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 exalted. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 Here is a challenge for you: who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:24,250 I am one of the Companions, from the masters of the Ansar. 5 00:00:24,250 --> 00:00:27,250 My father was the leader of the hypocrites. 6 00:00:27,250 --> 00:00:30,250 He named me al-Hubab. 7 00:00:31,250 --> 00:00:38,340 I witnessed all the battles alongside the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 8 00:00:38,340 --> 00:00:42,340 At the Battle of Uhud, my front tooth was knocked out. 9 00:00:42,340 --> 00:00:49,340 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, commanded me to replace it with a tooth made of gold. 10 00:00:49,340 --> 00:00:52,369 During the expedition of al-Muraysi‘, 11 00:00:52,369 --> 00:00:55,369 as we were returning to Medina, 12 00:00:55,369 --> 00:00:57,369 my father said, 13 00:00:57,369 --> 00:01:00,369 "By Allah, if we return to Medina, 14 00:01:00,369 --> 00:01:04,370 the most honorable among us will surely drive out the most abject." 15 00:01:04,370 --> 00:01:07,370 By "the most honorable," he meant himself, 16 00:01:07,370 --> 00:01:13,370 and by "the most abject," he meant our Prophet and beloved, Muhammad, peace be upon him. 17 00:01:13,370 --> 00:01:18,430 When this reached the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 18 00:01:18,430 --> 00:01:21,430 ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, 19 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:25,430 "Allow me to strike the neck of this hypocrite, O Messenger of Allah." 20 00:01:25,430 --> 00:01:28,530 But he, peace be upon him, replied, 21 00:01:28,530 --> 00:01:34,530 "No, so that it may not be said that Muhammad kills his companions." 22 00:01:34,530 --> 00:01:37,689 When I heard what my father had said, 23 00:01:37,689 --> 00:01:41,689 I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and said, 24 00:01:41,689 --> 00:01:43,689 "O Messenger of Allah, 25 00:01:43,689 --> 00:01:46,689 it has reached me that you intend to kill my father. 26 00:01:46,689 --> 00:01:49,689 If you must do so, 27 00:01:49,689 --> 00:01:51,689 then command me to do it, 28 00:01:51,689 --> 00:01:54,689 and I will bring his head to you." 29 00:01:54,689 --> 00:01:57,780 The Prophet, peace be upon him, replied, 30 00:01:57,780 --> 00:01:58,780 "No, 31 00:01:58,780 --> 00:02:00,780 rather, we shall treat him with kindness." 32 00:02:00,780 --> 00:02:02,980 When we arrived in Medina, 33 00:02:02,980 --> 00:02:08,979 I stood at its gate with my sword drawn before my father, 34 00:02:08,979 --> 00:02:11,979 and I prevented him from entering the city 35 00:02:11,979 --> 00:02:15,979 until the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, gave him permission. 36 00:02:15,979 --> 00:02:17,979 I said to him, 37 00:02:17,979 --> 00:02:22,979 "The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, is the honorable one, 38 00:02:22,979 --> 00:02:25,979 and you, my father, are the abject one." 39 00:02:26,979 --> 00:02:32,979 He did not enter Medina until the Prophet, peace be upon him, permitted him. 40 00:02:32,979 --> 00:02:37,030 In the ninth year of the Hijrah, 41 00:02:37,030 --> 00:02:39,030 my father died. 42 00:02:39,030 --> 00:02:43,030 The Prophet, peace be upon him, clothed him in his own shirt, 43 00:02:43,030 --> 00:02:45,030 prayed the funeral prayer over him, 44 00:02:45,030 --> 00:02:48,030 and sought forgiveness for him out of honor for me. 45 00:02:48,030 --> 00:02:51,030 Then Allah revealed His saying: 46 00:02:51,030 --> 00:02:58,030 “And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them who dieth, nor stand by his grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His messenger, and they died while they were evil-doers.” (9:84) 47 00:02:58,030 --> 00:03:00,099 So, who am I? 48 00:03:00,099 --> 00:03:05,659 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 49 00:03:05,659 --> 00:03:09,889 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 50 00:03:09,889 --> 00:03:14,889 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 51 00:03:14,889 --> 00:03:19,979 The best of generations in their stances and examples, 52 00:03:19,979 --> 00:03:24,979 they followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 53 00:03:24,979 --> 00:03:29,979 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives, 54 00:03:29,979 --> 00:03:34,979 and through their stances, their memory is exalted. 55 00:03:34,979 --> 00:03:39,979 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 56 00:03:39,979 --> 00:03:45,979 Has any star ever risen and shone like them? 57 00:03:45,979 --> 00:03:50,979 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 58 00:03:50,979 --> 00:03:55,979 and the world of mankind flourished with their grace.