WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Learn about the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 Solve this riddle: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:22.629 I was a rabbi among the rabbis of the Jews. 00:00:22.629 --> 00:00:25.660 And a scholar among their scholars. 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:28.660 I am a descendant of Joseph, son of Jacob. 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:33.659 Son of Isaac, son of Abraham, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all. 00:00:33.659 --> 00:00:37.820 The people of Medina, despite their various religions and sects, 00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:40.820 Used to honor and revere me. 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:47.820 After I embraced Islam, I became one of the closest companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:47.820 --> 00:00:50.920 My name during the Age of Ignorance was Husayn. 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:55.920 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, changed my name. 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:58.920 And he bore witness that I would enter Paradise. 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.820 I knew that this was the time of a prophet. 00:01:02.820 --> 00:01:04.819 And I was awaiting his mission. 00:01:04.819 --> 00:01:09.939 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, arrived in Medina, 00:01:09.939 --> 00:01:11.939 People rushed toward him. 00:01:11.939 --> 00:01:14.980 I was among those who came to him. 00:01:14.980 --> 00:01:16.980 When I looked closely at his face, 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:20.980 I knew that his face was not the face of a liar. 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:26.099 The first thing I heard him say was: 00:01:26.099 --> 00:01:29.099 "O people, spread peace (salam), 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:31.099 Feed the hungry, 00:01:31.099 --> 00:01:33.099 Maintain ties of kinship, 00:01:33.099 --> 00:01:36.099 And pray at night while people are sleeping, 00:01:36.099 --> 00:01:39.099 You will enter Paradise in peace." 00:01:39.099 --> 00:01:43.519 Then I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:48.519 And I asked him about things that only a prophet would know. 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:50.549 He answered them for me. 00:01:50.549 --> 00:01:52.549 So I embraced Islam, 00:01:52.549 --> 00:01:55.549 And I bore witness that there is no god but Allah, 00:01:55.549 --> 00:01:58.620 And that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:01:58.620 --> 00:01:59.620 Then I said, 00:01:59.620 --> 00:02:01.620 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:01.620 --> 00:02:04.620 The Jews are a people of slander. 00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:09.620 If they learn of my Islam, they will slander me before you. 00:02:09.620 --> 00:02:13.680 So send for them and ask them about me." 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.680 The Prophet, peace be upon him, sent for them, 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:20.680 And asked them about me while I was behind a curtain. 00:02:20.680 --> 00:02:22.680 They said, 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:24.680 "He is the best of us and the son of the best of us, 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:27.680 Our scholar and the son of our scholar, 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.680 Our most learned in fiqh and the son of our most learned in fiqh." 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:31.710 He said, 00:02:31.710 --> 00:02:33.710 "What do you think if he embraces Islam? 00:02:33.710 --> 00:02:35.710 Will you embrace Islam?" 00:02:35.710 --> 00:02:36.710 They said, 00:02:36.710 --> 00:02:39.710 "May Allah protect him from that!" 00:02:39.710 --> 00:02:42.710 Then I came out to them and said, 00:02:42.710 --> 00:02:45.710 "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, 00:02:45.710 --> 00:02:48.710 And that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." 00:02:48.710 --> 00:02:50.840 They said to me, 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:53.840 "You are the worst of us and the son of the worst of us, 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:56.840 Our most ignorant and the son of our most ignorant." 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:58.840 So I said, 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.840 "This is what I feared from them, O Messenger of Allah." 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:05.840 Then Allah revealed regarding us: 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:12.840 “Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye disbelieve therein, and a witness of the Children of Israel hath already testified to the like thereof and hath believed, and ye are too proud (what plight is yours)? Lo! Allah guideth not wrong-doing folk.” (46:10) 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:18.840 “Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye disbelieve therein, and a witness of the Children of Israel hath already testified to the like thereof and hath believed, and ye are too proud (what plight is yours)? Lo! Allah guideth not wrong-doing folk.” (46:10) 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:22.840 “Bethink you: If it is from Allah and ye disbelieve therein, and a witness of the Children of Israel hath already testified to the like thereof and hath believed, and ye are too proud (what plight is yours)? Lo! Allah guideth not wrong-doing folk.” (46:10) 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:28.840 "And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people." 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:31.740 I once had a dream, 00:03:31.740 --> 00:03:35.740 And I narrated it to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:03:35.740 --> 00:03:37.740 I said, 00:03:37.740 --> 00:03:40.740 "I saw that I was in a green garden, 00:03:40.740 --> 00:03:43.740 In the middle of which was an iron pillar, 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:45.740 Its base was in the earth, 00:03:45.740 --> 00:03:47.740 And its top was in the sky. 00:03:47.740 --> 00:03:49.740 At its top was a handle. 00:03:49.740 --> 00:03:51.740 It was said to me, 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:53.740 'Climb it.' 00:03:53.740 --> 00:03:56.740 So I climbed until I took hold of the handle. 00:03:56.740 --> 00:03:58.830 It was said, 00:03:58.830 --> 00:04:00.830 'Hold fast to the handle.' 00:04:00.830 --> 00:04:04.860 I woke up, and it was still in my hand." 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:06.860 When morning came, 00:04:06.860 --> 00:04:09.860 I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:04:09.860 --> 00:04:12.860 And I narrated it to him. 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:13.900 He said, 00:04:13.900 --> 00:04:15.900 "As for the garden, 00:04:15.900 --> 00:04:17.899 It is the garden of Islam. 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:19.899 As for the pillar, 00:04:19.899 --> 00:04:21.899 It is the pillar of Islam. 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:23.899 And as for the handle, 00:04:23.899 --> 00:04:25.899 It is the firmest handle (al-'urwah al-wuthqa). 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:29.899 You will remain upon Islam until you die." 00:04:29.899 --> 00:04:32.149 So, who am I? 00:04:32.149 --> 00:04:38.850 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:38.850 --> 00:04:41.850 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:41.850 --> 00:04:44.850 When the next episode is released, 00:04:44.850 --> 00:04:46.850 If Allah wills. 00:04:46.850 --> 00:04:51.910 The best of generations in their stances and examples, 00:04:51.910 --> 00:04:56.910 Following the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 00:04:56.910 --> 00:05:01.910 They were here, watering our lives like rain, 00:05:01.910 --> 00:05:07.910 They passed on, yet their memory remains exalted among us. 00:05:07.910 --> 00:05:12.910 They departed and left a question in the conscience: 00:05:12.910 --> 00:05:17.910 Has any star ever risen and shone like them? 00:05:17.910 --> 00:05:22.910 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 00:05:22.910 --> 00:05:27.910 And the world of mankind flourished through them.