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 --> 00:00:24,109 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 5 00:00:24,109 --> 00:00:29,109 I was among the nobles of the Quraysh in both the pre-Islamic era and in Islam. 6 00:00:29,109 --> 00:00:31,109 I was born inside the Kaaba. 7 00:00:31,109 --> 00:00:34,109 I lived sixty years in the pre-Islamic era. 8 00:00:34,109 --> 00:00:37,109 And sixty years in Islam. 9 00:00:37,109 --> 00:00:40,299 I embraced Islam on the day of the conquest of Makkah. 10 00:00:40,299 --> 00:00:45,299 I witnessed the battles of Hunayn and Ta'if with the Prophet, peace be upon him. 11 00:00:45,299 --> 00:00:49,299 Whenever I would swear an oath, I would say: 12 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:54,299 "No, by the One who saved me from being killed on the day of Badr." 13 00:00:54,299 --> 00:01:01,039 I was a close friend to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, before his mission began. 14 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:07,040 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, reciprocated my affection with his own. 15 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,099 Then came the bond of kinship. 16 00:01:10,099 --> 00:01:13,099 It strengthened the relationship between us. 17 00:01:13,099 --> 00:01:22,099 That was when the Prophet, peace be upon him, married my aunt, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, may Allah be pleased with her. 18 00:01:22,099 --> 00:01:29,099 Thus, Muhammad, peace be upon him, became the most beloved of people to me during the pre-Islamic era. 19 00:01:30,099 --> 00:01:35,680 I was a merchant who traveled to Yemen and came to Syria. 20 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,680 I would earn great profits. 21 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,680 Until I became very wealthy. 22 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,709 Furthermore, I was intelligent, noble, and virtuous. 23 00:01:45,709 --> 00:01:49,709 The Quraysh entrusted me with the office of al-Rifadah. 24 00:01:49,709 --> 00:01:54,709 This was the duty of assisting the needy and the stranded among the pilgrims. 25 00:01:54,709 --> 00:01:57,709 I would spend from my own wealth. 26 00:01:57,709 --> 00:02:03,709 To help the stranded pilgrims of the Sacred House of Allah during the pre-Islamic era. 27 00:02:03,709 --> 00:02:08,419 I bought a young man named Zayd ibn Harithah. 28 00:02:08,419 --> 00:02:12,419 As a gift for my aunt, Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her. 29 00:02:12,419 --> 00:02:17,509 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, married her, 30 00:02:17,509 --> 00:02:19,509 She gifted Zayd to him. 31 00:02:19,509 --> 00:02:24,509 The Prophet, peace be upon him, freed him and adopted him. 32 00:02:24,509 --> 00:02:28,509 This was before Islam abolished adoption. 33 00:02:28,509 --> 00:02:33,219 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, was sent with his mission, 34 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:36,219 I held back and did not embrace Islam. 35 00:02:36,219 --> 00:02:40,250 The Prophet, peace be upon him, migrated to Madinah. 36 00:02:40,250 --> 00:02:44,340 I attended the 'Ukaz festival while I was still in a state of disbelief. 37 00:02:44,340 --> 00:02:48,340 I found a garment being sold that belonged to one of the kings. 38 00:02:48,340 --> 00:02:54,409 I bought it to present as a gift to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 39 00:02:54,409 --> 00:02:57,409 I brought it to him in Madinah. 40 00:02:57,409 --> 00:03:00,409 I presented it to him as a gift. 41 00:03:00,409 --> 00:03:02,409 He refused to accept it. 42 00:03:02,409 --> 00:03:07,409 And he said, "We do not accept anything from the polytheists." 43 00:03:07,409 --> 00:03:11,409 "But if you wish, you may sell it for a price." 44 00:03:11,409 --> 00:03:14,409 So I gave it to him for a price. 45 00:03:14,409 --> 00:03:16,409 He wore it. 46 00:03:16,409 --> 00:03:20,409 Then I saw him wearing it while he was on the pulpit. 47 00:03:20,409 --> 00:03:23,409 I never saw anything more beautiful than him. 48 00:03:23,409 --> 00:03:25,699 So, who am I? 49 00:03:55,870 --> 00:03:57,870 What is our status? 50 00:03:57,870 --> 00:04:00,870 Their memory is exalted. 51 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:05,870 They departed and left a question in the conscience. 52 00:04:05,870 --> 00:04:10,870 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 53 00:04:10,870 --> 00:04:15,870 They filled life with glorious deeds. 54 00:04:15,870 --> 00:04:21,029 And the world of traditions flourished because of them.