WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:22.789 I am one of the younger Companions. 00:00:22.789 --> 00:00:26.789 My father is the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:26.789 --> 00:00:30.920 He is known as "the possessor of two wings," the flyer. 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:32.920 I was born in the land of Abyssinia. 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:36.920 I was the first child born into Islam there. 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:42.920 And I am the last of the Banu Hashim to have seen the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:46.590 My father was martyred on the day of Mu'tah. 00:00:46.590 --> 00:00:51.590 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to my mother. 00:00:51.590 --> 00:00:53.590 He broke the news of my father's death to her. 00:00:53.590 --> 00:00:57.619 I watched him as he stroked my head. 00:00:57.619 --> 00:01:00.619 His eyes were shedding tears. 00:01:00.619 --> 00:01:03.780 Then he came to us after three nights. 00:01:03.780 --> 00:01:08.780 He said, "Do not weep for my brother after today." 00:01:08.780 --> 00:01:12.780 Then he said, "Bring me my brother's sons." 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:15.780 We were brought to him, looking like little chicks. 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:19.780 He said, "Call the barber for me." 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:22.780 He commanded him, and he shaved our heads. 00:01:22.780 --> 00:01:25.939 Then he pointed to me and said: 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:27.939 "As for this one, 00:01:28.939 --> 00:01:31.939 he resembles my physical appearance and my character." 00:01:31.939 --> 00:01:34.140 Our mother came, 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:36.140 and she mentioned our orphanhood. 00:01:36.140 --> 00:01:39.140 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to her: 00:01:39.140 --> 00:01:42.140 "Do you fear poverty for them? 00:01:42.140 --> 00:01:46.299 I am their guardian in this world and the Hereafter." 00:01:46.299 --> 00:01:50.299 Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, took us into his care. 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:52.299 I grew up in his lap. 00:01:52.299 --> 00:01:57.359 Then I wanted to pledge allegiance to him when I was seven years old. 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:00.359 When he saw me, he smiled. 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:03.840 He stretched out his hand and accepted my pledge. 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:07.840 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, let me ride 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:09.840 behind him one day. 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:12.870 He entered an orchard where there was a camel. 00:02:12.870 --> 00:02:16.870 When the camel saw the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:02:16.870 --> 00:02:20.129 it moaned and its eyes shed tears. 00:02:20.129 --> 00:02:24.129 The Prophet, peace be upon him, went to it. 00:02:24.129 --> 00:02:27.129 He wiped its hump and behind its ears. 00:02:27.129 --> 00:02:28.129 It became quiet. 00:02:28.129 --> 00:02:32.129 He asked, "Whose camel is this?" 00:02:32.129 --> 00:02:34.129 A young man from the Ansar said: 00:02:34.129 --> 00:02:37.129 "It is mine, O Messenger of Allah." 00:02:37.129 --> 00:02:40.129 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:02:40.129 --> 00:02:46.189 "Do you not fear Allah regarding this beast that Allah has placed in your possession? 00:02:46.189 --> 00:02:48.189 For it has complained to me 00:02:48.189 --> 00:02:51.669 that you starve it and tire it out." 00:02:51.669 --> 00:02:54.669 They used to call me the "Sea of Generosity." 00:02:54.669 --> 00:02:58.669 There was no one in Islam more generous than I. 00:02:58.669 --> 00:03:02.669 I would give abundant, great gifts, 00:03:02.669 --> 00:03:04.669 yet I considered them little. 00:03:04.669 --> 00:03:08.860 I once gave two million in charity. 00:03:08.860 --> 00:03:12.860 I once gave a man sixty thousand. 00:03:12.860 --> 00:03:17.990 And once I gave a man four thousand dinars. 00:03:17.990 --> 00:03:22.990 It was said to me that a man had brought sugar to Medina, 00:03:22.990 --> 00:03:27.060 but it did not sell, and no one would buy it. 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:33.150 I ordered my servant to buy it and give it away to the people. 00:03:33.150 --> 00:03:38.150 Ibn 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, used to greet me by saying: 00:03:38.150 --> 00:03:42.219 "Peace be upon you, O son of the possessor of two wings." 00:03:42.219 --> 00:03:46.039 So, who am I? 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:50.300 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:03:50.300 --> 00:03:54.300 We will pin the correct answer in the comments. 00:03:54.300 --> 00:03:58.300 The next episode will be released, Allah willing. 00:03:58.300 --> 00:04:03.300 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 00:04:03.300 --> 00:04:08.300 They followed the Messenger whether he strove or spoke. 00:04:08.300 --> 00:04:13.300 They were here, watering our lives like rain clouds. 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:18.300 They passed away, yet their memory remains exalted among us. 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:23.300 They departed and left a question in our conscience: 00:04:23.300 --> 00:04:28.300 "Has a star like them ever risen and shone?" 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:33.300 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 00:04:33.300 --> 00:04:38.300 and the world of humanity flourished because of them.