1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Stop. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Learn about the Companions, the scholars, and those of high standing. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:23,859 I am one of the Companions from the people of Makkah. 5 00:00:23,859 --> 00:00:29,890 I was the orator of the Quraysh, their most eloquent speaker, and one of their nobles before Islam. 6 00:00:29,890 --> 00:00:32,890 I fought in the ranks of the Quraysh at the Battle of Badr. 7 00:00:32,890 --> 00:00:34,890 I was taken prisoner. 8 00:00:34,890 --> 00:00:38,689 Then, I ransomed myself. 9 00:00:38,689 --> 00:00:41,689 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, intended 10 00:00:41,689 --> 00:00:44,689 to perform the 'Umrah in the sixth year of the Hijrah, 11 00:00:44,689 --> 00:00:46,689 he set out toward Makkah. 12 00:00:46,689 --> 00:00:48,689 The Quraysh prevented him. 13 00:00:48,689 --> 00:00:50,689 So he stayed at al-Hudaybiyah, 14 00:00:50,689 --> 00:00:53,689 exchanging envoys with the Quraysh 15 00:00:53,689 --> 00:00:59,689 to seek permission for him and the Muslims to perform the 'Umrah and visit the Sacred House. 16 00:00:59,689 --> 00:01:05,689 The Quraysh then sent me to negotiate with the Prophet, peace be upon him, 17 00:01:05,689 --> 00:01:07,689 regarding the postponement of the 'Umrah 18 00:01:07,689 --> 00:01:11,689 and the establishment of a peace treaty between the Quraysh and the Muslims. 19 00:01:11,689 --> 00:01:16,689 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saw me, he said, 20 00:01:16,689 --> 00:01:19,489 "Your matter has been made easy." 21 00:01:19,489 --> 00:01:22,489 When the Muslims advanced to conquer Makkah, 22 00:01:22,489 --> 00:01:25,489 I feared for my life. 23 00:01:25,489 --> 00:01:30,489 So my son secured a guarantee of safety for me from the Prophet, peace be upon him. 24 00:01:30,489 --> 00:01:34,489 I came to him and embraced Islam at his hands. 25 00:01:34,489 --> 00:01:38,489 Thereafter, I went out with the Muslims to the Battle of Hunayn. 26 00:01:38,489 --> 00:01:46,489 On that day, the Prophet, peace be upon him, gave me one hundred camels from the spoils of the battle 27 00:01:46,489 --> 00:01:48,489 to reconcile my heart. 28 00:01:48,489 --> 00:01:50,489 My Islam became sincere. 29 00:01:50,489 --> 00:01:54,489 I subsequently became frequent in prayer, fasting, and charity, 30 00:01:54,489 --> 00:01:57,489 until my complexion grew pale and changed. 31 00:01:57,489 --> 00:02:01,489 I would weep profusely whenever I heard the Qur'an. 32 00:02:01,489 --> 00:02:06,290 After the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 33 00:02:06,290 --> 00:02:09,289 the Arabian Peninsula was in turmoil. 34 00:02:09,289 --> 00:02:12,289 Chaos spread throughout its regions, 35 00:02:12,289 --> 00:02:16,289 and many apostatized from the religion of Islam. 36 00:02:16,289 --> 00:02:19,289 Makkah was not exempt from this. 37 00:02:19,289 --> 00:02:21,289 I had no choice 38 00:02:21,289 --> 00:02:26,289 but to stand and deliver an eloquent sermon to the people of Makkah, 39 00:02:26,289 --> 00:02:31,289 the content of which resembled the sermon of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, 40 00:02:31,289 --> 00:02:35,289 which he delivered to the Ansar on the day of Saqifah. 41 00:02:35,289 --> 00:02:39,289 Through it, the Quraysh remained steadfast in Islam. 42 00:02:39,289 --> 00:02:44,300 With the beginning of the Islamic conquests, 43 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:49,300 I went out with all my family to participate in the Islamic conquest of the Levant. 44 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:52,300 On the day of Yarmouk, I was 45 00:02:52,300 --> 00:02:56,300 a commander of one of the Muslim battalions in the battle. 46 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:58,340 I remained in the Levant 47 00:02:58,340 --> 00:03:02,340 until death overtook me during the Plague of 'Amwas 48 00:03:02,340 --> 00:03:05,340 in the eighteenth year of the Hijrah. 49 00:03:05,340 --> 00:03:07,500 So, who am I? 50 00:03:22,319 --> 00:03:27,449 The best of generations in stance and example, 51 00:03:27,449 --> 00:03:31,449 who followed the Messenger whenever he strove.