1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:08,460 Pause and reflect upon the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted. 2 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 I challenge you: who am I? 3 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:21,600 I am one of the female Companions. 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,660 Allah revealed a Qur'an concerning me that is recited. 5 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:30,760 This is because my husband, Aws Ibn al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him), 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:36,759 became angry with me one day and said to me, "You are to me as the back of my mother." 7 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:39,789 Then, he wished to reconcile with me. 8 00:00:39,789 --> 00:00:43,789 I said to him, "No, by the One in whose hand is my soul, 9 00:00:43,789 --> 00:00:47,789 you shall not touch me, for you have said what you said, 10 00:00:47,789 --> 00:00:50,789 until Allah judges between us with His decree." 11 00:00:50,789 --> 00:00:56,049 Then I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 12 00:00:56,049 --> 00:00:58,049 and I sat before him. 13 00:00:58,049 --> 00:01:01,049 I mentioned to him what I had encountered with my husband, 14 00:01:01,049 --> 00:01:05,049 and I began to complain to him of his poor temperament. 15 00:01:05,049 --> 00:01:09,049 Then I mentioned to him what he had said to me regarding the zihar (the declaration of divorce). 16 00:01:09,049 --> 00:01:12,049 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, 17 00:01:12,049 --> 00:01:15,049 "I do not see you as anything but forbidden to him." 18 00:01:15,049 --> 00:01:18,239 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 19 00:01:18,239 --> 00:01:22,239 my age has advanced and my bones have grown frail, 20 00:01:22,239 --> 00:01:24,269 and I have children by him. 21 00:01:24,269 --> 00:01:27,269 If I leave them with him, they will be lost; 22 00:01:27,269 --> 00:01:30,400 if I keep them with me, they will go hungry." 23 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:35,400 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) kept saying, 24 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,459 "I do not see you as anything but forbidden to him." 25 00:01:38,459 --> 00:01:43,560 I continued to argue with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 26 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,560 and by Allah, I did not leave my place 27 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,560 until the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was overcome 28 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,560 by what usually overcame him of the revelation. 29 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,560 Then it was lifted from him, 30 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,560 and he said to me, 31 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,659 "Allah has revealed a Qur'an concerning you and your companion." 32 00:02:01,659 --> 00:02:05,659 Then he recited to me the beginning of Surah al-Mujadilah. 33 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:09,719 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) then said to me, 34 00:02:09,719 --> 00:02:12,719 "Command him to free a slave." 35 00:02:12,719 --> 00:02:14,750 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 36 00:02:14,750 --> 00:02:17,750 he does not have the means to free one." 37 00:02:17,750 --> 00:02:18,819 He said, 38 00:02:18,819 --> 00:02:21,819 "Then let him fast for two consecutive months." 39 00:02:21,819 --> 00:02:23,819 I said, 40 00:02:23,819 --> 00:02:26,819 "By Allah, he is a very old man; 41 00:02:26,819 --> 00:02:28,979 he has no strength for fasting." 42 00:02:28,979 --> 00:02:29,979 He said, 43 00:02:29,979 --> 00:02:32,979 "Then let him feed sixty poor people." 44 00:02:32,979 --> 00:02:34,979 I said, 45 00:02:34,979 --> 00:02:36,979 "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, 46 00:02:36,979 --> 00:02:39,169 he does not have that either." 47 00:02:39,169 --> 00:02:44,169 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) then gave me some dates, 48 00:02:44,169 --> 00:02:45,169 and said, 49 00:02:45,169 --> 00:02:49,169 "Go and give them as charity on his behalf." 50 00:02:49,169 --> 00:02:52,169 "Then treat your cousin well." 51 00:02:52,169 --> 00:02:53,169 So I did. 52 00:02:53,169 --> 00:02:55,969 One day, 53 00:02:55,969 --> 00:03:00,969 the Caliph Umar Ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) came out of the mosque, 54 00:03:00,969 --> 00:03:02,969 accompanied by al-Jarud al-'Abdi, 55 00:03:02,969 --> 00:03:05,969 who was one of the nobles of the Arabs. 56 00:03:05,969 --> 00:03:08,969 Umar saw me on the side of the road, 57 00:03:08,969 --> 00:03:10,969 and he greeted me. 58 00:03:10,969 --> 00:03:12,969 I returned his greeting, 59 00:03:12,969 --> 00:03:13,969 and then I said, 60 00:03:13,969 --> 00:03:15,969 "Well, well, Umar! 61 00:03:15,969 --> 00:03:20,969 I remember you when you were called 'Umayr in the market of 'Ukaz, 62 00:03:20,969 --> 00:03:22,969 frightening the children with your stick. 63 00:03:22,969 --> 00:03:27,060 Not much time passed before you were called Umar, 64 00:03:27,060 --> 00:03:32,060 and not much time passed after that before you were called Commander of the Believers. 65 00:03:32,060 --> 00:03:35,159 So fear Allah regarding your subjects, 66 00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:38,219 and know that whoever fears the threat of punishment, 67 00:03:38,219 --> 00:03:40,219 finds the distant near, 68 00:03:40,219 --> 00:03:42,219 and whoever fears death, 69 00:03:42,219 --> 00:03:44,219 fears missing his opportunity." 70 00:03:44,219 --> 00:03:46,379 Al-Jarud said to me, 71 00:03:46,379 --> 00:03:50,379 "You have spoken too boldly to the Commander of the Believers." 72 00:03:50,379 --> 00:03:52,479 But Umar said to him, 73 00:03:52,479 --> 00:03:53,479 "Leave her be. 74 00:03:53,479 --> 00:03:55,479 Do you not know who she is? 75 00:03:55,479 --> 00:04:00,479 She is the one whose words Allah heard from above seven heavens. 76 00:04:00,479 --> 00:04:04,479 By Allah, Umar is more deserving of listening to her." 77 00:04:04,479 --> 00:04:06,699 So, who am I? 78 00:04:06,699 --> 00:04:11,979 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video, 79 00:04:11,979 --> 00:04:16,240 and we will pin the correct answer in the comments 80 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,240 when the next episode is released, 81 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,240 if Allah wills. 82 00:04:24,589 --> 00:04:27,589 A model and an example, 83 00:04:27,589 --> 00:04:32,589 following the Messenger in all he did or said. 84 00:04:32,589 --> 00:04:37,589 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives, 85 00:04:37,589 --> 00:04:42,589 and their memory remains exalted within us. 86 00:04:42,589 --> 00:04:47,589 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 87 00:04:47,589 --> 00:04:52,589 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 88 00:04:53,589 --> 00:04:58,589 They filled life with glories through their noble deeds, 89 00:04:58,589 --> 00:05:02,589 and the world of the Ummah flourished because of them.