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 eminent among them. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:25,820 I am one of the Companions, from the masters of the Quraysh, and my brother was Abu Jahl. 5 00:00:25,820 --> 00:00:29,820 My cousin is Khalid Ibn al-Walid, may Allah be pleased with him. 6 00:00:30,890 --> 00:00:33,890 I witnessed the day of Badr while I was still in a state of disbelief. 7 00:00:33,890 --> 00:00:38,890 I fled to Makkah when I saw the defeat of the polytheists. 8 00:00:38,890 --> 00:00:42,890 And the killing of my two brothers, Abu Jahl and al-'As. 9 00:00:42,890 --> 00:00:45,890 Then I embraced Islam on the day of the conquest of Makkah. 10 00:00:45,890 --> 00:00:48,890 I witnessed the Battle of Hunayn. 11 00:00:48,890 --> 00:00:51,890 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave me. 12 00:00:51,890 --> 00:00:54,890 One hundred camels from the spoils of Hunayn. 13 00:00:54,890 --> 00:00:57,890 Along with those whose hearts were to be reconciled. 14 00:00:57,890 --> 00:01:00,890 My Islam became sincere, and I said: 15 00:01:00,890 --> 00:01:06,890 "I shall not leave any valley I traversed while fighting the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him," 16 00:01:06,890 --> 00:01:10,890 "But that I will traverse it in the path of Allah." 17 00:01:10,890 --> 00:01:14,890 "And I shall not leave a single dirham I spent in fighting him," 18 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:21,890 "But that I will spend the like of it in obedience to Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him." 19 00:01:21,890 --> 00:01:27,879 I asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, one day and said: 20 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:32,879 "O Messenger of Allah, tell me of something I may hold fast to." 21 00:01:32,879 --> 00:01:38,909 He said, "Control this," and he pointed to his tongue. 22 00:01:38,909 --> 00:01:43,939 I thought it would be easy, for I was a man of few words. 23 00:01:43,939 --> 00:01:45,939 But I had not fully grasped its weight. 24 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:50,069 When I set out to be mindful of my speech and my tongue, 25 00:01:50,069 --> 00:01:54,069 I found that there was nothing more difficult than it. 26 00:01:54,069 --> 00:01:59,780 I was a generous man, a poet, and beloved by the people of Makkah. 27 00:01:59,780 --> 00:02:03,810 When I resolved to go out for jihad in the path of Allah, 28 00:02:03,810 --> 00:02:07,810 The people of Makkah were deeply distressed. 29 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:11,810 There was not one of them who did not come out to bid me farewell. 30 00:02:11,810 --> 00:02:14,840 When I reached the high ground of al-Batha', 31 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,840 I stopped, and the people stood around me weeping. 32 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,840 When I saw their distress, I said: 33 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:24,840 "O people," 34 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:29,840 "By Allah, I have not left out of a desire for myself over you," 35 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,840 "Nor to choose one land over your land." 36 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,840 "But this matter has come to pass." 37 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,840 "Men have gone forth who preceded us to Allah." 38 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,840 "And by Allah, we have not attained a single day of their days." 39 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:47,870 "By Allah, if they have surpassed us in this world," 40 00:02:47,870 --> 00:02:51,870 "We seek to join them in the Hereafter." 41 00:02:51,870 --> 00:02:56,939 "O people, it is the transition to Allah the Almighty." 42 00:02:56,939 --> 00:03:01,729 Then I headed to the Levant. 43 00:03:01,729 --> 00:03:04,729 I was wounded in the Battle of Yarmouk. 44 00:03:04,729 --> 00:03:07,789 I fell, stretched out upon the ground. 45 00:03:07,789 --> 00:03:10,789 I asked for water to drink. 46 00:03:10,789 --> 00:03:12,789 When the water reached me, 47 00:03:12,789 --> 00:03:14,789 'Ikrimah looked at me, 48 00:03:14,789 --> 00:03:17,789 And he had also been wounded. 49 00:03:17,789 --> 00:03:21,889 I said, "Give the water to 'Ikrimah." 50 00:03:21,889 --> 00:03:23,889 When 'Ikrimah took it, 51 00:03:23,889 --> 00:03:25,889 'Ayyash looked at him, 52 00:03:25,889 --> 00:03:27,889 And he said, 53 00:03:27,889 --> 00:03:29,889 "Give it to 'Ayyash." 54 00:03:29,889 --> 00:03:32,889 But the water did not reach 'Ayyash, 55 00:03:32,889 --> 00:03:34,949 Before he had passed away. 56 00:03:34,949 --> 00:03:37,949 They returned with the water to 'Ikrimah, 57 00:03:37,949 --> 00:03:39,949 Only to find that he had already passed away. 58 00:03:39,949 --> 00:03:42,949 Then they brought the water to me, 59 00:03:42,949 --> 00:03:45,949 But my soul had already departed. 60 00:03:45,949 --> 00:03:48,210 So, who am I? 61 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:57,580 We will pin the correct answer in the comments, 62 00:03:57,580 --> 00:04:00,580 When the next episode is released, 63 00:04:00,580 --> 00:04:02,580 If Allah wills. 64 00:04:02,580 --> 00:04:07,620 The best of generations in their stance and example. 65 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:12,620 They followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 66 00:04:12,620 --> 00:04:17,620 They were here, watering our lives like clouds. 67 00:04:17,620 --> 00:04:22,620 Their memory remains exalted among us. 68 00:04:22,620 --> 00:04:27,620 They departed and left a question in the conscience: 69 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:32,620 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 70 00:04:32,620 --> 00:04:37,620 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 71 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:43,620 And the world of humanity flourished with their grace.