1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:15,289 --> 00:00:18,289 Mawaddah Association is pleased 3 00:00:18,289 --> 00:00:22,289 to present to you snapshots from the lives of the Companions, 4 00:00:22,289 --> 00:00:25,289 by Dr. Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha, 5 00:00:25,289 --> 00:00:27,320 may Allah have mercy on him. 6 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:34,179 Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, may Allah be pleased with him. 7 00:00:46,619 --> 00:00:49,619 "If you wish, you may be among the Emigrants (Muhajirun), 8 00:00:49,619 --> 00:00:51,619 and if you wish, you may be among the Ansar. 9 00:00:51,619 --> 00:00:54,619 So choose whichever of the two is dearer to your heart." 10 00:00:54,619 --> 00:00:58,619 With these words, the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, addressed him 11 00:00:59,619 --> 00:01:02,619 when he first met him in Mecca. 12 00:01:02,619 --> 00:01:05,680 And behind offering Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman the choice 13 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,680 to belong to either of these two noblest groups, 14 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,680 which are the dearest to the Muslims, lies a story. 15 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,939 Al-Yaman, Hudhayfah's father, was a Meccan from the Banu 'Abs tribe. 16 00:01:14,939 --> 00:01:17,939 However, he had shed blood among his people, 17 00:01:17,939 --> 00:01:20,939 which forced him to emigrate from Mecca to Yathrib. 18 00:01:20,939 --> 00:01:24,939 There, he allied with the Banu 'Abd al-Ashhal and married among them, 19 00:01:24,939 --> 00:01:26,939 and his son Hudhayfah was born to him. 20 00:01:27,939 --> 00:01:33,000 Later, the obstacles preventing al-Yaman from entering Mecca ceased to exist, 21 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:36,000 so he began traveling back and forth between it and Yathrib, 22 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 though his residence in Medina remained more frequent and permanent. 23 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:45,319 When Islam shone its radiant light upon the Arabian Peninsula, 24 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,319 al-Yaman, Hudhayfah's father, was one of ten men from Banu 'Abs 25 00:01:48,319 --> 00:01:52,319 who came as a delegation to the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 26 00:01:52,319 --> 00:01:55,319 and declared their Islam before him, 27 00:01:55,319 --> 00:01:58,319 and that was before he emigrated to Medina. 28 00:01:58,319 --> 00:02:04,319 Hence, Hudhayfah was Meccan by origin, yet Medinan by upbringing. 29 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:08,479 Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman was raised in a Muslim home, 30 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:13,479 brought up under the care of two parents who were among the foremost to enter the religion of Allah, 31 00:02:13,479 --> 00:02:19,479 so he accepted Islam before his eyes ever beheld the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. 32 00:02:19,479 --> 00:02:24,479 Hudhayfah's longing to meet the Messenger filled his entire being; 33 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:30,479 ever since he embraced Islam, he eagerly sought news of him and persistently inquired about his descriptions, 34 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:35,479 which only increased his deep devotion to him and yearning for him. 35 00:02:35,479 --> 00:02:41,479 So he traveled to Mecca to meet him, and as soon as he saw the Prophet, he asked him: 36 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:45,479 "Am I an Emigrant or an Ansari, O Messenger of Allah?" 37 00:02:45,479 --> 00:02:50,479 He, peace and blessings be upon him, replied, "If you wish, you may be among the Emigrants, 38 00:02:50,479 --> 00:02:55,479 and if you wish, you may be among the Ansar; so choose for yourself whichever you prefer." 39 00:02:55,479 --> 00:03:00,740 He replied, "Rather, I am an Ansari, O Messenger of Allah." 40 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:04,740 When the Messenger, peace be upon him, emigrated to Medina, 41 00:03:04,740 --> 00:03:08,740 Hudhayfah adhered to him as closely as one eye to the other, 42 00:03:08,740 --> 00:03:12,930 and he took part with him in all the battles except Badr. 43 00:03:12,930 --> 00:03:17,930 Concerning Hudhayfah's absence from Badr, there is a story he recounted himself, saying: 44 00:03:17,930 --> 00:03:23,990 "Nothing prevented me from participating in Badr except that my father and I were outside Medina, 45 00:03:23,990 --> 00:03:29,020 and the disbelievers of Quraysh captured us and said, 'Where are you heading?' 46 00:03:29,020 --> 00:03:34,020 We said, 'To Medina.' They said, 'You only intend to join Muhammad.' 47 00:03:34,020 --> 00:03:38,020 We replied, 'We intend nothing but Medina.' 48 00:03:38,020 --> 00:03:42,020 They refused to let us go until they took a covenant from us 49 00:03:42,020 --> 00:03:46,020 that we would not support Muhammad against them nor fight alongside him. 50 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:48,020 Then they released us. 51 00:03:48,020 --> 00:03:52,020 When we came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 52 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:56,020 we informed him of the pledge we had made to Quraysh 53 00:03:56,020 --> 00:03:58,020 and asked him what we should do. 54 00:03:58,020 --> 00:04:01,020 He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 55 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:05,020 'We shall fulfill their covenant and seek the help of Allah against them.'" 56 00:04:05,020 --> 00:04:07,439 When the Battle of Uhud took place, 57 00:04:07,439 --> 00:04:10,439 Hudhayfah fought in it alongside his father, al-Yaman. 58 00:04:10,439 --> 00:04:12,439 As for Hudhayfah, 59 00:04:12,439 --> 00:04:15,439 he fought with the utmost valor and noble distinction, 60 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:17,439 emerging from it unharmed. 61 00:04:17,439 --> 00:04:20,439 As for his father, he was martyred in it, 62 00:04:20,439 --> 00:04:24,439 but his martyrdom was by the swords of the Muslims, 63 00:04:24,439 --> 00:04:26,439 not by the swords of the polytheists. 64 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:30,439 There is a story behind this that we recount as follows: 65 00:04:30,439 --> 00:04:32,470 On the day of Uhud, 66 00:04:32,470 --> 00:04:36,470 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, placed al-Yaman 67 00:04:36,470 --> 00:04:38,470 and Thabit ibn Waqsh 68 00:04:38,470 --> 00:04:41,470 in the fortresses along with the women and children, 69 00:04:41,470 --> 00:04:45,470 because they were two elderly men advanced in age. 70 00:04:45,470 --> 00:04:48,470 When the heat of the battle intensified, 71 00:04:48,470 --> 00:04:50,470 al-Yaman said to his companion: 72 00:04:50,470 --> 00:04:53,470 "Confound you! What are we waiting for? 73 00:04:53,470 --> 00:04:56,470 By Allah, neither of us has any life left to live 74 00:04:56,470 --> 00:04:59,470 except as little as the time it takes a donkey to get thirsty! 75 00:04:59,470 --> 00:05:02,470 We are but dead men of today or tomorrow! 76 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:04,470 Shall we not take our swords 77 00:05:04,470 --> 00:05:08,470 and join the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, 78 00:05:08,470 --> 00:05:11,470 so that Allah might grant us martyrdom alongside His Prophet?" 79 00:05:11,470 --> 00:05:14,600 Then they took their swords, entered among the ranks, 80 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,600 and plunged into the battle. 81 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,600 As for Thabit ibn Waqsh, 82 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,600 Allah honored him with martyrdom at the hands of the polytheists. 83 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,600 But as for al-Yaman, Hudhayfah's father, 84 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,600 the swords of the Muslims struck him repeatedly while they did not recognize him. 85 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,600 Hudhayfah began shouting: 86 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,600 "My father! My father!" 87 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,600 Yet no one could hear him. 88 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,600 The elderly man fell slain by the swords of his companions, 89 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,629 and Hudhayfah said no more to them than: 90 00:05:41,629 --> 00:05:43,629 "May Allah forgive you, 91 00:05:43,629 --> 00:05:46,629 and He is the Most Merciful of the merciful." 92 00:05:46,629 --> 00:05:49,730 Later, the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, intended 93 00:05:49,730 --> 00:05:51,730 to pay the son the blood money for his father, 94 00:05:51,730 --> 00:05:53,759 but Hudhayfah said: 95 00:05:53,759 --> 00:05:57,860 "He was only seeking martyrdom, and he has attained it. 96 00:05:57,860 --> 00:06:03,019 O Allah, bear witness that I have given his blood money as charity to the Muslims." 97 00:06:03,019 --> 00:06:08,019 This only elevated his status further with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. 98 00:06:08,019 --> 00:06:14,240 The Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, probed the depths of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman's character 99 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,240 and recognized in him three distinctive traits: 100 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,240 an extraordinary intelligence 101 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,240 that aided him in resolving complex dilemmas, 102 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:24,240 a compliant, sharp wit 103 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,240 that responded whenever called upon, 104 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,240 and an ability to keep secrets 105 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,240 such that no one could penetrate his inner knowledge. 106 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:35,300 It was the policy of the Messenger, peace be upon him, 107 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:38,300 to discover the strengths of his Companions 108 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:42,300 and harness the latent potentials within them, 109 00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:46,300 by placing the right man in the right position. 110 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:50,430 The greatest challenge facing the Muslims in Medina 111 00:06:50,430 --> 00:06:54,430 was the presence of the hypocrites, the Jews, and their factions, 112 00:06:54,430 --> 00:06:58,430 and the plots and conspiracies they were hatching against the Prophet, peace be upon him, 113 00:06:58,430 --> 00:07:01,430 and his Companions. 114 00:07:01,430 --> 00:07:04,430 So the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, disclosed 115 00:07:04,430 --> 00:07:08,430 to Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman the names of the hypocrites— 116 00:07:08,430 --> 00:07:12,430 a secret he revealed to none other of his Companions— 117 00:07:12,430 --> 00:07:15,430 and entrusted him with monitoring their movements, 118 00:07:15,430 --> 00:07:17,430 tracking their activities, 119 00:07:17,430 --> 00:07:20,430 and warding off their danger from Islam and the Muslims. 120 00:07:20,430 --> 00:07:22,430 From that day on, 121 00:07:22,430 --> 00:07:28,430 Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman was called "the keeper of the secret of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him." 122 00:07:28,430 --> 00:07:31,560 The Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, utilized 123 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:36,560 Hudhayfah's talents in one of the most perilous situations, 124 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:41,560 one that most urgently demanded extraordinary intelligence and quick wit. 125 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,560 That was at the peak of the Battle of the Trench (al-Khandaq), 126 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:49,560 when the enemy had surrounded the Muslims from above them and from below them, 127 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,560 the siege had grown prolonged, 128 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,560 the distress had intensified, 129 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:58,560 and exhaustion and hardship had reached their absolute limits, 130 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,620 to the point that eyes grew wild and hearts reached the throats, 131 00:08:02,620 --> 00:08:06,620 and some Muslims began entertaining doubts about Allah. 132 00:08:06,620 --> 00:08:12,750 Yet Quraysh and their polytheist allies in those decisive hours 133 00:08:12,750 --> 00:08:15,750 were in no better condition than the Muslims; 134 00:08:15,750 --> 00:08:18,819 for Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, poured out upon them of His wrath 135 00:08:18,819 --> 00:08:22,819 that which sapped their strength and shook their resolve. 136 00:08:22,819 --> 00:08:24,850 He unleashed against them a howling, freezing wind 137 00:08:24,850 --> 00:08:28,850 that overturned their tents, overturned their cooking pots, 138 00:08:28,850 --> 00:08:32,850 extinguished their fires, hurled gravel in their faces, 139 00:08:32,850 --> 00:08:36,850 and choked their eyes and nostrils with dust. 140 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:41,100 In such critical moments in the history of warfare, 141 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:45,100 the losing side is the one that groans first, 142 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:47,100 while the winning side 143 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:51,100 is the one that maintains its composure just a blink of an eye longer than its adversary. 144 00:08:51,100 --> 00:08:56,330 In these moments when the fates of battles are decided, 145 00:08:56,330 --> 00:09:00,330 military intelligence holds the paramount role 146 00:09:00,330 --> 00:09:03,330 in assessing the situation and offering counsel. 147 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:07,549 Hence, the Messenger, peace be upon him, needed 148 00:09:07,549 --> 00:09:10,549 the talents and expertise of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, 149 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:15,549 and resolved to dispatch him into the heart of the enemy's army under the cover of darkness 150 00:09:15,549 --> 00:09:19,549 to bring him their news before deciding on a course of action. 151 00:09:19,549 --> 00:09:24,549 Let us leave the floor to Hudhayfah to tell us about this journey of death. 152 00:09:24,549 --> 00:09:29,710 Hudhayfah said: "On that night, we were sitting in ranks, 153 00:09:29,710 --> 00:09:34,710 while Abu Sufyan and the Meccan polytheists with him were above us, 154 00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:37,710 and the Jewish tribe of Banu Qurayzah were below us, 155 00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:40,710 and we feared for our women and children from them. 156 00:09:40,710 --> 00:09:47,710 Never had a night passed over us darker or with stronger wind than that night; 157 00:09:47,710 --> 00:09:50,710 the sounds of its wind were like thunderclaps, 158 00:09:50,710 --> 00:09:54,710 and its intense darkness made it impossible for any of us to see his own finger. 159 00:09:54,710 --> 00:09:59,809 The hypocrites began asking the Messenger, peace be upon him, for permission to leave, 160 00:09:59,809 --> 00:10:03,809 saying, 'Our homes are exposed to the enemy,' 161 00:10:03,809 --> 00:10:05,809 while they were not exposed. 162 00:10:05,809 --> 00:10:09,809 Whenever anyone of them asked him for permission, he granted it to him, 163 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:15,809 and they kept slipping away until only about three hundred of us remained. 164 00:10:15,809 --> 00:10:19,840 At that point, the Prophet, peace be upon him, stood up 165 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:24,840 and began passing by us one by one until he came to me. 166 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,840 I had nothing to protect me from the cold 167 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:31,840 except a small woolen wrap belonging to my wife that did not reach past my knees. 168 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,899 He approached me while I was crouching on the ground 169 00:10:34,899 --> 00:10:36,899 and said, 'Who is this?' 170 00:10:36,899 --> 00:10:38,899 I said, 'Hudhayfah.' 171 00:10:38,899 --> 00:10:40,899 He said, 'Hudhayfah?' 172 00:10:40,899 --> 00:10:45,899 So I shrank closer to the ground, reluctant to stand up due to severe hunger and cold, 173 00:10:45,899 --> 00:10:48,899 and said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.' 174 00:10:48,899 --> 00:10:53,000 He said, 'Something is happening among the enemy, 175 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,000 so infiltrate their camp and bring me their news.' 176 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:02,129 I set out while being among the most terrified of people and the coldest. 177 00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:06,129 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: 178 00:11:06,129 --> 00:11:10,129 'O Allah, protect him from in front of him and from behind him, 179 00:11:10,129 --> 00:11:12,129 from his right and from his left, 180 00:11:12,129 --> 00:11:15,289 and from above him and from beneath him.' 181 00:11:15,289 --> 00:11:19,289 By Allah, no sooner had the Prophet, peace be upon him, finished his supplication 182 00:11:19,289 --> 00:11:24,289 than Allah stripped from my heart all the fear He had placed in it, 183 00:11:24,289 --> 00:11:28,289 and removed from my body all the cold that had afflicted it. 184 00:11:28,289 --> 00:11:30,379 When I turned to go, 185 00:11:30,379 --> 00:11:33,379 he, peace and blessings be upon him, called out to me and said: 186 00:11:33,379 --> 00:11:38,379 'O Hudhayfah, do not instigate anything among the people until you return to me.' 187 00:11:38,379 --> 00:11:43,379 I said, 'Yes,' and proceeded to slip away under the cover of darkness 188 00:11:43,379 --> 00:11:49,379 until I entered among the soldiers of the polytheists and became just like one of them. 189 00:11:49,379 --> 00:11:51,539 It was not long 190 00:11:51,539 --> 00:11:55,539 before Abu Sufyan stood up among them to deliver a speech and said: 191 00:11:56,539 --> 00:11:58,539 'O people of Quraysh, 192 00:11:58,539 --> 00:12:02,539 I am about to say something to you that I fear might reach Muhammad, 193 00:12:02,539 --> 00:12:05,539 so let every man among you look at who is sitting beside him.' 194 00:12:05,539 --> 00:12:10,539 Immediately, I grabbed the hand of the man next to me 195 00:12:10,539 --> 00:12:12,539 and said, 'Who are you?' 196 00:12:12,539 --> 00:12:15,539 He said, 'So-and-so, son of so-and-so.' 197 00:12:15,539 --> 00:12:17,539 Thereupon, Abu Sufyan said: 198 00:12:17,539 --> 00:12:19,539 'O people of Quraysh, 199 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:23,539 "By Allah, you are no longer in an enduring abode. 200 00:12:23,539 --> 00:12:25,539 Our riding beasts have perished, 201 00:12:25,539 --> 00:12:28,539 Banu Qurayzah have abandoned us, 202 00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:31,539 and we have suffered from the severity of the wind as you can see, 203 00:12:31,539 --> 00:12:34,539 so depart, for I am departing!" 204 00:12:34,539 --> 00:12:38,539 Then he went to his camel, untied its hobble, and mounted it; 205 00:12:38,539 --> 00:12:41,539 then he struck it, and it sprang to its feet. 206 00:12:41,539 --> 00:12:44,539 And had it not been that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 207 00:12:44,539 --> 00:12:48,539 commanded me not to initiate anything until I returned to him, 208 00:12:48,539 --> 00:12:50,539 I would have killed him with an arrow. 209 00:12:50,539 --> 00:12:55,669 Thereupon, I returned to the Prophet (peace be upon him) 210 00:12:55,669 --> 00:12:59,669 and found him standing in prayer, wrapped in a woolen garment belonging to one of his wives. 211 00:12:59,669 --> 00:13:03,669 When he saw me, he drew me close to his feet 212 00:13:03,669 --> 00:13:05,669 and cast an edge of the garment over me. 213 00:13:05,669 --> 00:13:07,669 I then conveyed the news to him, 214 00:13:07,669 --> 00:13:10,669 and he rejoiced greatly over it, 215 00:13:10,669 --> 00:13:13,830 praising and extolling Allah. 216 00:13:13,830 --> 00:13:17,830 Hudhayfah Ibn al-Yaman remained the entrusted keeper of the secrets regarding the hypocrites 217 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:19,830 for as long as he lived, 218 00:13:19,830 --> 00:13:23,830 and the Caliphs continually referred to him regarding their affairs. 219 00:13:23,830 --> 00:13:26,830 Indeed, 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), 220 00:13:26,830 --> 00:13:30,830 whenever a Muslim passed away, would ask: 221 00:13:30,830 --> 00:13:33,830 "Did Hudhayfah attend the funeral prayer for him?" 222 00:13:33,830 --> 00:13:36,830 If they said yes, he would pray over him, 223 00:13:36,830 --> 00:13:42,059 but if they said no, he would suspect him and withhold from praying over him. 224 00:13:42,059 --> 00:13:44,059 'Umar once asked him, 225 00:13:44,059 --> 00:13:47,059 "Is there among my governors any of the hypocrites?" 226 00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:49,059 Hudhayfah replied, "One." 227 00:13:49,059 --> 00:13:51,059 'Umar said, "Point him out to me." 228 00:13:51,059 --> 00:13:54,059 He replied, "I will not." 229 00:13:54,059 --> 00:13:55,090 Hudhayfah said, 230 00:13:55,090 --> 00:13:58,090 "Yet it was not long before 'Umar dismissed him, 231 00:13:58,090 --> 00:14:00,090 as if he had been guided right to him." 232 00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:04,340 Perhaps few people know that Hudhayfah Ibn al-Yaman 233 00:14:04,340 --> 00:14:07,340 conquered for the Muslims Nahavand, 234 00:14:07,340 --> 00:14:08,340 Dinawar, 235 00:14:08,340 --> 00:14:09,340 Hamadhan, 236 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:10,340 and Rayy, 237 00:14:10,340 --> 00:14:14,340 and was the reason for uniting the Muslims upon a single Qur'anic codex (Mushaf) 238 00:14:14,340 --> 00:14:18,340 after they were on the verge of dividing over the Book of Allah. 239 00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:20,379 Yet despite all of that, 240 00:14:20,379 --> 00:14:25,440 Hudhayfah Ibn al-Yaman harbored an intense fear of Allah for his own soul, 241 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,440 and a tremendous dread of His punishment. 242 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,440 When his terminal illness weighed heavily upon him, 243 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,440 some of the Companions came to visit him in the dead of night. 244 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:38,440 He asked, "What hour is this?" 245 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,440 They replied, "We are close to dawn." 246 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:47,470 He said, "I seek refuge with Allah from a morning that leads me to the Fire." 247 00:14:47,470 --> 00:14:51,470 Then he asked, "Have you brought a burial shroud?" 248 00:14:51,470 --> 00:14:53,629 They said, "Yes." 249 00:14:53,629 --> 00:14:56,629 He said, "Do not be extravagant with shrouds, 250 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:59,659 for if there is good in store for me with Allah, 251 00:14:59,659 --> 00:15:01,659 it will be replaced with something far better; 252 00:15:01,659 --> 00:15:04,659 and if it is the other case, it will be stripped from me." 253 00:15:04,659 --> 00:15:06,659 Then he began to say, 254 00:15:06,659 --> 00:15:11,789 "O Allah, You know that I used to prefer poverty over wealth, 255 00:15:11,789 --> 00:15:14,789 and humility over worldly honor, 256 00:15:14,789 --> 00:15:17,789 and death over life." 257 00:15:17,789 --> 00:15:20,789 Then, as his soul was departing, he said, 258 00:15:20,789 --> 00:15:23,950 "A beloved has arrived upon longing; 259 00:15:23,950 --> 00:15:25,950 may he who regrets never prosper!" 260 00:15:25,950 --> 00:15:28,950 May Allah have mercy on Hudhayfah Ibn al-Yaman, 261 00:15:28,950 --> 00:15:32,980 for he was truly a singular kind of man. 262 00:15:32,980 --> 00:15:35,980 "Whatever Hudhayfah narrates to you, believe it; 263 00:15:35,980 --> 00:15:43,580 and whichever way 'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud recites to you, recite it." 264 00:15:43,580 --> 00:15:46,580 "'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud recites to you, recite it." 265 00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:52,200 A noble hadith.