1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:12,140 Pause and identify the Companion, scholar, and eminent figure. 2 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:18,980 A new challenge: Who am I? 3 00:00:18,980 --> 00:00:21,480 I am one of the senior Companions. 4 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,199 I am the confidant of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 5 00:00:26,199 --> 00:00:29,199 I arrived in Medina with my father. 6 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:31,699 We embraced Islam alongside its people. 7 00:00:31,699 --> 00:00:36,240 The Prophet, peace be upon him, welcomed us there. 8 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:42,740 The Prophet, peace be upon him, gave me the choice to be counted among the Muhajirun or the Ansar. 9 00:00:42,740 --> 00:00:45,429 I chose the Ansar. 10 00:00:45,429 --> 00:00:50,929 People used to ask the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, about goodness. 11 00:00:50,929 --> 00:00:53,429 But I used to ask him about evil. 12 00:00:53,429 --> 00:00:55,929 For fear that it might overtake me. 13 00:00:55,929 --> 00:01:02,219 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, confided in me the names of the hypocrites. 14 00:01:02,219 --> 00:01:06,219 I kept them secret and told no one about them. 15 00:01:06,219 --> 00:01:14,030 I memorized from him the hadiths regarding the tribulations that would befall the Ummah until the Day of Resurrection. 16 00:01:14,030 --> 00:01:17,030 My father and I missed the Battle of Badr. 17 00:01:17,030 --> 00:01:19,530 Nothing prevented us from witnessing it. 18 00:01:19,530 --> 00:01:22,530 Except that we had set out on a journey. 19 00:01:22,530 --> 00:01:25,030 The disbelievers of Quraysh intercepted us. 20 00:01:25,030 --> 00:01:29,030 They said, "You intend to join Muhammad." 21 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:33,030 We replied, "We intend nothing but to go to Medina." 22 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,560 They took a pledge from us that we would head straight to Medina. 23 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,280 And that we would not fight alongside him. 24 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,280 When we reached Medina. 25 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,280 We informed the Prophet, peace be upon him, of that. 26 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:48,280 He commanded us to stay back. 27 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:54,640 And said, "We shall fulfill our pledge to them and seek the help of Allah against them." 28 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,640 Later, we participated in the Battle of Uhud. 29 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:03,140 And we fought alongside the Prophet, peace be upon him, against his disbelieving enemies. 30 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:08,169 After the setback that befell the Muslims. 31 00:02:08,169 --> 00:02:11,169 Confusion spread among the people. 32 00:02:11,169 --> 00:02:16,169 They struck my father with their swords, thinking he was with the polytheists. 33 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:18,169 While I was crying out to them: 34 00:02:18,169 --> 00:02:21,169 "My father! My father! It is my father!" 35 00:02:21,169 --> 00:02:25,169 But the decree of Allah was swifter. 36 00:02:25,169 --> 00:02:28,169 My father was killed by the swords of the Muslims. 37 00:02:28,169 --> 00:02:30,169 So I said to them: 38 00:02:30,169 --> 00:02:32,169 "May Allah forgive you." 39 00:02:32,169 --> 00:02:35,360 "For He is the Most Merciful of the merciful." 40 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,360 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, learned of that. 41 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,360 He gave me the blood money for my father. 42 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,360 But I did not take it for myself. 43 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,360 I gave it as charity to the Muslims. 44 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:56,509 This increased my status and virtue in the eyes of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and the Muslims. 45 00:02:56,509 --> 00:03:00,509 One day, Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, asked me. 46 00:03:00,509 --> 00:03:02,509 And pressed me insistently: 47 00:03:02,509 --> 00:03:07,509 "Did the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, count me among the hypocrites?" 48 00:03:07,509 --> 00:03:09,509 I replied, "No." 49 00:03:09,509 --> 00:03:12,509 "And I will not vouch for anyone after you." 50 00:03:12,509 --> 00:03:17,800 Then he asked me, "Is there any hypocrite among my governors?" 51 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,800 I said, "Yes, one." 52 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,800 He asked, "Who is he?" 53 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,800 I said, "I will not name him to you." 54 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,900 Shortly after, Umar dismissed him. 55 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:29,900 As if he had been guided to him. 56 00:03:31,219 --> 00:03:33,219 And it was the habit of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. 57 00:03:33,219 --> 00:03:36,219 Whenever a man died, he would ask about me. 58 00:03:36,219 --> 00:03:38,219 If I was present for the funeral prayer. 59 00:03:38,219 --> 00:03:40,219 He would pray over him. 60 00:03:40,219 --> 00:03:42,219 But if I was not present for the prayer. 61 00:03:42,219 --> 00:03:44,219 Umar would not attend. 62 00:03:44,219 --> 00:03:49,210 I witnessed the fighting at the Battle of Nahavand. 63 00:03:49,210 --> 00:03:55,210 When al-Nu'man Ibn Muqarrin, may Allah be pleased with him, the commander of that army, was killed. 64 00:03:55,210 --> 00:03:57,210 I took up the banner. 65 00:03:57,210 --> 00:03:59,210 And the conquest of Hamadan took place. 66 00:03:59,210 --> 00:04:03,270 And al-Rayy, and the victory was at my hands. 67 00:04:03,270 --> 00:04:05,270 I witnessed the conquest of al-Jazira. 68 00:04:05,270 --> 00:04:07,270 And I settled in Nusaybin. 69 00:04:07,270 --> 00:04:09,270 And I married there. 70 00:04:09,270 --> 00:04:14,400 I participated in the conquest of Armenia and Azerbaijan with the people of Iraq. 71 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:20,399 I was alarmed when I saw the Muslims differing in their recitation of the Qur'an. 72 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:25,430 So I came to the Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him, in Medina. 73 00:04:25,430 --> 00:04:27,430 And I said to him: 74 00:04:27,430 --> 00:04:31,430 "Save the Ummah before they differ regarding the Qur'an." 75 00:04:31,430 --> 00:04:36,430 So Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, ordered the compilation of the Mushaf. 76 00:04:36,430 --> 00:04:38,779 So, who am I? 77 00:04:38,779 --> 00:04:46,689 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 78 00:04:46,689 --> 00:04:50,939 We will pin the correct answer in the comments. 79 00:04:50,939 --> 00:04:55,939 Upon the release of the next episode, if Allah wills.