WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions and the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:24.109 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 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. 00:00:29.109 --> 00:00:31.109 I was born inside the Kaaba. 00:00:31.109 --> 00:00:34.109 I lived sixty years in the pre-Islamic era. 00:00:34.109 --> 00:00:37.109 And sixty years in Islam. 00:00:37.109 --> 00:00:40.299 I embraced Islam on the day of the conquest of Makkah. 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:45.299 I witnessed the battles of Hunayn and Ta'if with the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:45.299 --> 00:00:49.299 Whenever I would swear an oath, I would say: 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:54.299 "No, by the One who saved me from being killed on the day of Badr." 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. 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:07.040 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, reciprocated my affection with his own. 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.099 Then came the bond of kinship. 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:13.099 It strengthened the relationship between us. 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. 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. 00:01:30.099 --> 00:01:35.680 I was a merchant who traveled to Yemen and came to Syria. 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.680 I would earn great profits. 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.680 Until I became very wealthy. 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:45.709 Furthermore, I was intelligent, noble, and virtuous. 00:01:45.709 --> 00:01:49.709 The Quraysh entrusted me with the office of al-Rifadah. 00:01:49.709 --> 00:01:54.709 This was the duty of assisting the needy and the stranded among the pilgrims. 00:01:54.709 --> 00:01:57.709 I would spend from my own wealth. 00:01:57.709 --> 00:02:03.709 To help the stranded pilgrims of the Sacred House of Allah during the pre-Islamic era. 00:02:03.709 --> 00:02:08.419 I bought a young man named Zayd ibn Harithah. 00:02:08.419 --> 00:02:12.419 As a gift for my aunt, Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:02:12.419 --> 00:02:17.509 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, married her, 00:02:17.509 --> 00:02:19.509 She gifted Zayd to him. 00:02:19.509 --> 00:02:24.509 The Prophet, peace be upon him, freed him and adopted him. 00:02:24.509 --> 00:02:28.509 This was before Islam abolished adoption. 00:02:28.509 --> 00:02:33.219 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, was sent with his mission, 00:02:33.219 --> 00:02:36.219 I held back and did not embrace Islam. 00:02:36.219 --> 00:02:40.250 The Prophet, peace be upon him, migrated to Madinah. 00:02:40.250 --> 00:02:44.340 I attended the 'Ukaz festival while I was still in a state of disbelief. 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:48.340 I found a garment being sold that belonged to one of the kings. 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. 00:02:54.409 --> 00:02:57.409 I brought it to him in Madinah. 00:02:57.409 --> 00:03:00.409 I presented it to him as a gift. 00:03:00.409 --> 00:03:02.409 He refused to accept it. 00:03:02.409 --> 00:03:07.409 And he said, "We do not accept anything from the polytheists." 00:03:07.409 --> 00:03:11.409 "But if you wish, you may sell it for a price." 00:03:11.409 --> 00:03:14.409 So I gave it to him for a price. 00:03:14.409 --> 00:03:16.409 He wore it. 00:03:16.409 --> 00:03:20.409 Then I saw him wearing it while he was on the pulpit. 00:03:20.409 --> 00:03:23.409 I never saw anything more beautiful than him. 00:03:23.409 --> 00:03:25.699 So, who am I? 00:03:55.870 --> 00:03:57.870 What is our status? 00:03:57.870 --> 00:04:00.870 Their memory is exalted. 00:04:00.870 --> 00:04:05.870 They departed and left a question in the conscience. 00:04:05.870 --> 00:04:10.870 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 00:04:10.870 --> 00:04:15.870 They filled life with glorious deeds. 00:04:15.870 --> 00:04:21.029 And the world of traditions flourished because of them.