WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:12.140 Stop and learn about the companions, scholars and notables 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 A new challenge from me 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:23.059 I am a companion of the Ansar 00:00:23.059 --> 00:00:28.059 I converted to Islam before the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, arrived in Medina 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:32.060 Then she pledged allegiance to him when he arrived there 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:36.060 I was always in the desert, tending to my spoils 00:00:36.060 --> 00:00:44.060 So he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, gave me the choice to pledge allegiance to me with the pledge of allegiance to the Bedouins or the pledge of allegiance to the immigrants 00:00:44.060 --> 00:00:48.119 So I said, “Rather, the pledge of allegiance to the immigrants.” 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:53.079 Then I went out to take care of my spoils 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:59.079 I was with 12 men who had converted to Islam, and we were staying far from the city 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.079 Let us graze our sheep in its valleys 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:08.079 So we said, “Let one of us go to the city every day.” 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:12.079 And let him leave his sheep to us, so we can take care of them for him 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:16.140 If he returns, we will learn from them 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:22.140 So I told them to go to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:01:22.140 --> 00:01:27.140 And I will remain here, tending your sheep with my spoils 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:31.269 I was very careful about her 00:01:31.269 --> 00:01:37.269 In the morning, my friends go to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:01:37.269 --> 00:01:39.269 I tend to sheep 00:01:39.269 --> 00:01:42.269 Until I corrected myself and said 00:01:42.269 --> 00:01:47.269 Woe to you for the sake of spoils that neither fatten nor enrich 00:01:47.269 --> 00:01:53.269 You miss out on the company of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:01:53.269 --> 00:01:56.299 And he took the Qur’an from him while he was there 00:01:56.299 --> 00:02:00.299 Then I abandoned my spoils and went to the city 00:02:00.299 --> 00:02:06.299 To stay in the mosque next to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:02:06.299 --> 00:02:11.199 I committed to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:16.199 He often pushed me behind him on the horse 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:21.330 Until I became aware of the Prophet's rump, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:02:21.330 --> 00:02:23.330 And at one time 00:02:23.330 --> 00:02:28.330 I was holding the reins of the mule of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:02:28.330 --> 00:02:30.330 He is riding on it 00:02:30.330 --> 00:02:33.330 We're walking around town 00:02:33.330 --> 00:02:36.330 He told me not to ride 00:02:36.330 --> 00:02:42.330 So I urged the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, to ride in his place 00:02:42.330 --> 00:02:45.419 So Ali repeated it three times 00:02:45.419 --> 00:02:48.419 I understood that I should say no 00:02:48.419 --> 00:02:52.419 But I feared that this would be a sin 00:02:52.419 --> 00:02:54.419 So I said yes 00:02:54.419 --> 00:02:58.419 So he got down and his knee fell down 00:02:58.419 --> 00:03:02.419 The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, rode 00:03:02.419 --> 00:03:04.460 Then he told me 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:08.460 Shall I not teach you two surahs the likes of which have never been seen? 00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:11.550 I said, “Yes, O Messenger of God.” 00:03:11.550 --> 00:03:13.550 So read to me 00:03:13.550 --> 00:03:15.550 Say I seek refuge in the Lord of creation 00:03:15.550 --> 00:03:18.550 And say, I seek refuge in the Lord of people 00:03:18.550 --> 00:03:20.550 Then the prayer was held 00:03:20.550 --> 00:03:24.550 So he, may God bless him and grant him peace, came forward 00:03:24.550 --> 00:03:26.550 He prayed with them 00:03:26.550 --> 00:03:28.550 Then he told me 00:03:28.550 --> 00:03:33.259 Read them every time you sleep and wake up 00:03:33.259 --> 00:03:38.259 Because of my closeness to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:03:38.259 --> 00:03:40.259 I took the Qur’an from him 00:03:40.259 --> 00:03:43.259 Until I became one of the reciters 00:03:43.259 --> 00:03:46.259 And I had a good voice with it 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:51.259 The Commander of the Faithful, Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him, often visited 00:03:51.259 --> 00:03:56.259 He asks me to show him something from the Qur’an 00:03:56.259 --> 00:04:00.449 When I read it, he would cry, may God be pleased with him 00:04:00.449 --> 00:04:02.449 And when death came to me 00:04:02.449 --> 00:04:06.449 I gathered my children and instructed them and said: 00:04:06.449 --> 00:04:08.449 My son 00:04:08.449 --> 00:04:10.539 I forbid you to do three things 00:04:10.539 --> 00:04:16.540 Do not accept hadiths from the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, except from those who trust him 00:04:16.540 --> 00:04:20.579 And do not borrow, even if you wear the cloak 00:04:20.579 --> 00:04:22.579 And do not write poetry 00:04:22.579 --> 00:04:25.579 So they get distracted from the Qur’an 00:04:25.579 --> 00:04:27.899 Who am I?