WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Stop. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most eminent among them. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 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. 00:00:27.820 --> 00:00:30.820 I was skilled in writing during the pre-Islamic era. 00:00:30.820 --> 00:00:33.820 I was also proficient in swimming and archery. 00:00:33.820 --> 00:00:38.780 For this reason, they used to call me "the Perfect One." 00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:40.780 I am the only one among the Ansar 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:45.780 who suffered the same persecution that the Emigrants (Muhajirun) endured in Makkah. 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, 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. 00:00:57.780 --> 00:01:00.780 They did not catch anyone but me. 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:03.780 They seized me and tied my hands to my neck. 00:01:03.780 --> 00:01:06.780 They took me back to Makkah, 00:01:06.780 --> 00:01:09.780 where they gathered around me, striking me, 00:01:09.780 --> 00:01:13.780 and inflicting upon me whatever torment they wished. 00:01:13.780 --> 00:01:17.780 Then, a man among them took me aside, as if he felt pity for me. 00:01:17.780 --> 00:01:23.780 He said, "Woe to you! Do you have no one in Makkah to grant you protection?" 00:01:23.780 --> 00:01:25.780 I replied, "No." 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." 00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:36.780 The man from the group said, "Mention my cousin, for I am his neighbor." 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:40.780 "By Allah, no one among you shall reach him." 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:43.900 So they desisted from me. 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. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:57.000 For a man from the Ansar would take one of the Emigrants to his home, 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.000 or two, or three. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:05.000 But I would take all the People of the Suffah to my house and honor them. 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:09.000 They were between seventy and eighty men. 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:13.060 I would prepare tharid with meat in a large bowl, 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:17.060 and send it to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 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. 00:02:25.099 --> 00:02:27.099 Because of this, 00:02:27.099 --> 00:02:32.099 I always asked my Lord for more of His bounty and provision. 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:33.099 I would say, 00:02:33.099 --> 00:02:36.099 "O Allah, grant me glory, 00:02:36.099 --> 00:02:39.099 and there is no glory without deeds, 00:02:39.099 --> 00:02:42.159 and there are no deeds without wealth. 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:46.159 O Allah, a little wealth does not suit me, 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.219 nor do I suit it." 00:02:49.219 --> 00:02:51.219 I was also extremely protective and jealous (ghayrah). 00:02:51.219 --> 00:02:54.280 People knew this about me. 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:56.280 I never married a woman 00:02:56.280 --> 00:02:58.280 except that she was a virgin. 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:00.280 And I never divorced a woman 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:04.280 such that anyone would dare to marry her after me. 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:12.460 I also placed my horsemanship and military expertise in the service of Islam. 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:18.460 The banner of the Emigrants in battles was with 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:03:18.460 --> 00:03:21.490 and the banner of the Ansar was with me. 00:03:21.490 --> 00:03:23.490 During the Battle of Badr, 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, 00:03:29.490 --> 00:03:30.490 he said, 00:03:30.490 --> 00:03:33.490 "Advise me, O people." 00:03:33.490 --> 00:03:38.490 Al-Miqdad and Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with them, spoke. 00:03:38.490 --> 00:03:42.490 Yet the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, continued to say, 00:03:42.490 --> 00:03:45.490 "Advise me, O people." 00:03:45.490 --> 00:03:47.490 So I stood up and said, 00:03:47.490 --> 00:03:51.490 "By Allah, it is us you want, O Messenger of Allah! 00:03:51.490 --> 00:03:54.490 Proceed, O Messenger of Allah, to whatever you desire, 00:03:54.490 --> 00:03:56.580 for we are with you. 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. 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." 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:12.740 The face of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, beamed with joy. 00:04:12.740 --> 00:04:14.740 When the fighting intensified, 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, 00:04:20.740 --> 00:04:24.810 for fear that the polytheists might reach him. 00:04:24.810 --> 00:04:28.310 So, who am I? 00:04:28.310 --> 00:04:32.540 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:36.540 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:36.540 --> 00:04:40.540 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 00:04:40.540 --> 00:04:45.660 The best of generations in their stances and examples, 00:04:45.660 --> 00:04:50.660 following the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke.