1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Pause. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions and the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A serious challenge: who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:21,120 I am one of the Companions. 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:27,219 I embraced Islam before the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, entered the house of al-Arqam. 6 00:00:27,219 --> 00:00:30,219 I was among the oppressed in Makkah. 7 00:00:30,219 --> 00:00:33,280 I was a slave to al-Tufayl ibn al-Harith. 8 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:38,280 He used to torture me to make me renounce my religion, but I refused. 9 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:44,469 When Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, saw me suffering from the torture, 10 00:00:44,469 --> 00:00:47,469 he bought me and set me free. 11 00:00:47,469 --> 00:00:52,469 I then became his freedman, tending to his sheep. 12 00:00:52,469 --> 00:01:01,530 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his companion Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, migrated to Madinah, 13 00:01:01,530 --> 00:01:05,530 they hid in the cave of Thawr for three nights. 14 00:01:05,530 --> 00:01:08,530 So that the polytheists would lose their trail. 15 00:01:08,530 --> 00:01:11,530 I would go to them with the sheep. 16 00:01:11,530 --> 00:01:13,530 I would milk them for the two of them. 17 00:01:13,530 --> 00:01:17,530 And when ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr would leave them, 18 00:01:17,530 --> 00:01:23,530 I would follow his tracks with the sheep to cover his footprints. 19 00:01:23,530 --> 00:01:25,819 When they set out for Yathrib, 20 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:31,819 I went out with them and attained the honor of the migration in their company. 21 00:01:31,819 --> 00:01:34,819 I served them along the way. 22 00:01:34,819 --> 00:01:42,819 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, would have me ride behind him on his mount until we reached Madinah. 23 00:01:42,819 --> 00:01:50,579 I witnessed the battles of Badr and Uhud with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 24 00:01:50,579 --> 00:01:53,579 In the fourth year of the Hijrah, 25 00:01:53,579 --> 00:01:56,579 the incident of Bi'r Ma'unah took place. 26 00:01:56,579 --> 00:01:58,579 Where the disbelievers committed treachery. 27 00:01:58,579 --> 00:02:04,579 They killed us all, except for ‘Amr ibn Umayyah, may Allah be pleased with him. 28 00:02:04,579 --> 00:02:08,580 The one who killed me was Jabbar ibn Salma. 29 00:02:08,580 --> 00:02:11,580 He pierced my back with his spear. 30 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:13,580 The spear passed through my body. 31 00:02:13,580 --> 00:02:16,580 I said, "I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka'bah!" 32 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:20,580 Jabbar asked, "What has he succeeded in?" 33 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:23,580 They said, "He has succeeded in attaining Paradise." 34 00:02:23,580 --> 00:02:26,580 He said, "By Allah, he spoke the truth." 35 00:02:26,580 --> 00:02:28,580 He then embraced Islam afterward. 36 00:02:28,580 --> 00:02:33,639 Upon my death, the angels raised me to the sky. 37 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,639 People saw me between the sky and the earth. 38 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,639 Then the angels placed me back on the earth. 39 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,669 They came searching for my body, 40 00:02:43,669 --> 00:02:45,669 but they could not find it. 41 00:02:45,669 --> 00:02:49,669 They believed that the angels had buried me. 42 00:02:49,669 --> 00:02:51,699 So, who am I? 43 00:02:51,699 --> 00:02:57,430 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 44 00:02:57,430 --> 00:03:01,689 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 45 00:03:01,689 --> 00:03:06,689 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 46 00:03:06,689 --> 00:03:12,099 The best of generations in their stances and examples. 47 00:03:12,099 --> 00:03:17,099 They followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 48 00:03:17,099 --> 00:03:22,099 They were here, watering our lives like clouds. 49 00:03:22,099 --> 00:03:27,099 They passed away, yet their memory remains exalted among us. 50 00:03:27,099 --> 00:03:32,099 They departed and left a question in the conscience: 51 00:03:32,099 --> 00:03:37,099 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 52 00:03:37,099 --> 00:03:42,099 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 53 00:03:42,099 --> 00:03:46,099 and the world of the Ummah flourished because of them.