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 --> 00:00:20,699 I am one of the Companions. 5 00:00:20,699 --> 00:00:24,699 I am one of the Ansar of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 6 00:00:24,699 --> 00:00:29,800 I embraced Islam before the Prophet, peace be upon him, entered Medina. 7 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,829 I lived in Islam for only a short time. 8 00:00:32,829 --> 00:00:34,829 I was killed at the Battle of Badr. 9 00:00:34,829 --> 00:00:37,829 The first of Islam’s immortal battles. 10 00:00:37,829 --> 00:00:41,570 On the seventeenth day of Ramadan. 11 00:00:41,570 --> 00:00:43,570 In the second year of the Hijra. 12 00:00:43,570 --> 00:00:47,570 News reached the Prophet, peace be upon him. 13 00:00:47,570 --> 00:00:50,570 That a caravan of the Quraysh was coming from the Levant. 14 00:00:50,570 --> 00:00:54,600 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to his Companions: 15 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,659 "Whoever has his mount ready, 16 00:00:57,659 --> 00:00:59,659 let him ride with us." 17 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:03,700 Some men began asking his permission to go fetch their mounts 18 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:05,700 from the outskirts of Medina. 19 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:07,700 But he said, "No, 20 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:10,700 only those whose mounts are ready." 21 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:14,890 So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, set out, 22 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:16,890 and we set out with him, 23 00:01:16,890 --> 00:01:19,890 until we reached Badr before the polytheists. 24 00:01:19,890 --> 00:01:22,209 Then the polytheists arrived, 25 00:01:22,209 --> 00:01:25,209 and the two ranks met without a prior appointment. 26 00:01:25,209 --> 00:01:29,209 The two camps prepared for battle, 27 00:01:29,209 --> 00:01:33,209 and the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 28 00:01:33,209 --> 00:01:35,209 "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, 29 00:01:35,209 --> 00:01:38,209 no man shall fight them today 30 00:01:38,209 --> 00:01:42,209 and be killed while remaining steadfast, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating, 31 00:01:42,209 --> 00:01:46,299 but that Allah will admit him to Paradise." 32 00:01:46,299 --> 00:01:50,299 "Rise to a Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth." 33 00:01:50,299 --> 00:01:53,590 I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, 34 00:01:53,590 --> 00:01:56,590 “And vie one with another for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a paradise as wide as are the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who ward off (evil);” (3:133) 35 00:01:56,590 --> 00:01:58,659 is it as wide as the heavens and the earth?" He said, "Yes." 36 00:01:58,659 --> 00:02:01,750 I exclaimed, "Bakh, bakh!" (an expression of wonder and joy). 37 00:02:01,750 --> 00:02:05,750 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked: 38 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:08,849 "What prompted you to say 'bakh, bakh'?" 39 00:02:08,849 --> 00:02:12,849 I replied, "Nothing, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, 40 00:02:12,849 --> 00:02:15,849 except the hope that I might be among its people." 41 00:02:15,849 --> 00:02:18,879 He, peace be upon him, said: 42 00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:23,639 "You are indeed among its people." 43 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,639 I then took out some dates I had with me 44 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,639 and began to eat them. 45 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,639 Then I said, 46 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:34,639 "If I were to live until I finished eating these dates of mine, 47 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,639 that would be a long life." 48 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,669 So I threw them away, 49 00:02:39,669 --> 00:02:42,669 and I began to fight, saying: 50 00:02:42,669 --> 00:02:45,669 "Rushing to Allah with no provision, 51 00:02:45,669 --> 00:02:48,669 save for piety and righteous deeds, 52 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:51,669 and patience in the cause of Allah through jihad. 53 00:02:51,669 --> 00:02:55,669 Every provision is subject to depletion, 54 00:02:55,669 --> 00:02:58,669 except for piety, righteousness, and true guidance." 55 00:02:58,669 --> 00:03:02,830 I then fought the polytheists until I was killed. 56 00:03:02,830 --> 00:03:07,830 I was the first martyr among the Ansar to be killed in Islam. 57 00:03:07,830 --> 00:03:10,219 So, who am I?