WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:00:15.220 --> 00:00:18.219 Mawaddah Association is pleased 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:22.219 To present to you pictures from the lives of the Companions 00:00:22.219 --> 00:00:25.219 By Abd al-Rahman Rafat al-Basha 00:00:25.219 --> 00:00:27.260 May God have mercy on him 00:00:27.260 --> 00:00:33.920 Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:51.140 He was a young boy at that time, not yet a dreamer 00:00:51.140 --> 00:00:55.140 He was wandering around the streets of Mecca, away from people 00:00:55.140 --> 00:00:59.140 He had sheep that he was tending to a Quraysh master 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:01.140 He is Uqba Ibn Muait 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:04.140 People used to call him Ibn Umm Abd 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:06.140 His name is Abdullah 00:01:06.140 --> 00:01:09.140 As for his father’s name, it is Masoud 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:13.140 The boy was hearing the news of the Prophet who appeared among his people 00:01:13.140 --> 00:01:16.140 On the one hand, he does not care about her because of his young age 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:20.140 On the other hand, due to his distance from Meccan society 00:01:20.140 --> 00:01:24.140 He has been accustomed to going out with the sheep of Aqaba since the early days 00:01:24.140 --> 00:01:28.140 Then he does not return it until night falls 00:01:28.140 --> 00:01:33.140 One day, the Meccan boy, Abdullah bin Masoud, saw his sight 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:38.140 Two dignified old men were heading towards him from afar 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:41.140 It took effort from them whenever it took 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:47.140 Their thirst became intense until their lips and throats dried up 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:50.200 When he stopped, they greeted him and said 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:54.200 O boy, milk some of these sheep for us 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.200 What we close our eyes with 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.200 And the nobility of our veins 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.230 The boy said, “I will not do it.” 00:02:02.230 --> 00:02:06.230 The sheep are not mine and I am their guardian 00:02:06.230 --> 00:02:09.229 The two men did not deny what he said 00:02:09.229 --> 00:02:12.229 Their faces showed satisfaction with him 00:02:12.229 --> 00:02:14.229 Then one of them told him 00:02:14.229 --> 00:02:18.229 Show me a chat that has not had a stallion 00:02:18.229 --> 00:02:23.229 The boy pointed to a small sheep near him 00:02:23.229 --> 00:02:26.229 So the man approached her and freed her 00:02:26.229 --> 00:02:30.229 He started wiping her udder with his hand while mentioning the name of God over her 00:02:30.229 --> 00:02:34.229 The boy looked at him in astonishment and said to himself 00:02:34.229 --> 00:02:39.229 And when were the small sheep that the stallions did not prey on? 00:02:39.229 --> 00:02:41.229 It produces milk 00:02:41.229 --> 00:02:44.229 But Chat's udder soon swelled 00:02:44.229 --> 00:02:48.229 The milk flowed and copious amounts of oil came out of it 00:02:48.229 --> 00:02:52.229 The other man took a hollow stone from the ground 00:02:52.229 --> 00:02:54.229 And fill it with milk 00:02:54.229 --> 00:02:56.229 He and his friend drank from it 00:02:56.229 --> 00:02:59.229 Then he made me drink with them 00:02:59.229 --> 00:03:02.229 I can hardly believe what I see 00:03:02.229 --> 00:03:04.229 When we quenched our thirst 00:03:04.229 --> 00:03:06.229 The blessed man said to the udder of the sheep 00:03:06.229 --> 00:03:08.229 Contract 00:03:08.229 --> 00:03:12.229 It continued to contract until it returned to what it was 00:03:12.229 --> 00:03:14.229 At that 00:03:14.229 --> 00:03:16.229 I said to the blessed man 00:03:16.229 --> 00:03:19.229 Teach me what you said 00:03:19.229 --> 00:03:23.360 He told me that you are a teacher's boy 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:28.360 This was the beginning of Abdullah bin Masoud's story with Islam 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.360 For he was not the blessed man 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:34.360 Except the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:38.360 Its owner was none other than Al-Siddiq, may God be pleased with him 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:42.360 On that day, he fled to the outskirts of Mecca 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.360 Because the Quraysh exhausted them greatly 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:48.360 Because of the severity of the calamity that befell them 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:52.520 Just as the boy loved the Holy Messenger and his companion 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:54.520 And get attached to them 00:03:54.520 --> 00:03:57.520 The Messenger and his companion were impressed by the boy 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.520 His greatest honesty and firmness 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:02.520 And they marked the good in it 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:04.520 Only a little while passed 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:06.520 Until Abdullah bin Masoud converted to Islam 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:10.520 He offered himself to the Messenger of God to serve him 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:14.520 So the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, placed him in his service 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:16.519 Since that day 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:20.519 The lucky boy, Abdullah bin Masoud, moved 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:22.519 From caring for sheep 00:04:22.519 --> 00:04:25.519 To serve the Lord of creation and nations 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:27.519 Abdullah bin Masoud obliged 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.519 The Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.519 A delusion sticks to its owner 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.519 He accompanied him on his journey and on his journey 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:39.519 He accompanies him inside and outside the house 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:42.519 It would wake him up when he slept 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:44.519 He covers it when he takes a bath 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.519 He wears his shoes when he wants to go out 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:51.519 He takes them off his feet when they are about to enter 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:54.519 He carries his stick and a toothpick for him 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:58.519 He enters the room in front of him when he returns to his room 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:01.519 Rather, the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:05.519 He was allowed to enter whenever he wanted 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:09.519 And be aware of his secret without embarrassment or sin 00:05:09.519 --> 00:05:13.519 Until he was called the keeper of the secret of the Messenger of God 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.519 My Lord Abdullah bin Masoud 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:18.519 In the house of the Messenger of God 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:21.519 So be guided by his guidance and be well-mannered by his virtues 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:25.519 He followed him in every characteristic of him 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:33.519 It was even said about him that he is the closest person to the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, in terms of guidance and character 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:39.550 Ibn Masoud learned in the school of the Messenger, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him 00:05:39.550 --> 00:05:42.550 He was one of the Companions who read the Qur’an 00:05:42.550 --> 00:05:44.550 And make them understand its meanings 00:05:44.550 --> 00:05:46.550 And I teach them about God’s law 00:05:46.550 --> 00:05:50.550 There is no clearer evidence of this than the story of that man 00:05:50.550 --> 00:05:54.550 The one who approached Omar bin Al-Khattab while he was standing in Arafat 00:05:54.550 --> 00:05:58.550 He said to him, O Commander of the Faithful, I have come from Kufa 00:05:58.550 --> 00:06:03.550 It left a man who could memorize the Qur’an by heart 00:06:03.550 --> 00:06:07.550 Omar became extremely angry. He had never been so angry 00:06:07.550 --> 00:06:11.550 It swelled until it almost filled the space between the two branches of the nomad 00:06:11.550 --> 00:06:14.550 He said who is he? Woe to you 00:06:14.550 --> 00:06:17.550 Abdullah Ibn Masoud said 00:06:17.550 --> 00:06:23.550 It kept going off and on until it returned to its original state 00:06:23.550 --> 00:06:29.550 Then he said, “Woe to you, by God, I don’t know that any of the people are left.” 00:06:29.550 --> 00:06:34.550 I have more right to do this than him, and I will tell you about it 00:06:34.550 --> 00:06:37.550 Omar resumed his speech and said: 00:06:37.550 --> 00:06:40.550 He was the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:06:40.550 --> 00:06:43.550 One night he stayed with Abu Bakr 00:06:43.550 --> 00:06:46.550 They negotiate the affairs of Muslims 00:06:46.550 --> 00:06:48.550 And I was with them 00:06:48.550 --> 00:06:51.550 Then the Messenger of God came out and we went out with him 00:06:51.550 --> 00:06:56.550 If a man was standing and praying in the mosque, we could not find out 00:06:56.550 --> 00:07:01.550 The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, stood and listened to him 00:07:01.550 --> 00:07:04.550 Then he turned to us and said 00:07:04.550 --> 00:07:08.550 Whoever is pleased to read the Qur’an in a pure manner, as it was revealed 00:07:08.550 --> 00:07:12.550 Let him read it according to the reading of Ibn Umm Abd 00:07:12.550 --> 00:07:15.550 Then Abdullah Ibn Masoud sat praying 00:07:15.550 --> 00:07:19.550 So the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, started telling him 00:07:19.550 --> 00:07:22.550 Ask and it will be given to you. Ask and it will be given to you 00:07:22.550 --> 00:07:24.550 Then follow Omar saying 00:07:24.550 --> 00:07:29.550 So I said to myself, by God, I will attack Abdullah Ibn Masoud 00:07:29.550 --> 00:07:35.550 And I will give him good news that the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, has been secure in his supplications 00:07:35.550 --> 00:07:38.550 So I went to him and preached good tidings 00:07:38.550 --> 00:07:42.550 I found Abu Bakr who had preceded me to him and gave him good news 00:07:42.550 --> 00:07:46.550 Nor, by God, did I ever compete with Abu Bakr for anything good 00:07:46.550 --> 00:07:48.550 But he beat me to it 00:07:48.550 --> 00:07:53.550 Abdullah Ibn Masoud had reached a level of knowledge of the Book of God 00:07:53.550 --> 00:07:55.550 He was saying 00:07:55.550 --> 00:07:58.550 And God is the one besides whom there is no god 00:07:58.550 --> 00:08:01.550 No verse was revealed from the Book of God 00:08:01.550 --> 00:08:04.550 Except I know where it landed 00:08:04.550 --> 00:08:06.550 I know what was revealed 00:08:06.550 --> 00:08:11.550 If I know that someone is more knowledgeable about the Book of God than me, I will receive the reward 00:08:11.550 --> 00:08:13.550 I would have come to him 00:08:13.550 --> 00:08:18.550 Abdullah Ibn Masoud was not exaggerating in what he said about himself 00:08:18.550 --> 00:08:21.550 This is Omar bin Al-Khattab, may God be pleased with him 00:08:21.550 --> 00:08:24.550 He is riding on one of his journeys 00:08:24.550 --> 00:08:28.550 The night is a camp that covers the knees with its darkness 00:08:28.550 --> 00:08:31.550 In the group was Abdullah Ibn Masoud 00:08:31.550 --> 00:08:36.549 So Omar ordered a man to call them where the people were from 00:08:36.549 --> 00:08:38.549 Abdullah answered him 00:08:38.549 --> 00:08:40.549 From the deep jaw 00:08:40.549 --> 00:08:43.549 Omar said: Where do you want? 00:08:43.549 --> 00:08:45.549 Abdullah said 00:08:45.549 --> 00:08:47.649 The old house 00:08:47.649 --> 00:08:49.649 Omar said 00:08:49.649 --> 00:08:51.679 Indeed, among them is a scholar 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:53.679 He ordered a man to call them 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:55.679 Which Qur’an is the greatest? 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:57.679 Abdullah answered him 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:06.179 God, there is no god but He, the Ever-Living, the Sublime 00:09:06.179 --> 00:09:12.500 Do not take it for a year or a new year 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:14.500 Their club said 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:16.500 Which Qur’an is the wisest? 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:18.500 Abdullah said 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:23.500 God commands justice and benevolence 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:27.559 And bring it near 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.559 He forbids immorality 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:34.559 And the denier and the mule 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:41.289 He advises you so that you may remember 00:09:41.289 --> 00:09:43.289 Omar said 00:09:43.289 --> 00:09:44.289 Call them 00:09:44.289 --> 00:09:46.289 That is, the entire Qur’an 00:09:46.289 --> 00:09:48.289 Abdullah said 00:09:48.289 --> 00:09:53.289 Whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it 00:09:53.289 --> 00:10:00.289 And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it 00:10:00.289 --> 00:10:02.450 Omar said 00:10:02.450 --> 00:10:03.450 Call them 00:10:03.450 --> 00:10:05.450 Which Qur’an is more fearful? 00:10:05.450 --> 00:10:07.450 Abdullah said 00:10:07.450 --> 00:10:16.450 Not with your wishes or with the wishes of the People of the Book 00:10:16.450 --> 00:10:22.480 Whoever does evil will be rewarded for it 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:26.539 And he cannot find it without God 00:10:26.539 --> 00:10:30.539 A guardian or a helper 00:10:30.539 --> 00:10:31.539 Omar said 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:33.539 Call them 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:35.539 Which Qur’an do I hope for? 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:37.539 Abdullah said 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:41.539 Say, O My servants who have enriched themselves 00:10:41.539 --> 00:10:49.539 For themselves, do not despair of God’s mercy 00:10:49.539 --> 00:10:55.539 God forgives all sins 00:10:55.539 --> 00:11:01.539 He is the Forgiving, the Merciful 00:11:01.539 --> 00:11:02.539 Omar said 00:11:02.539 --> 00:11:03.539 Call them 00:11:03.539 --> 00:11:06.539 Is Abdullah bin Masoud the best among you? 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:07.539 They said 00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:09.539 Oh God, yes 00:11:09.539 --> 00:11:12.669 It was not Abdullah bin Masoud 00:11:12.669 --> 00:11:15.669 A reader, scholar, worshipper, and ascetic 00:11:15.669 --> 00:11:16.669 Just 00:11:16.669 --> 00:11:18.669 But it was nonetheless 00:11:18.669 --> 00:11:20.669 Strong and determined 00:11:20.669 --> 00:11:22.669 A brave warrior 00:11:22.669 --> 00:11:24.799 If the grandfather 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:29.799 He is considered the first Muslim on earth to recite the Qur’an out loud 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:32.799 After the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:36.799 One day, the companions of the Messenger of God gathered in Mecca 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:39.799 They were a vulnerable few 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:40.799 And they said 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:45.799 By God, the Quraysh never heard this Qur’an recited aloud to them 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.860 It is a man who listens to them 00:11:48.860 --> 00:11:50.860 Abdullah bin Masoud said 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:53.860 I hear them 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:54.860 And they said 00:11:54.860 --> 00:11:56.860 We fear them for you 00:11:56.860 --> 00:11:59.860 We only want a man with a clan 00:11:59.860 --> 00:12:03.860 She protects him and prevents him from them if they want him as a human 00:12:03.860 --> 00:12:04.860 And he said 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:05.860 Let me 00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:08.860 God will protect me and protect me 00:12:08.860 --> 00:12:13.860 Then he went to the mosque tomorrow until he came to the place of Ibrahim in the morning 00:12:13.860 --> 00:12:16.860 The Quraysh are sitting around the Kaaba 00:12:16.860 --> 00:12:19.860 So he stopped at the shrine and read 00:12:19.860 --> 00:12:21.860 In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:24.860 Raising his voice 00:12:24.860 --> 00:12:28.539 Most Gracious 00:12:28.539 --> 00:12:31.539 Science of the Qur’an 00:12:31.539 --> 00:12:37.549 Creation of man 00:12:37.549 --> 00:12:40.549 Teach him the statement 00:12:40.549 --> 00:12:43.190 And he went on reading it 00:12:43.190 --> 00:12:46.190 The Quraysh looked at him and said: 00:12:46.190 --> 00:12:48.190 What did Ibn Umm Abd say? 00:12:48.190 --> 00:12:50.190 Season it 00:12:50.190 --> 00:12:53.190 He recites some of what Muhammad brought 00:12:53.190 --> 00:12:55.190 And they rose to him 00:12:55.190 --> 00:12:58.190 They started hitting his face while he was reading 00:12:58.190 --> 00:13:02.190 Until he reached what God wished for him to reach 00:13:02.190 --> 00:13:06.190 Then he went back to his companions with blood flowing from him 00:13:06.190 --> 00:13:07.190 And they said to him 00:13:07.190 --> 00:13:10.190 This is what we feared for you 00:13:10.190 --> 00:13:13.190 He said, “By God, they were not enemies of God.” 00:13:13.190 --> 00:13:16.190 I'm easier in my eyes than them now 00:13:16.190 --> 00:13:20.190 If you wish, you can return to them with the same tomorrow 00:13:20.190 --> 00:13:23.190 They said no, it's enough for you 00:13:23.190 --> 00:13:26.220 I made them hear what they hate 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:28.220 Long live Abdullah bin Masoud 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:31.220 Until the time of the Caliphate of Othman, may God be pleased with him 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:34.220 When he fell ill, death 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:36.220 Othman came back to him 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:37.220 And he said to him 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:39.220 Don't complain 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:40.220 He said 00:13:40.220 --> 00:13:41.220 My sins 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:42.220 He said 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:44.220 Whatever you desire 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:45.220 He said 00:13:45.220 --> 00:13:47.220 God's mercy 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:48.220 He said 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:53.220 I command you to give me what you have refrained from taking for years 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:54.220 He said 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:56.220 I don't need it 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:57.220 He said 00:13:57.220 --> 00:14:00.220 Your daughters will be after you 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:01.220 He said 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:03.220 I fear poverty for my daughters 00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:08.220 I ordered them to recite Surah Al-Waqi’ah every night 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:13.220 And I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, saying 00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:16.220 Who reads the incident every night 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:18.220 He was never destitute 00:14:18.220 --> 00:14:21.350 And when the night came 00:14:21.350 --> 00:14:25.350 Abdullah bin Masoud joined the supreme companion 00:14:25.350 --> 00:14:28.350 His tongue is moist with the remembrance of God 00:14:28.350 --> 00:14:31.350 We declare with His clear signs 00:14:31.350 --> 00:14:37.409 Whoever is pleased to read the Qur’an in a pure manner, as it was revealed 00:14:37.409 --> 00:14:41.409 Let him read it according to the reading of Ibn Umm Abd 00:14:41.409 --> 00:14:44.789 Muhammad is the Messenger of God