WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:12.140 Pause and reflect on 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 --> 00:00:21.219 I am a Qurayshi female Companion. 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:24.219 I embraced Islam in Makkah before the Hijrah. 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.219 And I migrated to Madinah. 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:30.350 I was among the most intelligent and virtuous of women. 00:00:30.350 --> 00:00:34.350 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to visit us. 00:00:34.350 --> 00:00:36.350 And he would take a midday nap at our home. 00:00:36.350 --> 00:00:40.350 I had set aside a special garment for him for this purpose. 00:00:40.350 --> 00:00:43.350 I kept this garment and the bedding. 00:00:43.350 --> 00:00:48.350 Upon which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to sleep. 00:00:48.350 --> 00:00:54.539 I was among the few who knew how to read and write during the Jahiliyyah. 00:00:54.539 --> 00:00:58.539 Furthermore, I was a physician and a practitioner of Ruqyah. 00:00:58.539 --> 00:01:03.609 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave me a house in Madinah. 00:01:03.609 --> 00:01:08.609 So that the house would become a center of learning for women. 00:01:08.609 --> 00:01:14.609 I taught the women of the Muslims there how to read, write, practice medicine, and perform Ruqyah. 00:01:14.609 --> 00:01:19.609 Thus, I am the first female teacher in Islam. 00:01:19.609 --> 00:01:22.640 Among those who studied under me was. 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:24.640 Hafsah bint Umar. 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:27.640 The wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.629 I used to go out with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, on his military expeditions. 00:01:34.629 --> 00:01:37.629 To treat the wounded. 00:01:37.629 --> 00:01:41.700 The Companions used to come to my house for medical treatment. 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:47.700 One day, a man from the Ansar was afflicted with a condition called 'al-namlah'. 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.700 These are sores that appear on the sides of the body. 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:55.700 It was named as such because the patient feels in the area of the sores. 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:59.700 As if an ant is walking on them and biting them. 00:01:59.700 --> 00:02:01.700 So they directed him to me. 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:04.700 He came to me and asked me to perform Ruqyah on him. 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:06.700 I said to him: 00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:09.699 "By Allah, I have not performed Ruqyah on anyone since I embraced Islam." 00:02:09.699 --> 00:02:14.860 The man went to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:16.860 And informed him of what I had said. 00:02:16.860 --> 00:02:20.860 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, summoned me. 00:02:20.860 --> 00:02:22.860 And said: 00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:25.860 So I presented it to him. 00:02:25.860 --> 00:02:27.860 He said: 00:02:30.860 --> 00:02:33.860 "Just as you taught her writing." 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:38.719 Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, used to defer to my opinion. 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:42.719 He cared for me and favored me over other women. 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:44.719 And since that time: 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:46.719 I came to him one day. 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:49.719 And found 'Atikah bint Usayd at his door. 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:52.719 We entered together to see him. 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.719 We spoke for a while in his presence. 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.719 He called for a mat. 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:58.719 And gave it to me. 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:00.719 Then he called for a lesser mat. 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.719 And gave it to 'Atikah. 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:04.780 'Atikah said: 00:03:04.780 --> 00:03:06.780 "May your hands be covered in dust, O Umar! 00:03:06.780 --> 00:03:08.780 I am earlier than her in Islam. 00:03:08.780 --> 00:03:11.780 And I am your cousin, unlike her. 00:03:11.780 --> 00:03:13.780 You sent for me. 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:15.780 And she came to you of her own accord. 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:19.780 Yet you give her something better than what you gave me." 00:03:19.780 --> 00:03:22.009 He said to her: 00:03:22.009 --> 00:03:25.009 "I had only set that one aside for you. 00:03:25.009 --> 00:03:27.039 But when you both gathered. 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:30.039 I remembered that she is closer to the Messenger of Allah, 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.039 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, than you are. 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.039 So I gave her precedence over you." 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:39.580 Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, arrived one day. 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:40.580 For the Fajr prayer. 00:03:40.580 --> 00:03:43.580 Then he passed by me and said: 00:03:43.580 --> 00:03:45.580 "O Umm Sulayman, 00:03:45.580 --> 00:03:48.580 I did not see Sulayman at the morning prayer." 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:50.580 I said to him: 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:52.580 "He spent the night in prayer. 00:03:52.580 --> 00:03:54.580 And his eyes overcame him." 00:03:54.580 --> 00:03:56.620 Umar said: 00:03:56.620 --> 00:03:59.620 "For me to attend the morning prayer in congregation. 00:03:59.620 --> 00:04:03.620 Is more beloved to me than standing in prayer for the whole night." 00:04:03.620 --> 00:04:08.349 One day, I saw some young men walking with a slow, deliberate gait. 00:04:08.349 --> 00:04:10.349 And speaking softly. 00:04:10.349 --> 00:04:13.349 I said: "What is this?" 00:04:13.349 --> 00:04:16.350 They said: "We are ascetics." 00:04:16.350 --> 00:04:18.379 I said to them: 00:04:18.379 --> 00:04:22.379 "By Allah, when Umar spoke, he was heard. 00:04:22.379 --> 00:04:24.379 When he walked, he moved quickly. 00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:26.379 And when he struck, he caused pain. 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:30.740 And he, by Allah, is the true ascetic." 00:04:30.740 --> 00:04:36.860 So, who am I? 00:04:36.860 --> 00:04:41.089 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:41.089 --> 00:04:45.089 We will pin the correct answer in the comments. 00:04:45.089 --> 00:04:49.089 When the next episode is released, Allah willing.