1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,360 Pause. 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:12,140 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 3 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:21,160 I am one of the Muhajirun (Emigrant) Companions. 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,160 I am a Hashimi Qurayshi. 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:28,160 I was known for my eloquence and the sharpness of my retorts. 7 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,160 No one could stand against me in debate. 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:34,189 Furthermore, I was a scholar of genealogy. 9 00:00:34,189 --> 00:00:38,189 I was the most knowledgeable of the Quraysh regarding their lineages and historical days. 10 00:00:38,189 --> 00:00:44,189 I was one of four people to whom the people would turn to arbitrate their disputes regarding lineage. 11 00:00:44,189 --> 00:00:49,259 I am the cousin of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the son of Abu Talib. 12 00:00:49,259 --> 00:00:53,350 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me: 13 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:55,350 "O Abu Yazid, 14 00:00:55,350 --> 00:00:58,350 I love you with two loves: 15 00:00:58,350 --> 00:01:00,350 A love for your kinship to me, 16 00:01:00,350 --> 00:01:04,349 And a love for the love Abu Talib had for you." 17 00:01:04,349 --> 00:01:09,670 Indeed, my father, Abu Talib, loved me very much. 18 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:12,670 He would not equate any of his other children with me, 19 00:01:12,670 --> 00:01:14,670 Let alone anyone else. 20 00:01:14,670 --> 00:01:16,700 Evidence of this is 21 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:19,700 That when the Quraysh faced poverty, 22 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:22,700 The Prophet, peace be upon him, 23 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:26,700 And my uncle al-'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, came to my father, 24 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:28,700 This was before the Prophetic mission, 25 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:33,700 And asked him to take charge of some of his children to lighten his burden. 26 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:37,700 My father agreed on the condition that they leave me with him, 27 00:01:37,700 --> 00:01:41,700 And they could take whichever of his other children they wished, besides me. 28 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:45,829 So my uncle al-'Abbas took my brother Ja'far, may Allah be pleased with him, 29 00:01:45,829 --> 00:01:51,829 And the Prophet, peace be upon him, took my brother 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him. 30 00:01:53,730 --> 00:01:59,730 I was one of those who inherited from their Muslim relatives who migrated to Medina. 31 00:01:59,730 --> 00:02:04,730 For I inherited the house of the Prophet, peace be upon him, in Mecca, 32 00:02:04,730 --> 00:02:06,730 And the houses of the Banu Hashim. 33 00:02:06,730 --> 00:02:11,759 I was among those from the Banu Hashim responsible for providing water to the pilgrims. 34 00:02:11,759 --> 00:02:15,759 I was one of the three who organized the registers of stipends (diwan) 35 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:20,759 For the Caliph of the Muslims, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. 36 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:26,400 I organized the people in them according to their tribes and lineages. 37 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:29,400 I witnessed the Battle of Badr with the polytheists, 38 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,400 And some of the Muslims took me captive. 39 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,400 They tied me and my uncle al-'Abbas together with a single rope, 40 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,400 So we were called "the two bound together." 41 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,400 I had no wealth to ransom myself, 42 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,460 So my uncle al-'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, ransomed me. 43 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:50,460 Then Allah the Exalted revealed regarding us His saying: 44 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:54,460 "O Prophet, 45 00:02:54,460 --> 00:03:00,460 Say to whoever is in your hands of the captives, 46 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:05,460 “O Prophet! Say unto those captives who are in your hands: If Allah knoweth any good in your hearts He will give you better than that which hath been taken from you, and will forgive you. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (8:70) 47 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:08,460 If Allah knows [any] good in your hearts, He will give you [something] better than what was taken from you." 48 00:03:08,460 --> 00:03:13,689 “O Prophet! Say unto those captives who are in your hands: If Allah knoweth any good in your hearts He will give you better than that which hath been taken from you, and will forgive you. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (8:70) 49 00:03:13,689 --> 00:03:16,689 If He knows any good in your hearts, He will give you better. 50 00:03:16,689 --> 00:03:29,710 [The text is incomplete here]. 51 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:31,990 I am the eldest of my brothers. 52 00:03:31,990 --> 00:03:35,189 I am ten years older than Ja'far, 53 00:03:35,189 --> 00:03:38,189 And twenty years older than 'Ali. 54 00:03:38,189 --> 00:03:43,189 Yet, I was the last of them to embrace Islam, 55 00:03:43,189 --> 00:03:44,610 And the last of them to die. 56 00:03:44,610 --> 00:03:47,610 I embraced Islam after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, 57 00:03:47,610 --> 00:03:51,810 And I migrated to Medina in the first year of the eighth year after the Hijrah. 58 00:03:52,110 --> 00:03:54,310 I participated in the Battle of Mu'tah, 59 00:03:54,810 --> 00:04:00,509 And I was among those who stood firm with the Prophet, peace be upon him, at the Battle of Hunayn. 60 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:07,080 My death overtook me at the end of the reign of Mu'awiyah, may Allah be pleased with him. 61 00:04:07,930 --> 00:04:09,330 So, who am I? 62 00:04:22,189 --> 00:04:26,189 The next episode will be released, if Allah wills.