1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Stop. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most eminent among them. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:27,820 I am one of the Companions, a leader of the Ansar, and one of their chieftains on the day of the Pledge of 'Aqabah. 5 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:30,820 I was skilled in writing during the pre-Islamic era. 6 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:33,820 I was also proficient in swimming and archery. 7 00:00:33,820 --> 00:00:38,780 For this reason, they used to call me "the Perfect One." 8 00:00:38,780 --> 00:00:40,780 I am the only one among the Ansar 9 00:00:40,780 --> 00:00:45,780 who suffered the same persecution that the Emigrants (Muhajirun) endured in Makkah. 10 00:00:45,780 --> 00:00:52,780 This is because the Quraysh sent their horsemen to pursue the delegation from Madinah after the Hajj season, 11 00:00:52,780 --> 00:00:57,780 during which we pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 12 00:00:57,780 --> 00:01:00,780 They did not catch anyone but me. 13 00:01:00,780 --> 00:01:03,780 They seized me and tied my hands to my neck. 14 00:01:03,780 --> 00:01:06,780 They took me back to Makkah, 15 00:01:06,780 --> 00:01:09,780 where they gathered around me, striking me, 16 00:01:09,780 --> 00:01:13,780 and inflicting upon me whatever torment they wished. 17 00:01:13,780 --> 00:01:17,780 Then, a man among them took me aside, as if he felt pity for me. 18 00:01:17,780 --> 00:01:23,780 He said, "Woe to you! Do you have no one in Makkah to grant you protection?" 19 00:01:23,780 --> 00:01:25,780 I replied, "No." 20 00:01:25,780 --> 00:01:31,780 "Except that al-'As ibn Wa'il used to visit us in Madinah, and we would honor him." 21 00:01:31,780 --> 00:01:36,780 The man from the group said, "Mention my cousin, for I am his neighbor." 22 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:40,780 "By Allah, no one among you shall reach him." 23 00:01:40,780 --> 00:01:43,900 So they desisted from me. 24 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:51,000 In Madinah, I dedicated all my wealth to the service of Islam and the honoring of the Muslims. 25 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:57,000 For a man from the Ansar would take one of the Emigrants to his home, 26 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,000 or two, or three. 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,000 But I would take all the People of the Suffah to my house and honor them. 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,000 They were between seventy and eighty men. 29 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,060 I would prepare tharid with meat in a large bowl, 30 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:17,060 and send it to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 31 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:25,099 My bowl would circulate with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, among the houses of all his wives. 32 00:02:25,099 --> 00:02:27,099 Because of this, 33 00:02:27,099 --> 00:02:32,099 I always asked my Lord for more of His bounty and provision. 34 00:02:32,099 --> 00:02:33,099 I would say, 35 00:02:33,099 --> 00:02:36,099 "O Allah, grant me glory, 36 00:02:36,099 --> 00:02:39,099 and there is no glory without deeds, 37 00:02:39,099 --> 00:02:42,159 and there are no deeds without wealth. 38 00:02:42,159 --> 00:02:46,159 O Allah, a little wealth does not suit me, 39 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:49,219 nor do I suit it." 40 00:02:49,219 --> 00:02:51,219 I was also extremely protective and jealous (ghayrah). 41 00:02:51,219 --> 00:02:54,280 People knew this about me. 42 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,280 I never married a woman 43 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,280 except that she was a virgin. 44 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,280 And I never divorced a woman 45 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,280 such that anyone would dare to marry her after me. 46 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:12,460 I also placed my horsemanship and military expertise in the service of Islam. 47 00:03:12,460 --> 00:03:18,460 The banner of the Emigrants in battles was with 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, 48 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:21,490 and the banner of the Ansar was with me. 49 00:03:21,490 --> 00:03:23,490 During the Battle of Badr, 50 00:03:23,490 --> 00:03:29,490 when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, learned that the caravan of Abu Sufyan had escaped, 51 00:03:29,490 --> 00:03:30,490 he said, 52 00:03:30,490 --> 00:03:33,490 "Advise me, O people." 53 00:03:33,490 --> 00:03:38,490 Al-Miqdad and Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with them, spoke. 54 00:03:38,490 --> 00:03:42,490 Yet the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, continued to say, 55 00:03:42,490 --> 00:03:45,490 "Advise me, O people." 56 00:03:45,490 --> 00:03:47,490 So I stood up and said, 57 00:03:47,490 --> 00:03:51,490 "By Allah, it is us you want, O Messenger of Allah! 58 00:03:51,490 --> 00:03:54,490 Proceed, O Messenger of Allah, to whatever you desire, 59 00:03:54,490 --> 00:03:56,580 for we are with you. 60 00:03:56,580 --> 00:04:01,580 By Allah, if you ordered us to drive our horses into the sea, we would drive them into it. 61 00:04:01,580 --> 00:04:07,680 And if you ordered us to strike their flanks until we reached Bark al-Ghimad, we would do it." 62 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,740 The face of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, beamed with joy. 63 00:04:12,740 --> 00:04:14,740 When the fighting intensified, 64 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:20,740 I stood at the door of the command tent, guarding the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 65 00:04:20,740 --> 00:04:24,810 for fear that the polytheists might reach him. 66 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:28,310 So, who am I? 67 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:32,540 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 68 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:36,540 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 69 00:04:36,540 --> 00:04:40,540 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 70 00:04:40,540 --> 00:04:45,660 The best of generations in their stances and examples, 71 00:04:45,660 --> 00:04:50,660 following the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke.