1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Pause. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions and the scholars of the highest rank. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:21,339 I am one of the Companions. 5 00:00:21,339 --> 00:00:25,339 I was a king of Kindah and its obeyed leader. 6 00:00:25,339 --> 00:00:28,469 Among my people, I was a man of great nobility and stature. 7 00:00:28,469 --> 00:00:30,469 I was known for my generosity and courage. 8 00:00:30,469 --> 00:00:33,469 I was a man of sound judgment and boldness. 9 00:00:33,469 --> 00:00:35,469 I was described as having an aura of awe and dignity. 10 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:40,560 I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 11 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:43,560 I arrived with eighty riders from Kindah. 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:48,689 No delegation had ever come with such size and density. 13 00:00:48,689 --> 00:00:52,689 This was to demonstrate our honor and our strength. 14 00:00:52,689 --> 00:00:56,689 It was a delegation befitting the status of kings. 15 00:00:56,689 --> 00:00:59,880 We entered his mosque. 16 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,880 We had groomed our hair and applied kohl. 17 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,879 We were wearing the finest garments, adorned with silk. 18 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:10,909 We captivated the eyes of the people. 19 00:01:10,909 --> 00:01:14,909 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 20 00:01:14,909 --> 00:01:16,909 "Have you not accepted Islam?" 21 00:01:16,909 --> 00:01:19,909 We replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." 22 00:01:19,909 --> 00:01:23,980 He said, "Then what is this silk around your necks?" 23 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:28,010 We tore it off, removed it, and cast it aside. 24 00:01:28,010 --> 00:01:33,060 After the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 25 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:38,060 I apostatized from Islam, along with some people from Kindah. 26 00:01:38,060 --> 00:01:41,060 We were besieged and then taken under a pledge of safety. 27 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:46,060 When I was brought as a captive to Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, 28 00:01:46,060 --> 00:01:49,060 I pledged allegiance to Islam anew. 29 00:01:49,060 --> 00:01:51,060 He released my bonds. 30 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:55,060 I asked him to give his sister to me in marriage. 31 00:01:55,060 --> 00:01:57,060 He did so. 32 00:01:57,060 --> 00:02:01,060 I took my sword and entered the camel market. 33 00:02:01,060 --> 00:02:06,060 I did not see a single she-camel or camel but that I slaughtered it. 34 00:02:06,060 --> 00:02:08,060 The people shouted, 35 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:11,060 "He has disbelieved! He has apostatized!" 36 00:02:11,060 --> 00:02:16,060 I threw down my sword and said, "By Allah, I have not disbelieved." 37 00:02:16,060 --> 00:02:20,060 "But this man has given me his sister in marriage." 38 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:22,060 "Had we been in our own land," 39 00:02:22,060 --> 00:02:26,060 "we would have held a different feast than this." 40 00:02:26,060 --> 00:02:28,099 "O people of Madinah," 41 00:02:28,099 --> 00:02:30,099 "slaughter and eat!" 42 00:02:30,099 --> 00:02:32,099 "And O owners of the camels," 43 00:02:32,099 --> 00:02:35,930 "come and take their price." 44 00:02:35,930 --> 00:02:38,930 One day, I attended a funeral. 45 00:02:38,930 --> 00:02:44,020 Jarir Ibn 'Abdullah al-Bajali, may Allah be pleased with him, was present. 46 00:02:44,020 --> 00:02:47,020 The people pushed me forward to lead the prayer. 47 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:50,020 I stepped back and pushed Jarir forward. 48 00:02:50,020 --> 00:02:52,020 I said to the people, 49 00:02:52,020 --> 00:02:55,020 "I apostatized one day," 50 00:02:55,020 --> 00:02:59,909 "whereas he never apostatized." 51 00:02:59,909 --> 00:03:02,909 I participated in the Islamic conquests 52 00:03:02,909 --> 00:03:05,909 during the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. 53 00:03:05,909 --> 00:03:08,909 My eye was injured one day at Yarmouk. 54 00:03:08,909 --> 00:03:13,909 I died after the killing of 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, 55 00:03:13,909 --> 00:03:16,099 by forty nights. 56 00:03:16,099 --> 00:03:19,099 My daughter's husband led my funeral prayer, 57 00:03:19,099 --> 00:03:23,099 al-Hasan Ibn 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both. 58 00:03:23,099 --> 00:03:25,259 So, who am I? 59 00:03:25,259 --> 00:03:30,419 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 60 00:03:30,419 --> 00:03:34,669 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 61 00:03:34,669 --> 00:03:39,669 when the next episode is released, in sha' Allah. 62 00:03:39,669 --> 00:03:44,740 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 63 00:03:44,740 --> 00:03:49,740 They followed the Messenger in all he strove for or said. 64 00:03:49,740 --> 00:03:54,740 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives. 65 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:59,740 So whenever their memory is mentioned among us, it rises high. 66 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:04,740 They departed and cast a question into the conscience: 67 00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:09,740 "Has any star ever risen and shone like them?" 68 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:14,740 They filled life with glories through their deeds. 69 00:04:14,740 --> 00:04:19,740 And the world of the Ummah flourished because of them.