 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:30,840 I then passed away at al-Safra'. 40 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,840 And there I was buried. 41 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,840 During the last ten days of Ramadan. 42 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,900 So, who am I? 43 00:02:52,599 --> 00:02:57,599 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 44 00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:02,599 They followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 45 00:03:02,599 --> 00:03:07,599 They were here, watering our lives like clouds. 46 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:13,599 They passed away, yet their memory remains exalted among us. 47 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:18,599 They departed and left a question in the conscience: 48 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:23,599 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 49 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:28,599 They filled life with glories through their deeds. 50 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:32,599 And the world of the Ummah flourished because of them.