WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions and the scholars of the highest rank. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:21.339 I am one of the Companions. 00:00:21.339 --> 00:00:25.339 I was a king of Kindah and its obeyed leader. 00:00:25.339 --> 00:00:28.469 Among my people, I was a man of great nobility and stature. 00:00:28.469 --> 00:00:30.469 I was known for my generosity and courage. 00:00:30.469 --> 00:00:33.469 I was a man of sound judgment and boldness. 00:00:33.469 --> 00:00:35.469 I was described as having an aura of awe and dignity. 00:00:35.469 --> 00:00:40.560 I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.560 I arrived with eighty riders from Kindah. 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:48.689 No delegation had ever come with such size and density. 00:00:48.689 --> 00:00:52.689 This was to demonstrate our honor and our strength. 00:00:52.689 --> 00:00:56.689 It was a delegation befitting the status of kings. 00:00:56.689 --> 00:00:59.880 We entered his mosque. 00:00:59.880 --> 00:01:02.880 We had groomed our hair and applied kohl. 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:07.879 We were wearing the finest garments, adorned with silk. 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:10.909 We captivated the eyes of the people. 00:01:10.909 --> 00:01:14.909 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: 00:01:14.909 --> 00:01:16.909 "Have you not accepted Islam?" 00:01:16.909 --> 00:01:19.909 We replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." 00:01:19.909 --> 00:01:23.980 He said, "Then what is this silk around your necks?" 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:28.010 We tore it off, removed it, and cast it aside. 00:01:28.010 --> 00:01:33.060 After the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:01:33.060 --> 00:01:38.060 I apostatized from Islam, along with some people from Kindah. 00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:41.060 We were besieged and then taken under a pledge of safety. 00:01:41.060 --> 00:01:46.060 When I was brought as a captive to Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:01:46.060 --> 00:01:49.060 I pledged allegiance to Islam anew. 00:01:49.060 --> 00:01:51.060 He released my bonds. 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:55.060 I asked him to give his sister to me in marriage. 00:01:55.060 --> 00:01:57.060 He did so. 00:01:57.060 --> 00:02:01.060 I took my sword and entered the camel market. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:06.060 I did not see a single she-camel or camel but that I slaughtered it. 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:08.060 The people shouted, 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:11.060 "He has disbelieved! He has apostatized!" 00:02:11.060 --> 00:02:16.060 I threw down my sword and said, "By Allah, I have not disbelieved." 00:02:16.060 --> 00:02:20.060 "But this man has given me his sister in marriage." 00:02:20.060 --> 00:02:22.060 "Had we been in our own land," 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:26.060 "we would have held a different feast than this." 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:28.099 "O people of Madinah," 00:02:28.099 --> 00:02:30.099 "slaughter and eat!" 00:02:30.099 --> 00:02:32.099 "And O owners of the camels," 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:35.930 "come and take their price." 00:02:35.930 --> 00:02:38.930 One day, I attended a funeral. 00:02:38.930 --> 00:02:44.020 Jarir Ibn 'Abdullah al-Bajali, may Allah be pleased with him, was present. 00:02:44.020 --> 00:02:47.020 The people pushed me forward to lead the prayer. 00:02:47.020 --> 00:02:50.020 I stepped back and pushed Jarir forward. 00:02:50.020 --> 00:02:52.020 I said to the people, 00:02:52.020 --> 00:02:55.020 "I apostatized one day," 00:02:55.020 --> 00:02:59.909 "whereas he never apostatized." 00:02:59.909 --> 00:03:02.909 I participated in the Islamic conquests 00:03:02.909 --> 00:03:05.909 during the era of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. 00:03:05.909 --> 00:03:08.909 My eye was injured one day at Yarmouk. 00:03:08.909 --> 00:03:13.909 I died after the killing of 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:03:13.909 --> 00:03:16.099 by forty nights. 00:03:16.099 --> 00:03:19.099 My daughter's husband led my funeral prayer, 00:03:19.099 --> 00:03:23.099 al-Hasan Ibn 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:03:23.099 --> 00:03:25.259 So, who am I? 00:03:25.259 --> 00:03:30.419 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:03:30.419 --> 00:03:34.669 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:03:34.669 --> 00:03:39.669 when the next episode is released, in sha' Allah. 00:03:39.669 --> 00:03:44.740 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 00:03:44.740 --> 00:03:49.740 They followed the Messenger in all he strove for or said. 00:03:49.740 --> 00:03:54.740 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives. 00:03:54.740 --> 00:03:59.740 So whenever their memory is mentioned among us, it rises high. 00:03:59.740 --> 00:04:04.740 They departed and cast a question into the conscience: 00:04:04.740 --> 00:04:09.740 "Has any star ever risen and shone like them?" 00:04:09.740 --> 00:04:14.740 They filled life with glories through their deeds. 00:04:14.740 --> 00:04:19.740 And the world of the Ummah flourished because of them.