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 eminent among them. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 Here is a serious challenge: who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:24,760 I am one of the younger Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:29,760 I was the first child born to the Ansar in Medina after the Migration. 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,820 My father was also a Companion. 7 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:41,399 He was the first of the Ansar to pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, on the day of Saqifah. 8 00:00:41,399 --> 00:00:46,399 I was born in Medina fourteen months after the Migration. 9 00:00:46,399 --> 00:00:51,399 My mother brought me to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 10 00:00:51,399 --> 00:00:56,399 He performed the tahnik for me and gave her the glad tidings that I would live a praiseworthy life, 11 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:01,100 that I would be killed as a martyr, and that I would enter Paradise. 12 00:01:01,100 --> 00:01:06,099 I heard the hadith of the ship from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 13 00:01:06,099 --> 00:01:08,099 in which he says: 14 00:01:08,099 --> 00:01:13,099 "The likeness of the one who upholds the limits of Allah and the one who transgresses them 15 00:01:13,099 --> 00:01:16,099 is like a group of people who drew lots for places on a ship. 16 00:01:16,099 --> 00:01:21,170 Some of them were assigned the upper deck and some the lower deck. 17 00:01:21,170 --> 00:01:25,170 When those on the lower deck needed water, 18 00:01:25,170 --> 00:01:28,170 they had to pass by those above them. 19 00:01:28,170 --> 00:01:29,170 They said, 20 00:01:29,170 --> 00:01:33,170 'If we were to make a hole in our portion, 21 00:01:33,170 --> 00:01:36,170 we would not disturb those above us.' 22 00:01:36,170 --> 00:01:38,170 If they leave them to do what they want, 23 00:01:38,170 --> 00:01:41,170 they will all perish together. 24 00:01:41,170 --> 00:01:44,170 But if they restrain their hands, 25 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:48,030 they will all be saved together." 26 00:01:48,030 --> 00:01:53,030 One day, the poet al-A'sha came to me while he was ill, 27 00:01:53,030 --> 00:01:56,030 and I was the governor of Hims. 28 00:01:56,030 --> 00:01:57,030 I said to him, 29 00:01:57,030 --> 00:01:59,099 "What brings you here?" 30 00:01:59,099 --> 00:02:00,099 He said, 31 00:02:00,099 --> 00:02:05,099 "To seek your support, honor our kinship, and settle my debts." 32 00:02:05,099 --> 00:02:06,099 I said, 33 00:02:06,099 --> 00:02:09,099 "By Allah, I do not have what you seek, 34 00:02:09,099 --> 00:02:13,099 but I will ask the people for something on your behalf." 35 00:02:13,099 --> 00:02:16,129 Then I stood up and ascended the pulpit, 36 00:02:16,129 --> 00:02:19,129 and said, "O people of Hims, 37 00:02:19,129 --> 00:02:22,129 this man is your cousin from Iraq, 38 00:02:22,129 --> 00:02:25,129 and he is seeking your assistance. 39 00:02:25,129 --> 00:02:26,129 What do you think?" 40 00:02:26,129 --> 00:02:27,129 They replied, 41 00:02:27,129 --> 00:02:30,129 "We give you authority over our wealth." 42 00:02:30,129 --> 00:02:32,129 I refused that from them, 43 00:02:32,129 --> 00:02:33,129 but they insisted, 44 00:02:33,129 --> 00:02:36,129 "We have indeed given you authority over our wealth." 45 00:02:36,129 --> 00:02:39,129 [They pledged] two dinars from every man. 46 00:02:39,129 --> 00:02:43,129 There were twenty thousand men on the register. 47 00:02:43,129 --> 00:02:48,129 So I brought out forty thousand dinars for him from the public treasury. 48 00:02:48,129 --> 00:02:51,189 When their stipends were distributed, 49 00:02:51,189 --> 00:02:56,449 I deducted two dinars from the share of each man. 50 00:02:56,449 --> 00:02:59,860 So, who am I? 51 00:02:59,860 --> 00:03:03,860 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 52 00:03:03,860 --> 00:03:08,110 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 53 00:03:08,110 --> 00:03:13,110 when the next episode is released, Allah willing. 54 00:03:13,110 --> 00:03:18,210 The best of generations in their stances and examples, 55 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:23,210 they followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 56 00:03:23,210 --> 00:03:28,210 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives, 57 00:03:28,210 --> 00:03:33,210 and though they passed, their memory remains exalted among us. 58 00:03:33,210 --> 00:03:38,210 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 59 00:03:38,210 --> 00:03:43,210 Has any star ever risen and shone like them? 60 00:03:43,210 --> 00:03:48,210 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 61 00:03:48,210 --> 00:03:53,210 and the world of mankind flourished with their grace.