1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Pause. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most eminent figures. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:27,949 I am one of the Companions, a prominent figure among the Ansar, and one of their leaders at the Second Pledge of 'Aqabah. 5 00:00:27,949 --> 00:00:31,019 I placed my family and my wealth at the service of Islam. 6 00:00:31,019 --> 00:00:34,020 I took part in the Battles of Badr and Uhud, 7 00:00:34,020 --> 00:00:37,020 and in the latter, I was martyred. 8 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:40,039 On the night before the Battle of Uhud, 9 00:00:40,039 --> 00:00:43,039 I called my son and said to him: 10 00:00:43,039 --> 00:00:46,039 "I see myself as nothing other than among the first to be slain tomorrow 11 00:00:46,039 --> 00:00:50,039 from among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 12 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:54,039 Indeed, after myself, I leave behind no one dearer to me than you, 13 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:58,039 except the soul of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 14 00:00:58,039 --> 00:01:01,039 I have debts, so pay them off on my behalf, 15 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:04,040 and treat your sisters well." 16 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,230 When morning came, 17 00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:10,230 we went out to fight toward Mount Uhud. 18 00:01:10,230 --> 00:01:13,230 Then the head of the hypocrites, 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy, withdrew 19 00:01:13,230 --> 00:01:15,230 with a third of the army. 20 00:01:15,230 --> 00:01:18,230 So I went to him and advised him to return, 21 00:01:18,230 --> 00:01:20,230 but he refused. 22 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:22,230 I said to him: 23 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:25,230 "May you perish! May Allah distance you! 24 00:01:25,230 --> 00:01:30,230 Allah, Mighty and Majestic is He, will make His Messenger, peace be upon him, independent of you." 25 00:01:30,230 --> 00:01:35,180 When the fighting began, 26 00:01:35,180 --> 00:01:40,180 I charged toward the polytheists with total eagerness, longing for martyrdom. 27 00:01:40,180 --> 00:01:43,180 I was the very first to be slain in the battle, 28 00:01:43,180 --> 00:01:46,219 and the polytheists mutilated my body. 29 00:01:46,219 --> 00:01:48,219 My sister wept over me, 30 00:01:48,219 --> 00:01:52,219 so the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to her: 31 00:01:52,219 --> 00:01:55,219 "Whether you weep for him or not, 32 00:01:55,219 --> 00:02:01,219 the angels continued to shade him with their wings until you lifted him up." 33 00:02:01,219 --> 00:02:04,280 Then they buried me at the site of the battle. 34 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:11,210 After that, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, spoke to me directly without any veil. 35 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:13,210 He said to me: 36 00:02:13,210 --> 00:02:15,210 "Wish, My servant! 37 00:02:15,210 --> 00:02:18,210 Ask Me, and I shall give you whatever you desire." 38 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:19,210 So I said: 39 00:02:19,210 --> 00:02:20,210 "O Lord, 40 00:02:20,210 --> 00:02:23,210 bring me back to life so that I may be slain for Your sake a second time!" 41 00:02:23,210 --> 00:02:25,270 He, Glorified is He, said to me: 42 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:31,270 "Indeed, the Word has already gone forth from Me that they shall not return to it." 43 00:02:31,270 --> 00:02:32,300 I said: 44 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:33,300 "O Lord, 45 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,300 then convey this to those behind me." 46 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:38,300 So Allah Almighty revealed His divine word. 47 00:02:38,300 --> 00:02:44,300 “Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.” (3:169) 48 00:02:44,300 --> 00:02:49,300 “Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.” (3:169) 49 00:02:49,300 --> 00:02:54,500 And this virtue was not established for anyone other than me. 50 00:02:54,500 --> 00:03:01,259 Forty-six years later, a flood came and unearthed some of the graves, 51 00:03:01,259 --> 00:03:04,259 so they came to move my location. 52 00:03:04,259 --> 00:03:08,259 They found me in my grave as if I were asleep, 53 00:03:08,259 --> 00:03:12,259 without the slightest change in my state. 54 00:03:12,259 --> 00:03:16,330 When they lifted me, my hand moved away from my wound, 55 00:03:16,330 --> 00:03:21,330 and blood gushed out as if I had just been killed that very hour. 56 00:03:21,330 --> 00:03:24,330 So they returned my hand to its place, 57 00:03:24,330 --> 00:03:26,710 and the blood stopped flowing. 58 00:03:26,710 --> 00:03:30,409 So, who am I? 59 00:03:56,789 --> 00:04:01,789 They passed away, leaving a question echoing in the conscience: 60 00:04:01,789 --> 00:04:06,789 Has any star like them ever risen and shone in the heavens? 61 00:04:06,789 --> 00:04:11,789 They filled life with glorious deeds through their actions, 62 00:04:11,789 --> 00:04:16,790 and the world of mankind flourished through them.