1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:12,140 Pause and reflect on the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 2 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: Who am I? 3 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:21,739 I am one of the Muhajirun (Emigrant) Companions. 4 00:00:21,739 --> 00:00:24,739 I came to Mecca before the advent of Islam. 5 00:00:24,739 --> 00:00:28,739 And when the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was sent, 6 00:00:28,739 --> 00:00:31,739 I followed him and embraced Islam. 7 00:00:31,739 --> 00:00:34,740 Then I returned to my people in Yemen, 8 00:00:34,740 --> 00:00:37,740 calling them to Allah the Exalted. 9 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:43,740 I remained in that state until I heard of the migration of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 10 00:00:43,740 --> 00:00:45,740 to Medina. 11 00:00:45,740 --> 00:00:50,740 So I set out toward him, accompanied by some fifty-odd men of my people. 12 00:00:50,740 --> 00:00:52,740 We boarded a ship, 13 00:00:52,740 --> 00:00:54,740 but we were driven off course, 14 00:00:54,740 --> 00:01:00,740 and our ship cast us upon the land of the Negus, may Allah be pleased with him, in Abyssinia. 15 00:01:00,740 --> 00:01:04,739 There, we met Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him. 16 00:01:04,739 --> 00:01:06,739 We stayed with him, 17 00:01:06,739 --> 00:01:11,739 until we arrived in Medina in the seventh year of the Hijra. 18 00:01:11,739 --> 00:01:16,739 We reached the Prophet, peace be upon him, just as he was conquering Khaybar. 19 00:01:16,739 --> 00:01:20,739 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to us: 20 00:01:20,739 --> 00:01:24,739 "You, the people of the ship, have two migrations." 21 00:01:24,739 --> 00:01:29,730 I possessed a beautiful voice for reciting the Qur'an, 22 00:01:29,730 --> 00:01:33,730 and the Prophet, peace be upon him, once said to me: 23 00:01:33,730 --> 00:01:38,819 "You have been given a flute from the flutes of the family of David." 24 00:01:38,819 --> 00:01:41,819 One night, I stood praying in the mosque, 25 00:01:41,819 --> 00:01:46,819 and the wives of the Prophet, peace be upon him, heard my voice, 26 00:01:46,819 --> 00:01:49,819 so they stood listening to my recitation. 27 00:01:49,819 --> 00:01:51,819 When morning came, 28 00:01:51,819 --> 00:01:57,819 it was said to me that the Mothers of the Believers had been listening to my recitation during the night. 29 00:01:57,819 --> 00:02:02,819 I replied, "Had I known, I would have embellished my recitation even more," 30 00:02:02,819 --> 00:02:05,819 "and made it even more moving." 31 00:02:05,819 --> 00:02:10,080 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say to me: 32 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,080 "Remind us of our Lord, the Exalted," 33 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,080 so I would recite the Qur'an in their presence. 34 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:20,300 I would sometimes lead the people in prayer, 35 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:26,300 and because of the beauty of my voice, they would wish I had recited Surah al-Baqarah. 36 00:02:26,300 --> 00:02:30,620 After the passing of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 37 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:36,620 the Commander of the Believers, 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, sent me to Basra 38 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:39,620 to teach the people the Qur'an. 39 00:02:39,620 --> 00:02:41,620 The people said, 40 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:45,620 "No rider has come to Basra who is better for its people than he." 41 00:02:45,620 --> 00:02:50,879 Later, a delegation from the people of Basra came to 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, 42 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:52,879 and he asked them about me. 43 00:02:52,879 --> 00:02:57,879 They said, "We left him teaching the people the Qur'an." 44 00:02:57,879 --> 00:03:00,879 He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 45 00:03:00,879 --> 00:03:04,620 "Indeed, he is a man of great intellect." 46 00:03:04,620 --> 00:03:08,620 I gathered those who had learned the Qur'an from me in Basra, 47 00:03:08,620 --> 00:03:11,620 and they numbered nearly three hundred. 48 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:14,620 I instilled in them a deep reverence for the Qur'an, 49 00:03:14,620 --> 00:03:19,620 and said, "This Qur'an will either be a reward for you," 50 00:03:19,620 --> 00:03:22,620 "or a burden against you." 51 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:24,620 "So follow the Qur'an," 52 00:03:24,620 --> 00:03:27,620 "and do not let the Qur'an follow you," 53 00:03:27,620 --> 00:03:30,620 "for whoever follows the Qur'an," 54 00:03:30,620 --> 00:03:33,620 "it will lead him to the gardens of Paradise." 55 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:36,620 "But whoever is followed by the Qur'an," 56 00:03:36,620 --> 00:03:38,620 "it will seize him by the nape of his neck," 57 00:03:38,620 --> 00:03:40,620 "and cast him into the Fire." 58 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:42,969 Before my death, 59 00:03:42,969 --> 00:03:45,969 I exerted myself intensely in worship. 60 00:03:45,969 --> 00:03:47,969 It was said to me, 61 00:03:47,969 --> 00:03:50,969 "If only you would pause and be gentle with yourself." 62 00:03:50,969 --> 00:03:51,969 I replied, 63 00:03:51,969 --> 00:03:54,969 "When a racehorse is released," 64 00:03:54,969 --> 00:03:56,969 "and it nears the finish line," 65 00:03:56,969 --> 00:03:59,969 "it exerts all that it has." 66 00:03:59,969 --> 00:04:03,969 "And what remains of my life is even less than that." 67 00:04:03,969 --> 00:04:06,189 So, who am I? 68 00:04:06,189 --> 00:04:14,129 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 69 00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:18,350 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 70 00:04:18,350 --> 00:04:21,350 when the next episode is released, 71 00:04:21,350 --> 00:04:23,350 if Allah wills.