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 eminent among them. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 Here is a serious challenge: who am I? 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. 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:29.760 I was the first child born to the Ansar in Medina after the Migration. 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.820 My father was also a Companion. 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. 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:46.399 I was born in Medina fourteen months after the Migration. 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:51.399 My mother brought me to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 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, 00:00:56.399 --> 00:01:01.100 that I would be killed as a martyr, and that I would enter Paradise. 00:01:01.100 --> 00:01:06.099 I heard the hadith of the ship from the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:01:06.099 --> 00:01:08.099 in which he says: 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 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:16.099 is like a group of people who drew lots for places on a ship. 00:01:16.099 --> 00:01:21.170 Some of them were assigned the upper deck and some the lower deck. 00:01:21.170 --> 00:01:25.170 When those on the lower deck needed water, 00:01:25.170 --> 00:01:28.170 they had to pass by those above them. 00:01:28.170 --> 00:01:29.170 They said, 00:01:29.170 --> 00:01:33.170 'If we were to make a hole in our portion, 00:01:33.170 --> 00:01:36.170 we would not disturb those above us.' 00:01:36.170 --> 00:01:38.170 If they leave them to do what they want, 00:01:38.170 --> 00:01:41.170 they will all perish together. 00:01:41.170 --> 00:01:44.170 But if they restrain their hands, 00:01:44.170 --> 00:01:48.030 they will all be saved together." 00:01:48.030 --> 00:01:53.030 One day, the poet al-A'sha came to me while he was ill, 00:01:53.030 --> 00:01:56.030 and I was the governor of Hims. 00:01:56.030 --> 00:01:57.030 I said to him, 00:01:57.030 --> 00:01:59.099 "What brings you here?" 00:01:59.099 --> 00:02:00.099 He said, 00:02:00.099 --> 00:02:05.099 "To seek your support, honor our kinship, and settle my debts." 00:02:05.099 --> 00:02:06.099 I said, 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:09.099 "By Allah, I do not have what you seek, 00:02:09.099 --> 00:02:13.099 but I will ask the people for something on your behalf." 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:16.129 Then I stood up and ascended the pulpit, 00:02:16.129 --> 00:02:19.129 and said, "O people of Hims, 00:02:19.129 --> 00:02:22.129 this man is your cousin from Iraq, 00:02:22.129 --> 00:02:25.129 and he is seeking your assistance. 00:02:25.129 --> 00:02:26.129 What do you think?" 00:02:26.129 --> 00:02:27.129 They replied, 00:02:27.129 --> 00:02:30.129 "We give you authority over our wealth." 00:02:30.129 --> 00:02:32.129 I refused that from them, 00:02:32.129 --> 00:02:33.129 but they insisted, 00:02:33.129 --> 00:02:36.129 "We have indeed given you authority over our wealth." 00:02:36.129 --> 00:02:39.129 [They pledged] two dinars from every man. 00:02:39.129 --> 00:02:43.129 There were twenty thousand men on the register. 00:02:43.129 --> 00:02:48.129 So I brought out forty thousand dinars for him from the public treasury. 00:02:48.129 --> 00:02:51.189 When their stipends were distributed, 00:02:51.189 --> 00:02:56.449 I deducted two dinars from the share of each man. 00:02:56.449 --> 00:02:59.860 So, who am I? 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:03.860 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:08.110 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:03:08.110 --> 00:03:13.110 when the next episode is released, Allah willing. 00:03:13.110 --> 00:03:18.210 The best of generations in their stances and examples, 00:03:18.210 --> 00:03:23.210 they followed the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 00:03:23.210 --> 00:03:28.210 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives, 00:03:28.210 --> 00:03:33.210 and though they passed, their memory remains exalted among us. 00:03:33.210 --> 00:03:38.210 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 00:03:38.210 --> 00:03:43.210 Has any star ever risen and shone like them? 00:03:43.210 --> 00:03:48.210 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 00:03:48.210 --> 00:03:53.210 and the world of mankind flourished with their grace.