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 Solve this riddle: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:23,820 I am a Companion from the Muhajirun. 5 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:27,820 I embraced Islam among the very first of the people of Makkah. 6 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:31,980 I migrated to Abyssinia, then to Madinah. 7 00:00:31,980 --> 00:00:35,979 I had forbidden alcohol to myself even before Islam. 8 00:00:35,979 --> 00:00:40,979 I said, "I will not drink a beverage that robs me of my reason," 9 00:00:40,979 --> 00:00:44,979 "And causes someone inferior to me to mock me," 10 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:50,140 "And leads me to marry off my daughter to someone unworthy." 11 00:00:50,140 --> 00:00:56,140 In Madinah, I asked the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for permission to practice celibacy, 12 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:59,140 And to devote myself entirely to worship. 13 00:00:59,140 --> 00:01:01,140 He did not grant me permission. 14 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:05,140 He said, "Do you not have a good example in me?" 15 00:01:05,140 --> 00:01:07,140 I replied, "Indeed, I do." 16 00:01:07,140 --> 00:01:10,140 He said, "For I marry women," 17 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:14,140 "I eat meat, and I fast and break my fast." 18 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:20,099 I witnessed the Battle of Badr with the Prophet, peace be upon him. 19 00:01:20,099 --> 00:01:24,319 After I returned to Madinah, I fell ill. 20 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:28,319 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, visited me. 21 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,319 He stayed with me until my time of death arrived. 22 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,319 And my soul departed. 23 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,420 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, wept for me, 24 00:01:38,420 --> 00:01:42,420 Until his tears flowed down his cheek. 25 00:01:42,420 --> 00:01:46,420 He said, "Go forth, Abu al-Sa'ib," 26 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:52,420 "For you have departed from this world without having been tainted by any of it." 27 00:01:52,420 --> 00:01:55,439 I was buried in al-Baqi'. 28 00:01:55,439 --> 00:01:59,439 I was the first of the Muhajirun to die in Madinah, 29 00:01:59,439 --> 00:02:02,439 And the first to be buried in al-Baqi'. 30 00:02:02,439 --> 00:02:09,469 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, placed a stone on my grave so that he might recognize it. 31 00:02:09,469 --> 00:02:12,729 Umm al-'Ala' saw me in a dream, 32 00:02:12,729 --> 00:02:16,729 And she saw a river flowing beneath me. 33 00:02:16,729 --> 00:02:20,729 She mentioned this to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 34 00:02:20,729 --> 00:02:22,729 He said, 35 00:02:22,729 --> 00:02:24,729 "That is his deed," 36 00:02:24,729 --> 00:02:27,949 "Flowing for him after his death." 37 00:02:27,949 --> 00:02:31,419 So, who am I? 38 00:02:31,419 --> 00:02:35,680 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 39 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,680 We will pin the correct answer in the comments, 40 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,680 Upon the release of the next episode, if Allah wills. 41 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:48,680 The best of generations in their stances and as examples, 42 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,680 Following the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 43 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:58,680 They were here, watering our lives like rain clouds, 44 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,680 And through their stances, their remembrance is exalted. 45 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,680 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 46 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,680 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 47 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,680 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 48 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:24,680 And the world of mankind flourished through them in grace.