WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.360 Pause. 00:00:04.360 --> 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 --> 00:00:21.899 I am one of the female Companions from the Ansar. 00:00:21.899 --> 00:00:23.899 From the tribe of Banu al-Najjar. 00:00:23.899 --> 00:00:26.899 I was among the first to embrace Islam. 00:00:26.899 --> 00:00:31.899 I am the maternal aunt of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, through nursing. 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:34.990 My husband is the noble Companion, 00:00:34.990 --> 00:00:37.990 'Ubada ibn al-Samit, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:37.990 --> 00:00:44.119 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, used to visit us frequently. 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:47.119 Once, he entered our house, 00:00:47.119 --> 00:00:52.119 where there was no one but me, my sister Umm Sulaym, and her son Anas. 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:55.119 He, peace be upon him, said: 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:58.119 "Stand up, so that I may lead you in prayer." 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:01.119 He led us in prayer at a time other than the prescribed prayer times. 00:01:03.270 --> 00:01:07.269 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, visited me one day, 00:01:07.269 --> 00:01:11.299 so I fed him and began to groom his hair. 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:15.299 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, fell asleep. 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:18.340 He then woke up laughing. 00:01:18.340 --> 00:01:22.340 I asked, "What makes you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?" 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:28.340 He said, "Some people from my Ummah were shown to me as warriors in the cause of Allah, 00:01:28.340 --> 00:01:31.340 sailing across the expanse of this sea, 00:01:31.340 --> 00:01:34.340 like kings upon thrones." 00:01:34.340 --> 00:01:37.400 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:40.400 pray to Allah that He makes me one of them." 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:44.400 So the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed for me. 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:47.400 Then he laid his head down and slept. 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:50.400 He then woke up laughing. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:54.400 I asked, "What makes you laugh, O Messenger of Allah?" 00:01:54.400 --> 00:02:00.400 He said, "Some people from my Ummah were shown to me as warriors in the cause of Allah, 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.400 sailing across the expanse of this sea, 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:06.400 like kings upon thrones." 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:09.400 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:12.400 pray to Allah that He makes me one of them." 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:16.400 He replied, "You are among the first." 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.719 So I sailed the sea as a warrior in the cause of Allah, 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:23.719 with my husband, 'Ubada ibn al-Samit, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:26.780 When we reached the island of Cyprus, 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:29.780 I disembarked from the ship. 00:02:29.780 --> 00:02:32.780 They brought an animal for me to ride, 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:35.780 but the animal threw me off, and I fell. 00:02:35.780 --> 00:02:38.780 My neck broke, and my soul departed. 00:02:38.780 --> 00:02:41.780 I was buried where I fell. 00:02:41.780 --> 00:02:44.780 This occurred during the governorship of Mu'awiya, 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:47.780 and the caliphate of 'Uthman, may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:02:47.780 --> 00:02:51.819 The Prophet, peace be upon him, had said: 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:54.819 "The first army of my Ummah to sail the sea 00:02:54.819 --> 00:02:57.819 have made it incumbent upon themselves," 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:00.819 meaning they have done that which makes it incumbent upon them 00:03:00.819 --> 00:03:04.069 to enter Paradise. So, who am I? 00:03:04.069 --> 00:03:11.199 Share your answers with us in the comments 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:14.419 below the video, and we will pin 00:03:14.419 --> 00:03:17.419 the correct answer in the comments 00:03:17.419 --> 00:03:20.419 when the next episode is released, 00:03:20.419 --> 00:03:23.419 in sha' Allah.