1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:03,359 Pause. 2 00:00:03,359 --> 00:00:12,140 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 3 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:22,480 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,480 I am from the Muhajirun of Makkah. 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,480 I was among the first to embrace Islam. 7 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,480 I migrated to Abyssinia twice. 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,479 Then I migrated to Madinah. 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:39,539 I participated in Badr and in all the military expeditions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 10 00:00:39,539 --> 00:00:43,740 Before Islam, I was among the affluent in Makkah. 11 00:00:43,740 --> 00:00:46,740 My father was 'Utbah ibn Rabi'ah. 12 00:00:46,740 --> 00:00:49,740 He was one of the masters of Makkah. 13 00:00:49,740 --> 00:00:52,740 And one of its nobles. 14 00:00:52,740 --> 00:00:54,770 When I embraced Islam, 15 00:00:54,770 --> 00:00:55,770 My father disowned me. 16 00:00:55,770 --> 00:00:58,770 And withheld everything from me. 17 00:00:58,770 --> 00:01:04,760 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his Companions on the day of Badr: 18 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,760 "I know some men from Banu Hashim and others 19 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,760 who have been brought out against their will. 20 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,760 They have no desire to fight us. 21 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:16,760 So whoever among you encounters any of the Banu Hashim, 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,760 do not kill him. 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,760 And whoever encounters Abu al-Bakhtari ibn Hisham, 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,760 do not kill him. 25 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,760 And whoever encounters al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,760 the uncle of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 27 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,760 do not kill him. 28 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,760 For he was only brought out under duress." 29 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,890 So I said, 30 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:40,890 "Shall we kill our fathers and our sons, 31 00:01:40,890 --> 00:01:42,890 and our brothers and our kin, 32 00:01:42,890 --> 00:01:44,890 while we spare al-'Abbas? 33 00:01:44,890 --> 00:01:49,049 By Allah, if I encounter him, I will strike him with my sword." 34 00:01:49,049 --> 00:01:54,049 My statement reached the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 35 00:01:54,049 --> 00:01:56,049 He said to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, 36 00:01:56,049 --> 00:02:02,049 "Shall the face of the uncle of the Messenger of Allah be struck with a sword?" 37 00:02:02,049 --> 00:02:04,209 'Umar said, 38 00:02:04,209 --> 00:02:05,209 "O Messenger of Allah, 39 00:02:05,209 --> 00:02:09,210 let me strike off his head with my sword, 40 00:02:09,210 --> 00:02:11,210 for by Allah, he has acted hypocritically." 41 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:15,370 But the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade him. 42 00:02:15,370 --> 00:02:19,500 I feared for myself because of that statement. 43 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:20,500 And I said, 44 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:23,500 "I will remain fearful of it, 45 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:27,500 unless martyrdom atones for it for me." 46 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:32,199 And so I was killed as a martyr on the day of al-Yamamah. 47 00:02:32,199 --> 00:02:35,199 At the beginning of the battle on the day of Badr, 48 00:02:35,199 --> 00:02:38,199 I challenged my father to a duel, 49 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:42,259 but the Prophet, peace be upon him, forbade me. 50 00:02:42,259 --> 00:02:44,259 Then my father was killed that day, 51 00:02:44,259 --> 00:02:46,259 while he was still in a state of disbelief. 52 00:02:46,259 --> 00:02:49,259 When the slain were thrown into the pit of Badr, 53 00:02:49,259 --> 00:02:53,259 the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, stood over them, 54 00:02:53,259 --> 00:02:56,259 calling them by their names and saying, 55 00:02:56,259 --> 00:02:59,259 "O 'Utbah, O Shaybah, 56 00:02:59,259 --> 00:03:01,259 O Umayyah ibn Khalaf, 57 00:03:01,259 --> 00:03:03,259 O Abu Jahl, 58 00:03:03,259 --> 00:03:07,259 have you found what your Lord promised you to be true? 59 00:03:07,259 --> 00:03:08,259 As for me, 60 00:03:08,259 --> 00:03:12,259 I have found what my Lord promised me to be true." 61 00:03:12,259 --> 00:03:16,550 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, turned, 62 00:03:16,550 --> 00:03:18,550 and saw me looking distressed, 63 00:03:18,550 --> 00:03:20,550 my face having changed. 64 00:03:20,550 --> 00:03:22,620 He said to me, 65 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:26,680 "Perhaps you are troubled by the matter of your father?" 66 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,680 I said, "No, 67 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:32,680 by Allah, I have no doubt about my father or his fate. 68 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:37,680 But I knew my father to be a man of opinion, forbearance, and virtue, 69 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:42,680 so I had hoped that this would draw him toward Islam. 70 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,680 When I saw his fate today, 71 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,680 and that he died in disbelief despite what I had hoped for him, 72 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,680 it saddened me." 73 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:56,740 So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed for my well-being. 74 00:03:56,740 --> 00:04:01,740 In the Prophetic biography, I am known much for my freedman, Salim. 75 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:05,740 I had adopted him before Islam. 76 00:04:05,740 --> 00:04:08,740 But when Islam abolished adoption, 77 00:04:08,740 --> 00:04:10,740 he became my freedman. 78 00:04:10,740 --> 00:04:13,740 He and I were like brothers. 79 00:04:13,740 --> 00:04:17,740 We participated together in fighting the apostates 80 00:04:17,740 --> 00:04:21,740 during the caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him. 81 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:25,740 And we were killed together in the Battle of al-Yamamah. 82 00:04:25,740 --> 00:04:28,220 So, who am I? 83 00:04:28,220 --> 00:04:36,220 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 84 00:04:36,220 --> 00:04:40,439 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 85 00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:45,439 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.