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 exalted. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:26,699 I am one of the Mothers of the Believers and the wife of the trustworthy Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 5 00:00:26,699 --> 00:00:30,699 Among his wives, there is none who has a larger dowry than I. 6 00:00:30,699 --> 00:00:35,700 And there is none among them whom he married while she was in a distant land further than I. 7 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:40,700 My father is Abu Sufyan, the master and nobleman of Quraysh. 8 00:00:40,700 --> 00:00:44,369 My husband and I embraced Islam. 9 00:00:44,369 --> 00:00:48,369 We migrated to the land of Abyssinia, fleeing to preserve our religion. 10 00:00:48,369 --> 00:00:51,369 My husband passed away while we were in exile. 11 00:00:51,369 --> 00:00:54,369 I was overcome with grief and sorrow because of that. 12 00:00:54,369 --> 00:00:58,369 I saw a man in a dream calling out to me, saying: 13 00:00:58,369 --> 00:01:00,369 "O Mother of the Believers." 14 00:01:00,369 --> 00:01:06,370 I interpreted this to mean that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, would marry me. 15 00:01:06,370 --> 00:01:09,400 No sooner had my waiting period ended, 16 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,400 than a servant girl of the Negus came to me and said: 17 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,400 "The King says to you: 18 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:23,400 'The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, has written to me requesting that I marry you to him.'" 19 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,400 I was overjoyed and said: 20 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,400 "May Allah give you glad tidings of good." 21 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,400 She said to me: 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,400 "The King says to you: 23 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:33,400 'Appoint someone to act as your guardian to marry you off.'" 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:38,400 So I sent for Khalid Ibn Sa'id Ibn al-'As, may Allah be pleased with him, 25 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,400 and appointed him as my guardian. 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:44,400 I gave the servant girl the jewelry and ornaments I possessed, 27 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,400 as a reward for the good news she brought me. 28 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,689 When evening came, 29 00:01:50,689 --> 00:01:54,689 the Negus ordered the Muslims who were in Abyssinia to attend. 30 00:01:54,689 --> 00:02:01,689 He paid the dowry on behalf of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, which was 400 dinars. 31 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:05,750 When the people were about to leave, 32 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:07,750 the Negus said to them: 33 00:02:07,750 --> 00:02:08,750 "Sit down, 34 00:02:08,750 --> 00:02:12,750 for it is the Sunnah of the prophets that when they marry, 35 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:13,750 they provide a wedding feast." 36 00:02:13,750 --> 00:02:15,750 He called for food, 37 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:18,750 and they ate and then dispersed. 38 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:21,750 Then he prepared me and sent me to Medina 39 00:02:21,750 --> 00:02:23,750 with Shurahbil Ibn Hasana, 40 00:02:23,750 --> 00:02:25,750 may Allah be pleased with him. 41 00:02:25,750 --> 00:02:30,360 When my father heard that the Prophet, peace be upon him, 42 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:32,360 had married me, 43 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,360 and my father was still in a state of polytheism, 44 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,360 he was nonetheless pleased and said: 45 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,360 "That is a stallion whose nose cannot be struck," 46 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:47,000 meaning he is a noble and worthy match who cannot be refused. 47 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 Shortly before the conquest of Mecca, 48 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 my father came to Medina 49 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:57,000 to renew the peace treaty between himself and the Prophet, peace be upon him. 50 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,000 He entered my house to see me. 51 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:05,000 When he went to sit on the bedding of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 52 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I quickly folded it away from him. 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 He disapproved of this from me and said: 54 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,000 "O my daughter, do you think this bedding is too good for me, 55 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000 or do you think I am too unworthy for it?" 56 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,000 I said: 57 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:23,000 "Rather, it is the bedding of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 58 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,000 and you are an impure, polytheist man." 59 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 He said: 60 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 "O my daughter, you have surely been afflicted by evil since I left you." 61 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,150 When my time of death approached, 62 00:03:36,150 --> 00:03:40,150 I called for 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, and said to her: 63 00:03:40,150 --> 00:03:45,150 "Perhaps there was between us what usually happens between co-wives; 64 00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:49,150 may Allah forgive me and you for what occurred." 65 00:03:49,150 --> 00:03:51,150 'A'ishah said: 66 00:03:51,150 --> 00:03:54,150 "May Allah forgive you for all of that, 67 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:58,150 overlook it, and absolve you of it." 68 00:03:58,150 --> 00:03:59,150 I said: 69 00:03:59,150 --> 00:04:02,150 "You have brought me joy; may Allah bring you joy." 70 00:04:02,150 --> 00:04:06,150 I then sent for Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, 71 00:04:06,150 --> 00:04:08,150 and said the same to her. 72 00:04:08,150 --> 00:04:12,150 She answered me just as 'A'ishah had. 73 00:04:12,150 --> 00:04:14,629 So, who am I? 74 00:04:21,009 --> 00:04:24,009 We will confirm the correct answer in the comments 75 00:04:24,009 --> 00:04:29,009 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 76 00:04:29,009 --> 00:04:34,139 The best of generations in their conduct and example, 77 00:04:34,139 --> 00:04:39,139 they followed the Messenger in all he strove for or said. 78 00:04:39,139 --> 00:04:44,139 They were here, watering our lives like rain, 79 00:04:44,139 --> 00:04:49,139 and though they have passed, their memory remains exalted among us. 80 00:04:49,139 --> 00:04:54,139 They departed and left a question in the conscience: 81 00:04:54,139 --> 00:04:59,139 Has any star ever risen and shone like them? 82 00:04:59,139 --> 00:05:04,139 They filled life with glorious deeds, 83 00:05:04,139 --> 00:05:09,139 and the world of humanity flourished because of them.