1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Pause. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions and the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:21,789 I am one of the Companions. 5 00:00:21,789 --> 00:00:24,789 I was an ally of the Banu Zuhrah. 6 00:00:24,789 --> 00:00:27,859 In my youth in Makkah, 7 00:00:27,859 --> 00:00:30,859 I used to tend sheep for 'Uqbah Ibn Abi Mu'ayt. 8 00:00:30,859 --> 00:00:33,920 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed by me, 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:36,920 along with Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,920 He said, "O young boy, 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,920 do you have any milk?" 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,920 I replied, "Yes, but I am a trustee." 13 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,920 He, peace be upon him, then said, 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,920 "Is there a ewe that has not yet been mounted 15 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,920 by a ram?" 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,920 I said, "Yes," and brought him a ewe. 17 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,920 He wiped its udder, 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,920 and the milk flowed down. 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,920 He milked it into a vessel, 20 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,920 then drank, gave some to Abu Bakr, and gave some to me. 21 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,920 Then he said to the udder, 22 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,920 "Shrink," and it shrank. 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,920 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,920 teach me some of these words." 25 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,920 He wiped my head and said, 26 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,980 "You are a gifted young boy." 27 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:25,980 I embraced Islam at that moment, 28 00:01:25,980 --> 00:01:28,980 and I was among the first to accept Islam, 29 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:32,980 even before the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered 30 00:01:32,980 --> 00:01:34,980 the house of Al-Arqam. 31 00:01:34,980 --> 00:01:39,939 I remained close to the Prophet in Makkah, 32 00:01:39,939 --> 00:01:42,939 and I was bold in my faith, 33 00:01:42,939 --> 00:01:46,939 becoming the first to recite the Qur'an aloud in Makkah 34 00:01:46,939 --> 00:01:49,939 after the Prophet, peace be upon him. 35 00:01:49,939 --> 00:01:53,980 I endured what the early Muslims endured 36 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:55,980 from the persecution of the Quraysh, 37 00:01:55,980 --> 00:01:58,980 until I migrated to Abyssinia, 38 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:00,980 and then to Madinah. 39 00:02:00,980 --> 00:02:06,200 I remained close to the Prophet in Madinah as well. 40 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,199 I would put on his sandals for him, 41 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:12,199 then walk before him with his staff. 42 00:02:12,199 --> 00:02:15,199 When he reached his gathering place, 43 00:02:15,199 --> 00:02:17,199 I would take off his sandals, 44 00:02:17,199 --> 00:02:19,199 carry them in my arms, 45 00:02:19,199 --> 00:02:21,199 and hand him his staff. 46 00:02:21,199 --> 00:02:25,199 I would enter his private quarters ahead of him with his staff. 47 00:02:25,199 --> 00:02:27,259 When traveling, I was 48 00:02:27,259 --> 00:02:32,259 the keeper of the Prophet's secrets, his bedding, 49 00:02:32,259 --> 00:02:35,259 his siwak, his sandals, and his water for purification. 50 00:02:35,259 --> 00:02:41,419 I was the one who would screen the Prophet when he bathed, 51 00:02:41,419 --> 00:02:43,419 wake him when he slept, 52 00:02:43,419 --> 00:02:46,419 and keep him company when he walked. 53 00:02:46,419 --> 00:02:54,159 Some of the Companions even thought I was a member of his household, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 54 00:02:54,159 --> 00:03:00,259 I witnessed Badr and all the battles with the Prophet, peace be upon him. 55 00:03:00,259 --> 00:03:03,259 During the blessed Battle of Badr, 56 00:03:03,259 --> 00:03:06,259 the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 57 00:03:06,259 --> 00:03:09,259 "Who will see what Abu Jahl has done?" 58 00:03:09,259 --> 00:03:13,259 I said, "I will, O Messenger of Allah." 59 00:03:13,259 --> 00:03:18,259 Abu Jahl had been one of those who tormented me most severely in Makkah. 60 00:03:18,259 --> 00:03:21,259 I went to him and found him struck down, 61 00:03:21,259 --> 00:03:23,259 but still clinging to life. 62 00:03:23,259 --> 00:03:26,259 The sons of 'Afra' had struck him. 63 00:03:26,259 --> 00:03:29,259 I climbed onto his chest and killed him. 64 00:03:29,259 --> 00:03:33,259 Then I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and said, 65 00:03:33,259 --> 00:03:35,259 "I have killed Abu Jahl." 66 00:03:35,259 --> 00:03:37,259 He asked, 67 00:03:37,259 --> 00:03:41,259 "By Allah, besides whom there is no god?" 68 00:03:41,259 --> 00:03:43,259 He repeated this three times. 69 00:03:43,259 --> 00:03:45,259 Then he said, 70 00:03:45,259 --> 00:03:47,259 "Allah is the Greatest." 71 00:03:47,259 --> 00:03:49,259 "Go and show him to me." 72 00:03:49,259 --> 00:03:51,259 We went, 73 00:03:51,259 --> 00:03:54,259 and there he was, fallen and dead. 74 00:03:54,259 --> 00:03:57,259 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 75 00:03:57,259 --> 00:04:01,509 "This is the Pharaoh of this Ummah." 76 00:04:01,509 --> 00:04:05,050 So, who am I? 77 00:04:05,050 --> 00:04:09,050 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 78 00:04:09,050 --> 00:04:13,300 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 79 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:17,300 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 80 00:04:17,300 --> 00:04:22,300 The best of generations in their stance and example, 81 00:04:22,300 --> 00:04:27,300 following the Messenger wherever he strove or spoke. 82 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:32,300 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives, 83 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:37,300 and their legacy rises high through their deeds. 84 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:43,300 They departed, leaving a question in our conscience: 85 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:48,300 Has any star risen and shone like them? 86 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:53,300 They filled life with pride through their actions, 87 00:04:53,300 --> 00:04:58,300 and the world of humanity flourished because of them.