WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Pause. 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 --> 00:00:25.820 I am one of the Companions, from the masters of the Quraysh, and my brother was Abu Jahl. 00:00:25.820 --> 00:00:29.820 My cousin is Khalid Ibn al-Walid, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:30.890 --> 00:00:33.890 I witnessed the day of Badr while I was still in a state of disbelief. 00:00:33.890 --> 00:00:38.890 I fled to Makkah when I saw the defeat of the polytheists. 00:00:38.890 --> 00:00:42.890 And the killing of my two brothers, Abu Jahl and al-'As. 00:00:42.890 --> 00:00:45.890 Then I embraced Islam on the day of the conquest of Makkah. 00:00:45.890 --> 00:00:48.890 I witnessed the Battle of Hunayn. 00:00:48.890 --> 00:00:51.890 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave me. 00:00:51.890 --> 00:00:54.890 One hundred camels from the spoils of Hunayn. 00:00:54.890 --> 00:00:57.890 Along with those whose hearts were to be reconciled. 00:00:57.890 --> 00:01:00.890 My Islam became sincere, and I said: 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," 00:01:06.890 --> 00:01:10.890 "But that I will traverse it in the path of Allah." 00:01:10.890 --> 00:01:14.890 "And I shall not leave a single dirham I spent in fighting him," 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." 00:01:21.890 --> 00:01:27.879 I asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, one day and said: 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:32.879 "O Messenger of Allah, tell me of something I may hold fast to." 00:01:32.879 --> 00:01:38.909 He said, "Control this," and he pointed to his tongue. 00:01:38.909 --> 00:01:43.939 I thought it would be easy, for I was a man of few words. 00:01:43.939 --> 00:01:45.939 But I had not fully grasped its weight. 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:50.069 When I set out to be mindful of my speech and my tongue, 00:01:50.069 --> 00:01:54.069 I found that there was nothing more difficult than it. 00:01:54.069 --> 00:01:59.780 I was a generous man, a poet, and beloved by the people of Makkah. 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:03.810 When I resolved to go out for jihad in the path of Allah, 00:02:03.810 --> 00:02:07.810 The people of Makkah were deeply distressed. 00:02:07.810 --> 00:02:11.810 There was not one of them who did not come out to bid me farewell. 00:02:11.810 --> 00:02:14.840 When I reached the high ground of al-Batha', 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:18.840 I stopped, and the people stood around me weeping. 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:22.840 When I saw their distress, I said: 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:24.840 "O people," 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:29.840 "By Allah, I have not left out of a desire for myself over you," 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.840 "Nor to choose one land over your land." 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.840 "But this matter has come to pass." 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:39.840 "Men have gone forth who preceded us to Allah." 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:43.840 "And by Allah, we have not attained a single day of their days." 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.870 "By Allah, if they have surpassed us in this world," 00:02:47.870 --> 00:02:51.870 "We seek to join them in the Hereafter." 00:02:51.870 --> 00:02:56.939 "O people, it is the transition to Allah the Almighty." 00:02:56.939 --> 00:03:01.729 Then I headed to the Levant. 00:03:01.729 --> 00:03:04.729 I was wounded in the Battle of Yarmouk. 00:03:04.729 --> 00:03:07.789 I fell, stretched out upon the ground. 00:03:07.789 --> 00:03:10.789 I asked for water to drink. 00:03:10.789 --> 00:03:12.789 When the water reached me, 00:03:12.789 --> 00:03:14.789 'Ikrimah looked at me, 00:03:14.789 --> 00:03:17.789 And he had also been wounded. 00:03:17.789 --> 00:03:21.889 I said, "Give the water to 'Ikrimah." 00:03:21.889 --> 00:03:23.889 When 'Ikrimah took it, 00:03:23.889 --> 00:03:25.889 'Ayyash looked at him, 00:03:25.889 --> 00:03:27.889 And he said, 00:03:27.889 --> 00:03:29.889 "Give it to 'Ayyash." 00:03:29.889 --> 00:03:32.889 But the water did not reach 'Ayyash, 00:03:32.889 --> 00:03:34.949 Before he had passed away. 00:03:34.949 --> 00:03:37.949 They returned with the water to 'Ikrimah, 00:03:37.949 --> 00:03:39.949 Only to find that he had already passed away. 00:03:39.949 --> 00:03:42.949 Then they brought the water to me, 00:03:42.949 --> 00:03:45.949 But my soul had already departed. 00:03:45.949 --> 00:03:48.210 So, who am I? 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:57.580 We will pin the correct answer in the comments, 00:03:57.580 --> 00:04:00.580 When the next episode is released, 00:04:00.580 --> 00:04:02.580 If Allah wills. 00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:07.620 The best of generations in their stance and example. 00:04:07.620 --> 00:04:12.620 They followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 00:04:12.620 --> 00:04:17.620 They were here, watering our lives like clouds. 00:04:17.620 --> 00:04:22.620 Their memory remains exalted among us. 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:27.620 They departed and left a question in the conscience: 00:04:27.620 --> 00:04:32.620 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 00:04:32.620 --> 00:04:37.620 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:43.620 And the world of humanity flourished with their grace.