1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Pause. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A serious challenge: who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:24,050 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 5 00:00:24,050 --> 00:00:26,050 I am from the Ansar. 6 00:00:26,050 --> 00:00:28,050 I was a poor man. 7 00:00:28,050 --> 00:00:30,050 I was very fond of women. 8 00:00:30,050 --> 00:00:32,049 And I would indulge in them 9 00:00:32,049 --> 00:00:34,049 in a way others did not. 10 00:00:34,049 --> 00:00:36,049 When the month of Ramadan arrived, 11 00:00:36,049 --> 00:00:40,049 I feared that I might engage in intimacy with my wife, 12 00:00:40,049 --> 00:00:43,049 as I could not restrain myself until morning. 13 00:00:43,049 --> 00:00:47,049 So, I performed zihar (vowing not to have relations) with her until the month of Ramadan passed. 14 00:00:47,049 --> 00:00:50,939 Then, while she was serving me one night, 15 00:00:50,939 --> 00:00:53,939 something of her was revealed to me. 16 00:00:53,939 --> 00:00:57,939 I could not help myself; I jumped upon her and had relations with her. 17 00:00:57,939 --> 00:00:59,939 When morning came, 18 00:01:00,939 --> 00:01:03,939 I went to my people and told them what I had done. 19 00:01:03,939 --> 00:01:05,939 I said to them, 20 00:01:05,939 --> 00:01:09,939 "Come with me to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 21 00:01:09,939 --> 00:01:12,939 "So that I may inform him of what I have committed." 22 00:01:12,939 --> 00:01:16,939 They replied, "No, by Allah, we will not do that." 23 00:01:16,939 --> 00:01:19,939 "We fear that a Qur'anic revelation might be sent down regarding us," 24 00:01:19,939 --> 00:01:23,939 "or that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, might say something about us" 25 00:01:23,939 --> 00:01:27,980 "that would leave us with lasting shame." 26 00:01:27,980 --> 00:01:32,329 "But you go yourself and do as you see fit." 27 00:01:32,329 --> 00:01:35,329 So I went to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 28 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:37,329 and informed him of my situation. 29 00:01:37,329 --> 00:01:40,329 He asked, "Did you really do that?" 30 00:01:40,329 --> 00:01:44,329 I said, "I did, O Messenger of Allah." 31 00:01:44,329 --> 00:01:47,329 "And I am patient for the decree of Allah." 32 00:01:47,329 --> 00:01:50,390 "So judge me as Allah has shown you." 33 00:01:50,390 --> 00:01:53,390 He, peace be upon him, said to me, 34 00:01:53,390 --> 00:01:55,390 "Free a slave." 35 00:01:55,390 --> 00:01:58,549 I struck the side of my neck and said, 36 00:01:58,549 --> 00:02:00,549 "By the One who sent you with the truth," 37 00:02:00,549 --> 00:02:03,549 "I do not possess any slave other than this one." 38 00:02:03,549 --> 00:02:07,549 He said, "Then fast for two consecutive months." 39 00:02:07,549 --> 00:02:10,550 I said, "But did I fall into what I fell into" 40 00:02:10,550 --> 00:02:12,550 "except because of fasting?" 41 00:02:12,550 --> 00:02:16,580 He said, "Then feed sixty poor people." 42 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:19,580 I said, "By the One who sent you with the truth," 43 00:02:19,580 --> 00:02:22,580 "we spent our night hungry," 44 00:02:22,580 --> 00:02:24,580 "having no food." 45 00:02:24,580 --> 00:02:27,650 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 46 00:02:27,650 --> 00:02:30,650 "Go to the person in charge of your people's zakat," 47 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:32,650 "and let him give it to you." 48 00:02:32,650 --> 00:02:35,650 "Feed sixty poor people from it," 49 00:02:35,650 --> 00:02:37,650 "and a basket of dates," 50 00:02:37,650 --> 00:02:40,650 "and you and your family eat the rest." 51 00:02:40,650 --> 00:02:44,639 I returned to my people and said to them, 52 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,639 "I found among you narrow-mindedness and poor judgment," 53 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:51,639 "and I found with the Prophet, peace be upon him," 54 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,639 "generosity and sound judgment." 55 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,639 "He has ordered that your zakat be given to me," 56 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,639 "so hand it over to me." 57 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:00,639 "So hand it over to me." 58 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:02,960 So, who am I? 59 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:08,500 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 60 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,750 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 61 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:15,750 when the next episode is released, 62 00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:17,750 if Allah wills. 63 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:22,750 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 64 00:03:22,750 --> 00:03:26,750 Following the Messenger whenever he strives or acts.