WEBVTT 00:00:01.330 --> 00:00:04.330 Pause. 00:00:04.330 --> 00:00:12.140 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:21.320 I am one of the early Companions. 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.320 I am among the Emigrants from Makkah. 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:27.320 My brother is ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:29.320 The Commander of the Faithful. 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:32.350 And one of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. 00:00:32.350 --> 00:00:34.350 I was older than him by a year. 00:00:34.350 --> 00:00:37.350 And I preceded him in Islam and in the migration. 00:00:37.350 --> 00:00:40.350 He loved me very much. 00:00:40.350 --> 00:00:43.350 At the Battle of Uhud, he said to me: 00:00:43.350 --> 00:00:46.350 "Take this shield of mine, my brother, and protect yourself with it." 00:00:46.350 --> 00:00:48.350 I replied to him: 00:00:48.350 --> 00:00:52.350 "I desire martyrdom just as you desire it." 00:00:52.350 --> 00:00:56.179 So we both left it behind. 00:00:56.179 --> 00:00:59.179 I participated with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:59.179 --> 00:01:01.179 in all of his military expeditions. 00:01:01.179 --> 00:01:04.180 Then I participated in the Wars of Apostasy. 00:01:04.180 --> 00:01:07.180 I carried the banner of the Muslims at the Battle of al-Yamamah. 00:01:07.180 --> 00:01:10.180 And I performed valiantly therein. 00:01:10.180 --> 00:01:13.180 When the Muslims were retreating in defeat 00:01:13.180 --> 00:01:15.180 at the beginning of the battle, 00:01:15.180 --> 00:01:18.180 I began to shout at the top of my voice: 00:01:18.180 --> 00:01:21.180 "O men, there are no men [left]!" 00:01:21.180 --> 00:01:25.180 "O Allah, I apologize to You for the flight of my companions," 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:29.180 "and I disavow before You what Musaylimah has brought." 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:31.250 "O people," 00:01:31.250 --> 00:01:33.250 "clench your teeth," 00:01:33.250 --> 00:01:35.250 "strike at your enemy," 00:01:35.250 --> 00:01:37.250 "and press forward." 00:01:37.250 --> 00:01:39.340 Then I swore an oath and said: 00:01:39.340 --> 00:01:43.340 "By Allah, I will not speak until Allah defeats them," 00:01:43.340 --> 00:01:47.340 "or I meet Allah and present my plea to Him." 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:51.340 Then I advanced, carrying the banner of the Muslims, 00:01:51.340 --> 00:01:53.340 and I fought the apostates 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:56.340 until I killed the most wicked of the people: 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:58.340 al-Rajjal ibn ‘Unfuwah, 00:01:58.340 --> 00:02:00.340 who had come to Madinah, 00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:03.340 and learned Islam and the Qur’an. 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:06.340 Then, when Musaylimah appeared in Najd, 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:09.340 the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sent him 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:11.340 to keep the people steadfast 00:02:11.340 --> 00:02:13.340 and to warn them against Musaylimah. 00:02:13.340 --> 00:02:15.340 But he apostatized, 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:20.340 and testified that Musaylimah shared in the Prophethood with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:25.340 Thus, he was a greater trial for the people than Musaylimah himself. 00:02:25.340 --> 00:02:27.340 So I killed him. 00:02:27.340 --> 00:02:33.180 I continued to fight until I was killed in that battle. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:36.180 My brother ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, grieved for my death. 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:38.180 He used to say: 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:40.180 "May Allah have mercy on my brother." 00:02:40.180 --> 00:02:43.180 "He preceded me to the two best things:" 00:02:43.180 --> 00:02:44.180 "He embraced Islam before me," 00:02:44.180 --> 00:02:47.180 "and he attained martyrdom before me." 00:02:47.180 --> 00:02:49.180 And he said to the man who killed me, 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:51.180 who was Abu Maryam al-Saluli, 00:02:51.180 --> 00:02:54.180 after he came to him having embraced Islam: 00:02:54.180 --> 00:02:55.180 "Woe to you!" 00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:57.180 "You have killed a brother of mine." 00:02:57.180 --> 00:03:00.180 "Whenever the morning breeze blows, I am reminded of him." 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:05.240 "By Allah, I will never love you until the earth loves blood." 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:07.240 The man replied: 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.240 "Will you deny me my rights?" 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:11.240 ‘Umar said: 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:12.270 "No." 00:03:12.270 --> 00:03:13.270 He said: 00:03:13.270 --> 00:03:15.270 "Then there is no harm," 00:03:15.270 --> 00:03:18.270 "for only women grieve for love." 00:03:18.270 --> 00:03:24.750 So, who am I? 00:03:32.009 --> 00:03:37.009 Upon the release of the next episode, if Allah wills.