WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.360 Pause. 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 --> 00:00:21.769 I am one of the noble Companions. 00:00:21.769 --> 00:00:26.769 And one of those most beloved to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:26.769 --> 00:00:28.769 I am the leader of my people. 00:00:28.769 --> 00:00:33.829 And I am among the most handsome of people in face and the best of them in appearance. 00:00:33.829 --> 00:00:37.829 So much so that ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, called me: 00:00:37.829 --> 00:00:41.890 The Joseph of this Ummah. 00:00:41.890 --> 00:00:44.890 I embraced Islam in the tenth year of the Hijrah. 00:00:44.890 --> 00:00:48.890 I arrived to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:52.890 along with one hundred and fifty men from my people. 00:00:52.890 --> 00:00:54.890 When we reached Medina, 00:00:54.890 --> 00:00:56.890 I knelt my camel, 00:00:56.890 --> 00:00:58.890 then I put on my best attire, 00:00:58.890 --> 00:01:01.890 and entered the mosque. 00:01:01.890 --> 00:01:05.950 The Prophet, peace be upon him, was delivering a sermon. 00:01:05.950 --> 00:01:08.980 The people turned their eyes toward me. 00:01:08.980 --> 00:01:10.980 I asked the person next to me, 00:01:10.980 --> 00:01:12.980 "O servant of Allah, 00:01:12.980 --> 00:01:17.980 did the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, mention me at all?" 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:19.980 He said, "Yes, 00:01:19.980 --> 00:01:21.980 he mentioned you in the best of ways. 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:24.079 While he was delivering the sermon, 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.079 he paused in his speech, 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:28.079 and said, 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:32.109 'There shall enter upon you from this mountain pass 00:01:32.109 --> 00:01:34.109 a man from the best of Yemen. 00:01:34.109 --> 00:01:38.140 Behold, upon his face is the mark of kingship.'" 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:40.299 Then you entered. 00:01:40.299 --> 00:01:42.400 When I heard that, 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.400 I praised Allah, the Almighty and Majestic. 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:49.620 Then I pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:01:49.620 --> 00:01:51.620 to perform prayer and pay zakat, 00:01:51.620 --> 00:01:54.689 and to offer sincere counsel to every Muslim. 00:01:54.689 --> 00:01:58.689 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, never denied me access 00:01:58.689 --> 00:02:00.780 since I embraced Islam, 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:04.870 and he never saw me without smiling. 00:02:04.870 --> 00:02:09.870 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to me one day, 00:02:09.870 --> 00:02:12.900 "Will you not relieve me of al-Khalasah?" 00:02:12.900 --> 00:02:16.900 It was a house worshipped during the pre-Islamic era, 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:19.969 known as the Yemeni Ka'bah. 00:02:19.969 --> 00:02:23.969 So I set out toward it with one hundred and fifty horsemen, 00:02:23.969 --> 00:02:29.969 to demolish it and relieve the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the Muslims from it. 00:02:29.969 --> 00:02:35.129 But I complained to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:02:35.129 --> 00:02:39.129 and mentioned to him that I could not stay firm on horseback. 00:02:39.129 --> 00:02:43.189 He struck my chest with his hand and said, 00:02:43.189 --> 00:02:45.189 "O Allah, make him firm, 00:02:45.189 --> 00:02:49.189 and make him a guide who is rightly guided." 00:02:49.189 --> 00:02:51.289 So I set out toward it, 00:02:51.289 --> 00:02:55.120 and burned it with fire. 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:59.120 I once sent my servant to buy me a horse. 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.120 He found a horse that he liked, 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:03.120 and he bargained with its owner 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:07.120 until he reached three hundred dirhams. 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:11.120 The horse was worth more than that. 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:16.120 When the servant brought the horse and its owner to me to collect the price, 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.120 I said to him, 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:20.120 "For how much did you buy the horse?" 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.120 He said, 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.120 "For three hundred dirhams." 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:26.120 I said to the owner of the horse, 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:29.120 "Your horse is worth five hundred." 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:32.219 The servant was annoyed with me. 00:03:32.219 --> 00:03:34.219 The man said, 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:35.219 "I am satisfied." 00:03:35.219 --> 00:03:37.310 I said, 00:03:37.310 --> 00:03:40.310 "Rather, it is worth eight hundred dirhams." 00:03:40.310 --> 00:03:41.310 He said, 00:03:41.310 --> 00:03:43.379 "I am satisfied." 00:03:43.379 --> 00:03:46.379 So I gave him the eight hundred dirhams, 00:03:46.379 --> 00:03:48.379 and took the horse. 00:03:48.379 --> 00:03:50.379 The servant asked, 00:03:50.379 --> 00:03:51.379 "What is this?" 00:03:51.379 --> 00:03:53.469 I said to him, 00:03:53.469 --> 00:03:58.469 "I have pledged to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:03:58.469 --> 00:04:01.919 to offer sincere counsel to every Muslim." 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:07.759 So, who am I? 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:11.979 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:15.979 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:15.979 --> 00:04:17.980 when the next episode is released, 00:04:17.980 --> 00:04:19.980 if Allah wills.