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 exalted. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 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. 00:00:26.699 --> 00:00:30.699 Among his wives, there is none who has a larger dowry than I. 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. 00:00:35.700 --> 00:00:40.700 My father is Abu Sufyan, the master and nobleman of Quraysh. 00:00:40.700 --> 00:00:44.369 My husband and I embraced Islam. 00:00:44.369 --> 00:00:48.369 We migrated to the land of Abyssinia, fleeing to preserve our religion. 00:00:48.369 --> 00:00:51.369 My husband passed away while we were in exile. 00:00:51.369 --> 00:00:54.369 I was overcome with grief and sorrow because of that. 00:00:54.369 --> 00:00:58.369 I saw a man in a dream calling out to me, saying: 00:00:58.369 --> 00:01:00.369 "O Mother of the Believers." 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. 00:01:06.370 --> 00:01:09.400 No sooner had my waiting period ended, 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:13.400 than a servant girl of the Negus came to me and said: 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:16.400 "The King says to you: 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.'" 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.400 I was overjoyed and said: 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.400 "May Allah give you glad tidings of good." 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.400 She said to me: 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:31.400 "The King says to you: 00:01:31.400 --> 00:01:33.400 'Appoint someone to act as your guardian to marry you off.'" 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, 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:39.400 and appointed him as my guardian. 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:44.400 I gave the servant girl the jewelry and ornaments I possessed, 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.400 as a reward for the good news she brought me. 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:50.689 When evening came, 00:01:50.689 --> 00:01:54.689 the Negus ordered the Muslims who were in Abyssinia to attend. 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. 00:02:01.689 --> 00:02:05.750 When the people were about to leave, 00:02:05.750 --> 00:02:07.750 the Negus said to them: 00:02:07.750 --> 00:02:08.750 "Sit down, 00:02:08.750 --> 00:02:12.750 for it is the Sunnah of the prophets that when they marry, 00:02:12.750 --> 00:02:13.750 they provide a wedding feast." 00:02:13.750 --> 00:02:15.750 He called for food, 00:02:15.750 --> 00:02:18.750 and they ate and then dispersed. 00:02:18.750 --> 00:02:21.750 Then he prepared me and sent me to Medina 00:02:21.750 --> 00:02:23.750 with Shurahbil Ibn Hasana, 00:02:23.750 --> 00:02:25.750 may Allah be pleased with him. 00:02:25.750 --> 00:02:30.360 When my father heard that the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.360 had married me, 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:35.360 and my father was still in a state of polytheism, 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.360 he was nonetheless pleased and said: 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:42.360 "That is a stallion whose nose cannot be struck," 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:47.000 meaning he is a noble and worthy match who cannot be refused. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:49.000 Shortly before the conquest of Mecca, 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:51.000 my father came to Medina 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:57.000 to renew the peace treaty between himself and the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.000 He entered my house to see me. 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:05.000 When he went to sit on the bedding of the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.000 I quickly folded it away from him. 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.000 He disapproved of this from me and said: 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:15.000 "O my daughter, do you think this bedding is too good for me, 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.000 or do you think I am too unworthy for it?" 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:19.000 I said: 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:23.000 "Rather, it is the bedding of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.000 and you are an impure, polytheist man." 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.000 He said: 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:32.000 "O my daughter, you have surely been afflicted by evil since I left you." 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.150 When my time of death approached, 00:03:36.150 --> 00:03:40.150 I called for 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, and said to her: 00:03:40.150 --> 00:03:45.150 "Perhaps there was between us what usually happens between co-wives; 00:03:45.150 --> 00:03:49.150 may Allah forgive me and you for what occurred." 00:03:49.150 --> 00:03:51.150 'A'ishah said: 00:03:51.150 --> 00:03:54.150 "May Allah forgive you for all of that, 00:03:54.150 --> 00:03:58.150 overlook it, and absolve you of it." 00:03:58.150 --> 00:03:59.150 I said: 00:03:59.150 --> 00:04:02.150 "You have brought me joy; may Allah bring you joy." 00:04:02.150 --> 00:04:06.150 I then sent for Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:04:06.150 --> 00:04:08.150 and said the same to her. 00:04:08.150 --> 00:04:12.150 She answered me just as 'A'ishah had. 00:04:12.150 --> 00:04:14.629 So, who am I? 00:04:21.009 --> 00:04:24.009 We will confirm the correct answer in the comments 00:04:24.009 --> 00:04:29.009 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 00:04:29.009 --> 00:04:34.139 The best of generations in their conduct and example, 00:04:34.139 --> 00:04:39.139 they followed the Messenger in all he strove for or said. 00:04:39.139 --> 00:04:44.139 They were here, watering our lives like rain, 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:49.139 and though they have passed, their memory remains exalted among us. 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:54.139 They departed and left a question in the conscience: 00:04:54.139 --> 00:04:59.139 Has any star ever risen and shone like them? 00:04:59.139 --> 00:05:04.139 They filled life with glorious deeds, 00:05:04.139 --> 00:05:09.139 and the world of humanity flourished because of them.