WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:22.030 I am one of the Companions from the people of Makkah. 00:00:22.030 --> 00:00:26.100 I was a great commander of the Islamic armies. 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:30.100 I conquered most of the African continent. 00:00:30.100 --> 00:00:33.100 I led the Battle of the Masts. 00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:37.100 It was the first naval battle for the Muslims. 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:41.960 I embraced Islam and migrated to Madinah. 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:47.020 I became a scribe of the revelation for the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:47.020 --> 00:00:49.020 Then Satan misled me. 00:00:49.020 --> 00:00:52.020 I apostatized from Islam. 00:00:52.020 --> 00:00:54.020 And I joined the disbelievers. 00:00:54.020 --> 00:01:00.149 The Prophet, peace be upon him, declared my blood forfeit on the day of the conquest of Makkah. 00:01:00.149 --> 00:01:03.149 He ordered the Companions to kill me. 00:01:03.149 --> 00:01:07.150 Even if they found me clinging to the curtains of the Kaaba. 00:01:07.340 --> 00:01:12.340 So I went and hid in the house of my foster brother. 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:15.340 Uthman Ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:01:15.340 --> 00:01:19.599 When Uthman came, I said to him: 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.599 "O my brother, by Allah, I have chosen you." 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:25.599 "Keep me here." 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:29.599 "Go to Muhammad and speak to him on my behalf." 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.599 "For if Muhammad sees me, he will strike off my head." 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:36.599 "My crime is the greatest of crimes." 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:38.599 "Yet I have come repentant." 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:40.629 Uthman said: 00:01:40.629 --> 00:01:42.629 "Rather, you shall come with me." 00:01:42.629 --> 00:01:48.700 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, called the people to pledge allegiance. 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:53.760 Uthman brought me to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.760 He said, "This is my brother." 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:58.760 "Accept his pledge, O Messenger of Allah." 00:01:58.760 --> 00:02:02.890 The Prophet, peace be upon him, raised his head. 00:02:02.890 --> 00:02:04.890 He looked at me. 00:02:04.890 --> 00:02:06.890 And he refused to accept my pledge. 00:02:06.890 --> 00:02:09.919 Uthman repeated what he had said. 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.919 But the Prophet, peace be upon him, turned away. 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:15.919 And a third time as well. 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.919 All the while, he refused to accept my pledge. 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:24.979 Then the Prophet, peace be upon him, accepted my pledge on the fourth attempt. 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:26.979 And he pardoned me. 00:02:26.979 --> 00:02:29.300 When we left. 00:02:29.300 --> 00:02:33.300 He, peace be upon him, said to his Companions: 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:37.300 "Was there not a sensible man among you who would stand up to him?" 00:02:37.300 --> 00:02:41.300 "When he saw me withhold my hand from his pledge." 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:43.300 "And strike off his head?" 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:45.340 They replied: 00:02:45.340 --> 00:02:48.340 "We did not know, O Messenger of Allah, what was in your heart." 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:51.370 "Why did you not signal to us with your eye?" 00:02:51.370 --> 00:02:53.430 He said: 00:02:53.430 --> 00:02:56.430 "It is not fitting for a prophet." 00:02:56.430 --> 00:03:02.259 "To have deceitful eyes." 00:03:02.259 --> 00:03:05.259 Then my Islam became sincere after that. 00:03:05.259 --> 00:03:10.319 I have not committed a sin since I returned to Islam. 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:16.319 I participated in battles with the Prophet, peace be upon him, after the conquest. 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:20.319 And in the fighting against the apostates after his passing. 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.319 I participated in the conquest of Egypt. 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.319 I conquered most of Africa. 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:29.319 I led the first naval battle for the Muslims. 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:32.319 Against the Byzantine Romans. 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:36.319 I sank more than 900 of their ships. 00:03:36.319 --> 00:03:42.509 And I inflicted upon them a slaughter the likes of which they had never seen. 00:03:42.509 --> 00:03:45.509 And I conquered the island of Cyprus. 00:03:45.509 --> 00:03:48.979 So, who am I? 00:03:48.979 --> 00:03:53.270 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:03:53.270 --> 00:03:56.270 We will pin the correct answer in the comments. 00:03:56.270 --> 00:04:01.270 When the next episode is released, Allah willing. 00:04:01.270 --> 00:04:06.300 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 00:04:06.300 --> 00:04:11.300 They followed the Messenger whether he moved or spoke. 00:04:11.300 --> 00:04:16.300 They were here, watering our lives like clouds. 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:21.300 They have passed, yet their memory among us rises high. 00:04:22.300 --> 00:04:27.300 They departed and cast a question into the conscience. 00:04:27.300 --> 00:04:32.300 Is there a star like them that has risen and shone? 00:04:32.300 --> 00:04:37.300 They filled life with pride through their deeds. 00:04:37.300 --> 00:04:42.300 And the world of humanity flourished through them.