WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.360 Stop. 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:12.140 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 Solve this riddle: Who am I? 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:22.539 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:22.539 --> 00:00:25.539 I am the leader of the Thaqif tribe. 00:00:25.539 --> 00:00:27.539 I am one of the notables of the Arabs. 00:00:27.539 --> 00:00:31.539 I attained leadership and nobility from a young age. 00:00:31.539 --> 00:00:35.670 I am the one intended by the polytheists when they said: 00:00:35.670 --> 00:00:41.670 “And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?” (43:31) 00:00:41.670 --> 00:00:44.740 They were referring to me from Ta'if. 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:48.740 And al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah from Makkah. 00:00:48.740 --> 00:00:55.729 The Quraysh sent me to negotiate with the Prophet, peace be upon him, at al-Hudaybiyah. 00:00:55.729 --> 00:00:58.759 I came to him and spoke with him. 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:01.759 I observed the state of his Companions around him. 00:01:01.759 --> 00:01:05.819 I returned to the people of Makkah and said to them: 00:01:05.819 --> 00:01:09.819 "I have seen something astonishing from the Companions of Muhammad." 00:01:09.819 --> 00:01:13.819 "By Allah, he does not spit out any phlegm," 00:01:13.819 --> 00:01:16.819 "but that it falls into the palm of one of them," 00:01:16.819 --> 00:01:19.819 "who then rubs it onto his face and skin." 00:01:19.819 --> 00:01:22.819 "If he commands them, they hasten to fulfill his command." 00:01:22.819 --> 00:01:24.819 "And if he performs ablution," 00:01:24.819 --> 00:01:27.819 "they almost fight over the remains of his water." 00:01:27.819 --> 00:01:29.819 "And if he speaks," 00:01:29.819 --> 00:01:32.819 "they lower their voices in his presence." 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:36.920 "And they do not stare at him out of reverence for him." 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.269 "O people," 00:01:39.269 --> 00:01:42.269 "by Allah, I have visited kings." 00:01:42.269 --> 00:01:46.269 "I have visited Caesar, Chosroes, and the Negus." 00:01:46.269 --> 00:01:50.269 "By Allah, I have never seen a king whose companions revere him," 00:01:50.269 --> 00:01:54.269 "as the Companions of Muhammad revere Muhammad." 00:01:54.269 --> 00:01:58.299 "He has offered you a path of guidance," 00:01:58.299 --> 00:02:01.299 "so accept it." 00:02:01.299 --> 00:02:06.299 I was with my people in Ta'if when the Prophet, peace be upon him, besieged it. 00:02:06.299 --> 00:02:09.580 After the Battle of Hunayn. 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:13.580 When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, departed, 00:02:13.580 --> 00:02:15.580 I followed in his tracks. 00:02:15.580 --> 00:02:18.580 I caught up with him before he reached Madinah. 00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:20.580 I embraced Islam. 00:02:20.580 --> 00:02:22.580 I asked him if I could return to my people, 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:25.650 to call them to Islam. 00:02:25.650 --> 00:02:29.650 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to me: 00:02:29.650 --> 00:02:31.650 "They will kill you." 00:02:31.650 --> 00:02:33.900 I said: 00:02:33.900 --> 00:02:34.900 "O Messenger of Allah," 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:38.900 "I am beloved and obeyed among them," 00:02:38.900 --> 00:02:42.900 "and I am dearer to them than their own eyes." 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:46.900 "Even if they found me sleeping, they would not wake me." 00:02:46.900 --> 00:02:48.900 So he gave me permission. 00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:53.060 I went out to them, calling them to Islam. 00:02:53.060 --> 00:02:55.060 When I reached Ta'if, 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:57.060 I stood upon a high place, 00:02:57.060 --> 00:03:00.060 and I called them to Islam. 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:02.060 I openly declared my religion to them. 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:06.099 They shot arrows at me from every direction. 00:03:06.099 --> 00:03:09.099 An arrow struck me in a vital spot. 00:03:09.099 --> 00:03:12.219 My family carried me to the house, 00:03:12.219 --> 00:03:14.219 and they said to me: 00:03:14.219 --> 00:03:16.379 "What do you think of your blood?" 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:17.379 I said: 00:03:17.379 --> 00:03:20.379 "It is an honor with which Allah has graced me," 00:03:20.379 --> 00:03:24.419 "and martyrdom that Allah has brought to me." 00:03:24.419 --> 00:03:30.419 "There is nothing in me but what is in the martyrs who were killed in the cause of Allah," 00:03:30.419 --> 00:03:33.419 "with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 00:03:33.419 --> 00:03:36.419 "Before he departs from you," 00:03:36.419 --> 00:03:40.379 "bury me with them." 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:43.379 They used to say that my status among my people 00:03:43.379 --> 00:03:46.379 was like the status of the man from Ya-Sin among his people, 00:03:46.379 --> 00:03:49.599 who called them to Allah and they killed him. 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.599 The Prophet, peace be upon him, mentioned 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:57.599 that he saw 'Isa ibn Maryam, peace be upon him, 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:02.240 and I am the person who resembles him most. 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:08.210 So, who am I? 00:04:08.210 --> 00:04:12.430 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:12.430 --> 00:04:16.430 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:16.430 --> 00:04:20.430 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.