WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:12.140 Stop and learn about the companions, scholars and notables 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 A new challenge from me 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:26.320 I am one of the emigrant companions of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the son of a noble companion 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:33.320 I converted to Islam and immigrated before my father. I was known for knowledge, worship, and writing hadith 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:39.320 The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, forbade his companions from writing down his hadith 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:41.320 Then he gave me permission 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:45.320 So I said, O Messenger of God, write down what I hear from you 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:47.320 He said yes 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:49.320 I said in satisfaction and anger 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:54.320 He said: Yes, I am only saying the truth 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.250 I used to fast a lot and read the Qur’an 00:00:58.250 --> 00:01:03.250 The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, recommended easing it 00:01:03.250 --> 00:01:10.250 He said to me: Did I not tell you that you fast all the time and read the Qur’an every night? 00:01:10.250 --> 00:01:13.250 I said, “Yes, O Prophet of God.” 00:01:13.250 --> 00:01:16.310 I did nothing but good in return 00:01:16.310 --> 00:01:22.310 He said: It is sufficient for you to fast three days every month 00:01:22.310 --> 00:01:24.310 I said, O Prophet of God 00:01:24.310 --> 00:01:27.409 I can stand better than that 00:01:27.409 --> 00:01:30.409 He said, “Your husband has a right over you.” 00:01:30.409 --> 00:01:33.409 I will really visit you 00:01:33.409 --> 00:01:36.409 And your body is really on you 00:01:36.409 --> 00:01:41.409 He fasted the fast of David, the Prophet of God, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:01:41.409 --> 00:01:44.409 He was the most devout of people 00:01:44.409 --> 00:01:48.409 I said, O Prophet of God, what is David’s fast? 00:01:48.409 --> 00:01:53.409 He said he used to fast one day and then break his fast one day 00:01:53.409 --> 00:01:56.209 Then he said 00:01:56.209 --> 00:01:59.209 He read the Qur’an every month 00:01:59.209 --> 00:02:01.239 I said, O Prophet of God 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:04.239 I can stand better than that 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:08.270 He said, so he recited it in every twenty 00:02:08.270 --> 00:02:10.270 I said, O Prophet of God 00:02:10.270 --> 00:02:13.270 I can stand better than that 00:02:13.270 --> 00:02:17.340 He said, so he recited it every ten days 00:02:17.340 --> 00:02:19.340 I said, O Prophet of God 00:02:19.340 --> 00:02:22.340 I can stand better than that 00:02:22.340 --> 00:02:25.460 He said, so he recited it every seven days 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:38.460 And recite it in three times, and do not do more than that, for your husband has a right over you, your visitor has a right over you, and your body has a right over you. 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:42.460 The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, told me 00:02:42.460 --> 00:02:46.460 You don't know, maybe you will live longer 00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:49.560 I mean, it's hard for you 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.560 So I went to what the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, told me 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:59.560 When I grew up, I wished I had accepted the permission of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:04.560 So I started fasting the days on top of each other 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:08.560 Then after that I was confused about the number of those days 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:12.560 I used to read parts of the Qur’an as well 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.560 Sometimes more and sometimes less 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:20.560 However, he fulfilled it either in seven or in three 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:27.560 I used to say that I left the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, over a matter 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:31.560 I hate to disagree with others 00:03:31.560 --> 00:03:34.979 Who am I?