1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:08,460 Pause and reflect upon the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted. 2 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 3 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:22,629 I am a woman from the Banu al-Nadir tribe of the Jews. 4 00:00:22,629 --> 00:00:26,629 I am a descendant of the Prophet of Allah, Harun, peace be upon him. 5 00:00:26,629 --> 00:00:31,629 My uncle was the Prophet of Allah, Musa ibn 'Imran, peace be upon him. 6 00:00:31,629 --> 00:00:35,630 My husband is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 7 00:00:35,630 --> 00:00:39,630 Thus, I am one of the Mothers of the Believers. 8 00:00:39,630 --> 00:00:43,270 I was taken captive after the Battle of Khaybar. 9 00:00:43,270 --> 00:00:48,270 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, chose me for himself. 10 00:00:48,270 --> 00:00:52,270 He gave me a choice, saying, "Choose for yourself." 11 00:00:52,270 --> 00:00:56,340 "If you choose Islam, I will keep you for myself." 12 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:59,340 "And if you choose Judaism," 13 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:03,340 "then perhaps I will set you free so that you may rejoin your people." 14 00:01:03,340 --> 00:01:08,459 I replied, "O Messenger of Allah, I have longed for Islam." 15 00:01:08,459 --> 00:01:11,459 "I believed in you even before you invited me." 16 00:01:11,459 --> 00:01:14,459 "I have no desire for Judaism." 17 00:01:14,459 --> 00:01:17,459 "I have neither father nor brother left among them." 18 00:01:17,459 --> 00:01:21,530 "You have given me the choice between disbelief and Islam." 19 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:25,530 "Allah and His Messenger are dearer to me than being set free," 20 00:01:25,530 --> 00:01:27,530 "or returning to my people." 21 00:01:27,530 --> 00:01:32,560 So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, set me free and married me. 22 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,560 He made my manumission my dowry. 23 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,590 Then he sent me to Umm Sulaym. 24 00:01:38,590 --> 00:01:42,590 I stayed with her until my waiting period ('iddah) had passed. 25 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:47,879 Then she prepared me for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 26 00:01:47,879 --> 00:01:51,879 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to me, 27 00:01:51,879 --> 00:01:54,879 he saw a green mark near my eye. 28 00:01:54,879 --> 00:01:57,879 He asked, "What is this?" 29 00:01:57,879 --> 00:02:00,879 I said, "I saw in a dream," 30 00:02:00,879 --> 00:02:03,879 "as if the moon came from Yathrib," 31 00:02:03,879 --> 00:02:05,879 "and fell into my lap." 32 00:02:05,879 --> 00:02:08,879 "I told this dream to my cousin," 33 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:10,879 "and he slapped me, saying," 34 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:14,879 "'Do you wish for the King of Yathrib to marry you?'" 35 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:18,490 "So this mark is from his slap." 36 00:02:18,490 --> 00:02:22,490 One day, Hafsah became jealous of me and said, 37 00:02:22,490 --> 00:02:24,490 "You are the daughter of a Jew." 38 00:02:24,490 --> 00:02:28,550 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to me, 39 00:02:28,550 --> 00:02:30,550 while I was weeping. 40 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:33,550 He asked me the reason for my tears. 41 00:02:33,550 --> 00:02:36,550 I told him what Hafsah had said to me. 42 00:02:36,550 --> 00:02:39,550 He said, "Tell her," 43 00:02:39,550 --> 00:02:41,550 "'I am the daughter of a Prophet,'" 44 00:02:41,550 --> 00:02:43,550 "'my uncle was a Prophet,'" 45 00:02:43,550 --> 00:02:46,550 "'and my husband is a Prophet.'" 46 00:02:46,550 --> 00:02:50,259 "'So what are you boasting about over me?'" 47 00:02:50,259 --> 00:02:54,259 I loved the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, deeply. 48 00:02:54,259 --> 00:03:01,349 When his wives, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gathered during the illness in which he passed away, 49 00:03:01,349 --> 00:03:02,349 I said, 50 00:03:02,349 --> 00:03:05,349 "By Allah, O Prophet of Allah," 51 00:03:05,349 --> 00:03:08,349 "I wish that what you are suffering, I were suffering." 52 00:03:08,349 --> 00:03:12,349 His wives began to signal to one another with their eyes. 53 00:03:12,349 --> 00:03:15,449 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his wives, 54 00:03:15,449 --> 00:03:17,449 "Rinse your mouths." 55 00:03:17,449 --> 00:03:20,539 They asked, "For what reason, O Messenger of Allah?" 56 00:03:20,539 --> 00:03:22,539 He said, 57 00:03:22,539 --> 00:03:25,539 "Because of your signaling to one another regarding her." 58 00:03:25,539 --> 00:03:28,539 "By Allah, she is indeed truthful." 59 00:03:28,539 --> 00:03:32,210 So, who am I? 60 00:03:32,210 --> 00:03:36,210 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 61 00:03:36,460 --> 00:03:40,460 We will pin the correct answer in the comments, 62 00:03:40,460 --> 00:03:43,460 upon the release of the next episode, 63 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:45,460 if Allah wills. 64 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:50,460 The best of generations in their stance and example. 65 00:03:50,460 --> 00:03:55,460 They followed the Messenger in all his efforts and words. 66 00:03:55,460 --> 00:04:00,460 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives. 67 00:04:00,460 --> 00:04:05,460 They have risen, and their mention is exalted among us. 68 00:04:05,460 --> 00:04:10,460 They departed, leaving a question in our conscience: 69 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:15,460 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 70 00:04:15,460 --> 00:04:20,459 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 71 00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:24,459 and the world of humanity flourished because of them.