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 noble figures. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:21.829 I am one of the female Companions who migrated. 00:00:21.829 --> 00:00:27.929 I embraced Islam at the very beginning of the Prophet’s mission, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in Makkah. 00:00:27.929 --> 00:00:29.929 I then performed both migrations. 00:00:29.929 --> 00:00:32.929 To Abyssinia and to Madinah. 00:00:32.929 --> 00:00:34.929 I prayed toward both qiblas. 00:00:34.929 --> 00:00:38.929 I was wise, eloquent, and courageous. 00:00:38.929 --> 00:00:43.890 When we were preparing to migrate to Abyssinia, 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:47.890 my husband, ‘Amir, had gone away to attend to some business. 00:00:47.890 --> 00:00:52.890 Suddenly, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab approached while he was still in a state of polytheism. 00:00:52.890 --> 00:00:54.890 He stood before me. 00:00:54.890 --> 00:00:58.890 We used to suffer great hardship and harm at his hands. 00:00:58.890 --> 00:01:02.890 He said, "Where are you heading, O Umm ‘Abdullah?" 00:01:02.890 --> 00:01:07.920 I replied, "By Allah, we are going to depart into the land of Allah." 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:10.920 "For you have harmed us and oppressed us." 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:13.920 "Until Allah grants us a way out." 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:17.950 He said, "May Allah be with you." 00:01:17.950 --> 00:01:21.049 I noticed a sense of tenderness and sadness in him. 00:01:21.049 --> 00:01:25.269 When my husband returned, I told him about it. 00:01:25.269 --> 00:01:26.269 I said to him, 00:01:26.269 --> 00:01:30.269 "If only you had seen ‘Umar and the tenderness and sadness he showed for us." 00:01:30.269 --> 00:01:34.340 He said, "Do you hope that he will embrace Islam?" 00:01:34.340 --> 00:01:36.340 I said, "Yes." 00:01:36.340 --> 00:01:39.340 He replied, "‘Umar will not embrace Islam," 00:01:39.340 --> 00:01:42.340 "until the donkey of al-Khattab embraces Islam." 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:47.340 This was because of the harshness and severity he saw him display toward the Muslims. 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:49.400 Then days passed, 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:52.400 and ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, embraced Islam. 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:56.400 Through him, Allah strengthened Islam and the Muslims. 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.299 I was the first woman to migrate to Madinah. 00:02:01.299 --> 00:02:05.299 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:08.300 used to come to visit us in our home. 00:02:08.300 --> 00:02:10.330 One day, 00:02:10.330 --> 00:02:12.330 I said to my son, ‘Abdullah, 00:02:12.330 --> 00:02:16.330 "Come here, let me give you something." 00:02:16.330 --> 00:02:20.330 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me, 00:02:20.330 --> 00:02:23.360 "What did you intend to give him?" 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:26.360 I said, "I was going to give him a date." 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:31.360 He said, "Had you not given him anything," 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:33.360 "it would have been recorded against you as a lie." 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:37.180 So, who am I? 00:02:37.180 --> 00:02:41.180 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:45.469 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:02:45.469 --> 00:02:50.469 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills. 00:02:50.469 --> 00:02:55.539 Follow the generations in their stances and examples. 00:02:55.539 --> 00:03:00.539 Follow the Messenger in what he strove for or said. 00:03:00.539 --> 00:03:05.539 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives. 00:03:05.539 --> 00:03:10.539 They passed away, yet their memory remains exalted among us. 00:03:10.539 --> 00:03:15.539 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 00:03:15.539 --> 00:03:20.539 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 00:03:20.539 --> 00:03:25.539 They filled life with pride through their deeds. 00:03:25.539 --> 00:03:29.539 And the world of mankind flourished because of them.