1 00:00:01,300 --> 00:00:12,179 Pause and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 2 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:16,179 A new "Who Am I?" challenge. 3 00:00:16,179 --> 00:00:24,160 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from the people of Medina. 4 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:32,159 I was one of the valiant men of the Arabs and one of their most famous figures in courage, daring, bravery, and chivalry. 5 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:35,770 I was also one of their most lethal fighters during the pre-Islamic Era of Ignorance. 6 00:00:35,770 --> 00:00:38,770 I participated with the army of the polytheists in the Battle of Uhud. 7 00:00:38,770 --> 00:00:42,770 Then I embraced Islam after they departed from the battlefield. 8 00:00:42,770 --> 00:00:48,770 The first expedition I participated in as a Muslim was the Expedition of Bi'r Ma'unah. 9 00:00:48,770 --> 00:00:53,770 That was when Hawazin betrayed the Muslims and killed them all. 10 00:00:53,770 --> 00:00:57,770 Coinciding with this event, I happened to pass by the location. 11 00:00:57,770 --> 00:01:00,770 I was with Al-Mundhir Ibn 'Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him). 12 00:01:00,770 --> 00:01:04,769 We saw birds hovering in the sky. 13 00:01:04,769 --> 00:01:09,769 So we said, "The birds must be hovering over something." 14 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:12,769 We rushed to see what the matter was. 15 00:01:12,769 --> 00:01:19,769 We found our companions slain where they lay, with the treacherous polytheists surrounding them. 16 00:01:19,769 --> 00:01:22,769 So we dismounted and fought the people. 17 00:01:22,769 --> 00:01:25,769 As for my companion Al-Mundhir, he was killed. 18 00:01:25,769 --> 00:01:30,769 As for me, 'Amir Ibn al-Tufayl took me prisoner. 19 00:01:30,769 --> 00:01:34,769 He then set me free in fulfillment of a vow to manumit a slave on behalf of his mother. 20 00:01:34,769 --> 00:01:36,829 So I returned to Medina. 21 00:01:36,829 --> 00:01:41,829 Yet the sight of my companions treacherous slain never left my mind. 22 00:01:41,829 --> 00:01:45,469 When I approached Medina, 23 00:01:45,469 --> 00:01:48,469 I met two men from Hawazin. 24 00:01:48,469 --> 00:01:52,469 I wanted to take revenge for the Muslims who had been treacherously killed. 25 00:01:52,469 --> 00:01:55,469 So we rested together in the shade of a tree. 26 00:01:55,469 --> 00:01:58,469 When they fell asleep, I killed them. 27 00:01:58,469 --> 00:02:03,469 However, they possessed a covenant of protection from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 28 00:02:03,469 --> 00:02:05,659 which I did not know about. 29 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:08,659 So I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) 30 00:02:08,659 --> 00:02:10,659 and informed him of what I had done. 31 00:02:10,659 --> 00:02:13,659 He severely reproved me for killing them, 32 00:02:13,659 --> 00:02:15,659 but then he pardoned me, 33 00:02:15,659 --> 00:02:18,659 and he ordered that the blood money for these two slain men be paid. 34 00:02:18,659 --> 00:02:23,340 The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) later dispatched me 35 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:25,340 to the Negus in Abyssinia 36 00:02:25,340 --> 00:02:28,340 with two letters he had written to him. 37 00:02:28,340 --> 00:02:30,340 In one of them, 38 00:02:30,340 --> 00:02:34,340 he requested him to marry him to Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her). 39 00:02:34,340 --> 00:02:36,340 In the other, 40 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:40,340 he asked him to send to him the remaining Muslims who were still with him. 41 00:02:40,340 --> 00:02:42,340 So I traveled to him 42 00:02:42,340 --> 00:02:45,340 and delivered the two letters to him. 43 00:02:45,340 --> 00:02:48,340 He read them and returned the greeting of peace. 44 00:02:48,340 --> 00:02:53,340 Then the Negus married him to Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) 45 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:57,560 and sent his companions to him in two ships. 46 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,560 So, who am I?