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 those of the highest rank. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:26,339 I am one of the Companions from the Ansar and one of the leaders present on the night of al-'Aqabah. 5 00:00:26,339 --> 00:00:29,600 I embraced Islam because of a woman. 6 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,600 I had proposed to Umm Sulaym after the death of her husband. 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,600 She said, "A man like you cannot be turned away." 8 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,630 "But you are a disbeliever." 9 00:00:41,630 --> 00:00:44,630 "If you embrace Islam, I will be pleased to have you as a husband." 10 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:47,630 "I will make your Islam my dowry." 11 00:00:47,630 --> 00:00:51,630 So I embraced Islam, and then I married her. 12 00:00:51,630 --> 00:00:54,630 The Muslims used to say, 13 00:00:54,630 --> 00:00:56,630 "We have never heard of a dowry," 14 00:00:56,630 --> 00:00:59,630 "more noble than the dowry of Umm Sulaym." 15 00:00:59,630 --> 00:01:02,630 For she made her dowry the acceptance of Islam. 16 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:05,500 Then, one day, 17 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:07,500 a son of ours fell ill. 18 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,500 I went out to attend to some of my needs, 19 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:11,500 and the boy passed away. 20 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:13,560 When I returned, 21 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,560 I asked, "What has become of the boy?" 22 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,560 My wife, Umm Sulaym, replied, 23 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,560 "He is quieter than he was before." 24 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,560 She then brought me my dinner, 25 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,560 and I ate. 26 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,560 Then I was intimate with her. 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:29,560 When I had finished, 28 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,560 she asked, "What do you think of a family," 29 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,560 "who were lent something," 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,560 "by another family?" 31 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,560 "When the owners asked for their loan back," 32 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,560 "they refused to return it." 33 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,560 I said, "That is not right for them to do." 34 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,560 She said, "Well, your son," 35 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,560 "was a loan from Allah the Exalted." 36 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,560 "He let you enjoy him for as long as He willed," 37 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,560 "and He took him back when He willed." 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,689 This weighed heavily upon my soul. 39 00:01:58,689 --> 00:02:00,689 When morning came, 40 00:02:00,689 --> 00:02:03,689 I went to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 41 00:02:03,689 --> 00:02:07,689 and informed him of what my wife, Umm Sulaym, had done. 42 00:02:07,689 --> 00:02:10,689 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 43 00:02:10,689 --> 00:02:12,689 "Did you consummate your marriage last night?" 44 00:02:12,689 --> 00:02:14,689 I said, "Yes." 45 00:02:14,689 --> 00:02:16,689 He said, "May Allah," 46 00:02:16,689 --> 00:02:18,689 "bless you both," 47 00:02:18,689 --> 00:02:20,689 "in your night." 48 00:02:20,689 --> 00:02:23,750 Allah then blessed me with nine children, 49 00:02:23,750 --> 00:02:26,750 all of whom had memorized the Qur'an. 50 00:02:26,750 --> 00:02:30,460 One day, I said to Umm Sulaym, 51 00:02:30,460 --> 00:02:35,460 "I heard the voice of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sounding weak," 52 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:38,460 "and I could detect hunger in it." 53 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:40,460 "Do you have anything?" 54 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:42,460 She said, "Yes." 55 00:02:42,460 --> 00:02:45,460 She brought out some barley loaves, 56 00:02:45,460 --> 00:02:47,460 and prepared some bread. 57 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:51,460 Then I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 58 00:02:51,460 --> 00:02:55,460 and found him in the mosque with people around him. 59 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:58,460 I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah," 60 00:02:58,460 --> 00:03:00,460 "I have prepared some food for you." 61 00:03:00,460 --> 00:03:05,460 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to those with him, 62 00:03:05,460 --> 00:03:06,460 "Rise." 63 00:03:06,460 --> 00:03:09,460 He set off, and I walked ahead of them, 64 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:12,460 until I reached Umm Sulaym. 65 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:13,460 I said to her, 66 00:03:13,460 --> 00:03:18,460 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and the people have come," 67 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:21,460 "and we do not have enough to feed them all." 68 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:22,460 She said, 69 00:03:22,460 --> 00:03:25,460 "Allah and His Messenger know best." 70 00:03:25,460 --> 00:03:29,490 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, arrived, 71 00:03:29,490 --> 00:03:31,490 and said, 72 00:03:31,490 --> 00:03:34,490 "Bring what you have, Umm Sulaym." 73 00:03:34,490 --> 00:03:37,490 She brought him that bread. 74 00:03:37,490 --> 00:03:40,490 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, prayed over it. 75 00:03:41,490 --> 00:03:45,490 Then he said to me, 76 00:03:45,490 --> 00:03:48,490 "Give permission for ten men to enter." 77 00:03:48,490 --> 00:03:50,490 I gave them permission. 78 00:03:50,490 --> 00:03:54,490 They ate until they were full and then left. 79 00:03:54,490 --> 00:03:55,490 Then he said, 80 00:03:55,490 --> 00:03:58,490 "Give permission for ten more." 81 00:03:58,490 --> 00:04:00,490 I gave them permission. 82 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:03,490 They ate until they were full and then left. 83 00:04:03,490 --> 00:04:05,490 And so it continued, 84 00:04:05,490 --> 00:04:08,490 until all the people had eaten. 85 00:04:08,490 --> 00:04:12,490 The group consisted of seventy or eighty men. 86 00:04:12,490 --> 00:04:17,319 After the passing of the Messenger, peace be upon him, 87 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:21,319 I fasted continuously for over twenty years. 88 00:04:21,319 --> 00:04:26,319 I would only break my fast on the days of Eid or in times of illness, 89 00:04:26,319 --> 00:04:29,420 until my time came. 90 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:31,579 So, who am I? 91 00:04:41,529 --> 00:04:46,529 Find out in the next episode, if Allah wills. 92 00:04:46,529 --> 00:04:51,910 The best of generations in their stance and example. 93 00:04:51,910 --> 00:04:56,910 They followed the Messenger wherever he led or spoke. 94 00:04:56,910 --> 00:05:01,910 They were here, watering our lives like rain. 95 00:05:01,910 --> 00:05:06,910 Their memory lives on within us, exalted. 96 00:05:06,910 --> 00:05:11,910 They departed, leaving a question in our conscience: 97 00:05:11,910 --> 00:05:16,910 Is there any star that has risen and shone like them? 98 00:05:16,910 --> 00:05:21,910 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 99 00:05:21,910 --> 00:05:27,100 and the world of the people flourished because of them.