WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Stop. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Learn about the Companions, the scholars, and those of high standing. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:23.859 I am one of the Companions from the people of Makkah. 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. 00:00:29.890 --> 00:00:32.890 I fought in the ranks of the Quraysh at the Battle of Badr. 00:00:32.890 --> 00:00:34.890 I was taken prisoner. 00:00:34.890 --> 00:00:38.689 Then, I ransomed myself. 00:00:38.689 --> 00:00:41.689 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, intended 00:00:41.689 --> 00:00:44.689 to perform the 'Umrah in the sixth year of the Hijrah, 00:00:44.689 --> 00:00:46.689 he set out toward Makkah. 00:00:46.689 --> 00:00:48.689 The Quraysh prevented him. 00:00:48.689 --> 00:00:50.689 So he stayed at al-Hudaybiyah, 00:00:50.689 --> 00:00:53.689 exchanging envoys with the Quraysh 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. 00:00:59.689 --> 00:01:05.689 The Quraysh then sent me to negotiate with the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:01:05.689 --> 00:01:07.689 regarding the postponement of the 'Umrah 00:01:07.689 --> 00:01:11.689 and the establishment of a peace treaty between the Quraysh and the Muslims. 00:01:11.689 --> 00:01:16.689 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, saw me, he said, 00:01:16.689 --> 00:01:19.489 "Your matter has been made easy." 00:01:19.489 --> 00:01:22.489 When the Muslims advanced to conquer Makkah, 00:01:22.489 --> 00:01:25.489 I feared for my life. 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. 00:01:30.489 --> 00:01:34.489 I came to him and embraced Islam at his hands. 00:01:34.489 --> 00:01:38.489 Thereafter, I went out with the Muslims to the Battle of Hunayn. 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 00:01:46.489 --> 00:01:48.489 to reconcile my heart. 00:01:48.489 --> 00:01:50.489 My Islam became sincere. 00:01:50.489 --> 00:01:54.489 I subsequently became frequent in prayer, fasting, and charity, 00:01:54.489 --> 00:01:57.489 until my complexion grew pale and changed. 00:01:57.489 --> 00:02:01.489 I would weep profusely whenever I heard the Qur'an. 00:02:01.489 --> 00:02:06.290 After the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:02:06.290 --> 00:02:09.289 the Arabian Peninsula was in turmoil. 00:02:09.289 --> 00:02:12.289 Chaos spread throughout its regions, 00:02:12.289 --> 00:02:16.289 and many apostatized from the religion of Islam. 00:02:16.289 --> 00:02:19.289 Makkah was not exempt from this. 00:02:19.289 --> 00:02:21.289 I had no choice 00:02:21.289 --> 00:02:26.289 but to stand and deliver an eloquent sermon to the people of Makkah, 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, 00:02:31.289 --> 00:02:35.289 which he delivered to the Ansar on the day of Saqifah. 00:02:35.289 --> 00:02:39.289 Through it, the Quraysh remained steadfast in Islam. 00:02:39.289 --> 00:02:44.300 With the beginning of the Islamic conquests, 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:49.300 I went out with all my family to participate in the Islamic conquest of the Levant. 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:52.300 On the day of Yarmouk, I was 00:02:52.300 --> 00:02:56.300 a commander of one of the Muslim battalions in the battle. 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:58.340 I remained in the Levant 00:02:58.340 --> 00:03:02.340 until death overtook me during the Plague of 'Amwas 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:05.340 in the eighteenth year of the Hijrah. 00:03:05.340 --> 00:03:07.500 So, who am I? 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:27.449 The best of generations in stance and example, 00:03:27.449 --> 00:03:31.449 who followed the Messenger whenever he strove.