1 00:00:00,530 --> 00:00:03,529 Pause, 2 00:00:03,529 --> 00:00:07,530 and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the greatest figures— 3 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:12,660 the finest of generations in deeds and example. 4 00:00:12,660 --> 00:00:20,210 A new challenge: Who am I? 5 00:00:20,210 --> 00:00:25,210 I am one of the Companions, an Emigrant from the people of Mecca. 6 00:00:25,210 --> 00:00:30,210 I was among the very first to embrace Islam among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 7 00:00:30,210 --> 00:00:32,210 The reason for my accepting Islam was 8 00:00:32,210 --> 00:00:37,210 that I saw in a dream that I was standing on the brink of the Fire, 9 00:00:37,210 --> 00:00:40,210 and it was as if my father were pushing me into it. 10 00:00:40,210 --> 00:00:45,210 Then I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, pulling me back by my waist-wrapper 11 00:00:45,210 --> 00:00:47,210 so that I would not fall into it. 12 00:00:47,210 --> 00:00:49,210 I awoke terrified and said, 13 00:00:49,210 --> 00:00:52,210 "I swear, this is indeed a true vision!" 14 00:00:52,210 --> 00:00:55,460 Then I met Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, 15 00:00:55,460 --> 00:00:57,460 and related it to him. 16 00:00:57,460 --> 00:00:59,460 Abu Bakr said, 17 00:00:59,460 --> 00:01:01,460 "Good has been willed for you! 18 00:01:01,460 --> 00:01:05,459 This is the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, so follow him, 19 00:01:05,459 --> 00:01:09,459 for he will shield you from falling into the Fire, 20 00:01:09,459 --> 00:01:12,459 whereas your father is falling into it." 21 00:01:12,459 --> 00:01:16,459 So I met the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, at Ajyad, 22 00:01:16,459 --> 00:01:18,459 and I embraced Islam. 23 00:01:18,459 --> 00:01:21,359 I stayed away from my father, 24 00:01:21,359 --> 00:01:23,359 but when he learned of my conversion to Islam, 25 00:01:23,359 --> 00:01:25,359 he sent for me, 26 00:01:25,359 --> 00:01:27,359 and I was brought to him. 27 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:30,359 He cursed me and beat me with a stick in his hand 28 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:33,359 until he broke it over my head, 29 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:34,359 and he said, 30 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:38,359 "You followed Muhammad even though you see him opposing his people, 31 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:41,359 reviling their gods, 32 00:01:41,359 --> 00:01:44,359 and disparaging their forefathers who have passed away?!" 33 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:47,359 "Go wherever you wish, you worthless wretch! 34 00:01:47,359 --> 00:01:50,359 By Allah, I will surely cut off your sustenance!" 35 00:01:50,359 --> 00:01:51,359 So I said, 36 00:01:51,359 --> 00:01:53,359 "If you withhold it from me, 37 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:56,359 Allah will surely provide me with that by which I may live." 38 00:01:56,359 --> 00:02:00,420 Then I departed to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 39 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:03,420 remaining constantly by his side and living with him. 40 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:07,260 Later, I emigrated to Abyssinia, 41 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:08,259 and while there, 42 00:02:08,259 --> 00:02:10,259 Umm Habibah, 43 00:02:10,259 --> 00:02:14,259 Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan, may Allah be pleased with her, appointed me as her guardian, 44 00:02:14,259 --> 00:02:19,259 authorizing me to act on her behalf when the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, proposed to her, 45 00:02:19,259 --> 00:02:22,509 so I gave her in marriage to him. 46 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:26,509 Then I arrived in Medina in the seventh year of the Hijrah 47 00:02:26,509 --> 00:02:29,509 alongside Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him. 48 00:02:29,509 --> 00:02:34,509 I was present with the Prophet, peace be upon him, at the Compensatory Umrah, 49 00:02:34,509 --> 00:02:36,509 the Conquest of Mecca, 50 00:02:36,509 --> 00:02:39,509 Hunayn, al-Ta'if, and Tabuk. 51 00:02:39,509 --> 00:02:45,509 And the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, appointed me as an administrator over the zakat of Yemen. 52 00:02:45,509 --> 00:02:49,020 So, who am I? 53 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:06,159 The answer: 54 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:10,159 Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-'As, may Allah be pleased with him. 55 00:03:10,159 --> 00:03:12,159 Subscribe to the channel! 56 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:16,159 And they departed, casting a question into the conscience: 57 00:03:16,159 --> 00:03:21,159 "Has any star ever risen and shone as brilliantly as they did? 58 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:26,159 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 59 00:03:26,159 --> 00:03:37,719 and through them, the world of mankind flourished in splendor." 60 00:03:37,719 --> 00:03:41,259 Pause, 61 00:03:41,259 --> 00:03:45,460 and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the greatest figures. 62 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:51,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 63 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:58,939 I am one of the Companions, from the prominent figures of the Ansar, 64 00:03:58,939 --> 00:04:02,939 and one of their leaders at the Second Pledge of al-'Aqabah. 65 00:04:02,939 --> 00:04:07,039 I placed my family and my wealth in the service of Islam. 66 00:04:07,039 --> 00:04:10,039 I participated in the Battles of Badr and Uhud, 67 00:04:10,039 --> 00:04:12,039 and in the latter, I was martyred. 68 00:04:12,039 --> 00:04:16,029 On the night before the Battle of Uhud, 69 00:04:16,029 --> 00:04:18,029 I called my son and said to him, 70 00:04:18,029 --> 00:04:21,029 "I see myself as none other than among the first to be slain tomorrow 71 00:04:21,029 --> 00:04:26,029 among the earliest casualties from the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 72 00:04:26,029 --> 00:04:30,029 And indeed, I leave behind no one dearer to me than you, 73 00:04:30,029 --> 00:04:34,029 except for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 74 00:04:34,029 --> 00:04:37,029 I owe a debt, so pay it off on my behalf, 75 00:04:37,029 --> 00:04:40,029 and treat your sisters well." 76 00:04:40,029 --> 00:04:42,220 When morning came, 77 00:04:42,220 --> 00:04:46,220 we marched out to fight toward Mount Uhud. 78 00:04:46,220 --> 00:04:50,220 Then the leader of the hypocrites, 'Abdullah ibn Ubayy, defected 79 00:04:50,220 --> 00:04:52,220 with a third of the army. 80 00:04:52,220 --> 00:04:55,220 So I went to him and urged him to return, 81 00:04:55,220 --> 00:04:57,220 but he refused. 82 00:04:57,220 --> 00:05:01,220 I said to him, "May you perish! May Allah cast you far away! 83 00:05:01,220 --> 00:05:07,220 Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will surely make His Messenger, peace be upon him, in no need of you." 84 00:05:07,220 --> 00:05:11,209 When the fighting commenced, 85 00:05:11,209 --> 00:05:16,209 I charged toward the polytheists with all zeal and longing for martyrdom, 86 00:05:16,209 --> 00:05:19,209 and I was the very first to be slain in the battle. 87 00:05:19,209 --> 00:05:22,209 The polytheists mutilated my body, 88 00:05:22,209 --> 00:05:24,209 and my sister wept over me, 89 00:05:24,209 --> 00:05:28,209 so the Prophet, peace be upon him, said to her, 90 00:05:28,209 --> 00:05:31,209 "Whether you weep for him or do not weep for him, 91 00:05:31,209 --> 00:05:37,209 the angels continued to shade him with their wings until you lifted him up." 92 00:05:37,209 --> 00:05:40,269 Then they buried me at the site of the battlefield. 93 00:05:40,269 --> 00:05:44,199 Then Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, 94 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:48,199 spoke to me directly, without a veil, 95 00:05:48,199 --> 00:05:49,199 and He said to me, 96 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:51,199 "Make a wish, My servant; 97 00:05:51,199 --> 00:05:54,199 ask of Me, and I shall give you whatever you desire." 98 00:05:54,199 --> 00:05:55,199 I said, 99 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:56,199 "O Lord! 100 00:05:56,199 --> 00:06:00,230 That You bring me back to life so that I may be killed in Your cause a second time." 101 00:06:00,230 --> 00:06:02,230 So He, Glorified be He, said to me, 102 00:06:02,230 --> 00:06:05,230 "The decree has already proceeded from Me 103 00:06:05,230 --> 00:06:08,259 that they shall not return to it." 104 00:06:08,259 --> 00:06:09,259 I said, 105 00:06:09,259 --> 00:06:10,259 "O Lord! 106 00:06:10,259 --> 00:06:13,259 Then convey the news to those I left behind." 107 00:06:13,259 --> 00:06:15,259 Whereupon Allah the Exalted revealed: 108 00:06:15,259 --> 00:06:21,300 “Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.” (3:169) 109 00:06:21,300 --> 00:06:26,300 “Think not of those, who are slain in the way of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living. With their Lord they have provision.” (3:169) 110 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:30,490 "And this virtue was not granted to anyone other than me." 111 00:06:30,490 --> 00:06:34,259 Forty-six years later, 112 00:06:34,259 --> 00:06:37,259 a flood came and unsealed some of the graves, 113 00:06:37,259 --> 00:06:40,259 so they came to move me to another place. 114 00:06:40,259 --> 00:06:44,259 They found me in my grave as though I were fast asleep, 115 00:06:44,259 --> 00:06:48,259 not the slightest thing about my condition having changed. 116 00:06:48,259 --> 00:06:50,319 When they lifted me up, 117 00:06:50,319 --> 00:06:52,319 my hand moved away from my wound, 118 00:06:52,319 --> 00:06:54,319 and fresh blood gushed forth 119 00:06:54,319 --> 00:06:57,319 as though I had been killed this very hour. 120 00:06:57,319 --> 00:07:00,319 So they returned my hand to its place, 121 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:02,699 and the bleeding ceased. 122 00:07:02,699 --> 00:07:05,279 So, who am I? 123 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:09,939 The best of generations in deeds and example, 124 00:07:09,939 --> 00:07:12,389 following the Messenger, 125 00:07:12,389 --> 00:07:15,870 when he strove with dignity, 126 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:19,600 providing guidance to all. 127 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,600 The answer: 128 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,600 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn Haram al-Ansari, 129 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,600 may Allah be pleased with him. 130 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:31,600 They departed, casting a question into the conscience: 131 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:36,600 "Has any star ever risen and shone as brilliantly as they did? 132 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:41,600 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 133 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:46,600 and through them, the world of mankind flourished in splendor." 134 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:54,850 Pause, 135 00:07:54,850 --> 00:07:58,850 and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the greatest figures— 136 00:07:58,850 --> 00:07:59,850 the best of generations, 137 00:07:59,850 --> 00:08:02,740 the finest of examples. 138 00:08:02,740 --> 00:08:05,740 A new challenge: 139 00:08:05,740 --> 00:08:11,170 Who am I? 140 00:08:11,170 --> 00:08:13,170 I am one of the Companions, 141 00:08:13,170 --> 00:08:15,170 hailing from Abyssinia. 142 00:08:15,170 --> 00:08:18,170 I used to shepherd sheep for a Jewish man, 143 00:08:18,170 --> 00:08:21,170 and I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 144 00:08:21,170 --> 00:08:24,170 while he was besieging some of the fortresses of Khaybar. 145 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:26,170 I said, 146 00:08:26,170 --> 00:08:27,170 "O Messenger of Allah, 147 00:08:27,170 --> 00:08:29,170 present Islam to me." 148 00:08:29,170 --> 00:08:31,170 So he presented it to me, 149 00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:33,169 and I embraced Islam. 150 00:08:33,169 --> 00:08:36,169 And the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 151 00:08:36,169 --> 00:08:39,169 never looked down upon anyone. 152 00:08:39,169 --> 00:08:40,169 I said, 153 00:08:40,169 --> 00:08:42,169 "O Messenger of Allah, 154 00:08:42,169 --> 00:08:45,169 I am a hired laborer for the owner of these sheep, 155 00:08:45,169 --> 00:08:47,169 and they are a trust placed in my charge, 156 00:08:47,169 --> 00:08:49,169 so what should I do with them?" 157 00:08:49,169 --> 00:08:53,200 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said, 158 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,200 "Strike them in their faces, 159 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:58,200 and they will return to their owner." 160 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,200 So I stood up, took a handful of dust, 161 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,200 threw it in their faces, 162 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:05,200 and said, 163 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,200 "Return to your owner!" 164 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:12,200 They turned back together as though a drover were driving them, 165 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,200 until they entered the fortress. 166 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,190 Then I stood up from my place 167 00:09:18,190 --> 00:09:20,190 and advanced toward that fortress 168 00:09:20,190 --> 00:09:23,190 to fight alongside the Muslims. 169 00:09:23,190 --> 00:09:26,190 A stone struck me and killed me, 170 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:29,190 though I had never performed a single prayer. 171 00:09:29,190 --> 00:09:33,480 I was brought to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, 172 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,480 and placed behind him, 173 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,480 covered with a cloak that was upon me. 174 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:42,480 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, turned toward me, 175 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,480 accompanied by a group of his Companions, 176 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:48,480 but then he quickly averted his gaze from me. 177 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,480 They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, 178 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,480 why did you turn away from him?" 179 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,480 He, peace be upon him, replied, 180 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,480 "Indeed, with him are two of his wives from the fair maidens of Paradise (hur al-'ayn)." 181 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,700 So, who am I? 182 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:21,450 The answer: Yasar the Abyssinian, 183 00:10:21,450 --> 00:10:23,450 may Allah be pleased with him. 184 00:10:48,549 --> 00:10:51,129 Pause, 185 00:10:51,129 --> 00:10:54,129 and get to know the Companions, the scholars, 186 00:10:54,129 --> 00:10:56,129 and the greatest figures. 187 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,120 A new challenge: 188 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,120 Who am I? 189 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:10,779 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 190 00:11:10,779 --> 00:11:12,779 from the people of Mecca, 191 00:11:12,779 --> 00:11:15,870 and I am the keeper of the key to the Kaaba. 192 00:11:15,870 --> 00:11:18,870 My father was killed as a disbeliever on the day of Uhud, 193 00:11:18,870 --> 00:11:20,870 and I professed Islam on the day of the Conquest 194 00:11:20,870 --> 00:11:22,870 out of fear of being killed. 195 00:11:22,870 --> 00:11:25,870 I marched to Hunayn alongside the Muslims 196 00:11:25,870 --> 00:11:27,870 with some doubt still lingering in my heart, 197 00:11:27,870 --> 00:11:33,059 having resolved to assassinate the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 198 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:37,159 I had set out with him hoping to find an opportunity 199 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:40,159 to exact the revenge of all Quraysh upon him, 200 00:11:40,159 --> 00:11:42,159 and I used to say, 201 00:11:42,159 --> 00:11:45,159 "Even if not a single person among the Arabs or non-Arabs remained 202 00:11:45,159 --> 00:11:47,159 except that they followed Muhammad, 203 00:11:47,159 --> 00:11:49,159 I would never follow him." 204 00:11:49,159 --> 00:11:51,990 But when the armies clashed 205 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:54,990 and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) dismounted 206 00:11:54,990 --> 00:11:56,990 from his mule, 207 00:11:56,990 --> 00:11:57,990 I drew close to him 208 00:11:57,990 --> 00:12:00,990 and raised my sword to strike him with it, 209 00:12:00,990 --> 00:12:02,990 but a blaze of fire flared before me 210 00:12:02,990 --> 00:12:04,990 that nearly consumed me. 211 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:08,990 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) turned toward me 212 00:12:08,990 --> 00:12:09,990 and said, 213 00:12:09,990 --> 00:12:11,990 "Draw near to me." 214 00:12:11,990 --> 00:12:12,990 So I drew near to him, 215 00:12:12,990 --> 00:12:15,990 and he placed his hand upon my chest 216 00:12:15,990 --> 00:12:16,990 and said, 217 00:12:16,990 --> 00:12:19,990 "O Allah, protect him from Satan." 218 00:12:19,990 --> 00:12:21,990 By Allah, no sooner had he lifted his hand 219 00:12:21,990 --> 00:12:23,990 than he became on that day 220 00:12:23,990 --> 00:12:26,990 more beloved to me than my own hearing and sight. 221 00:12:26,990 --> 00:12:29,019 Then he said, 222 00:12:29,019 --> 00:12:31,019 "Go and fight." 223 00:12:31,019 --> 00:12:34,019 So I stepped forward before him, striking with my sword, 224 00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:36,019 and Allah knows 225 00:12:36,019 --> 00:12:39,019 that I would gladly have shielded him with my own life. 226 00:12:39,019 --> 00:12:43,019 By Allah, had I met my own father alive, I would have killed him. 227 00:12:43,019 --> 00:12:45,250 When the fighting subsided, 228 00:12:45,250 --> 00:12:48,250 the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to me, 229 00:12:48,250 --> 00:12:50,250 "What Allah willed for you 230 00:12:50,250 --> 00:12:53,250 was far better than what you willed for yourself." 231 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:56,250 Then he informed me of everything that had been in my heart, 232 00:12:56,250 --> 00:12:59,250 which no one had known 233 00:12:59,250 --> 00:13:01,250 except Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. 234 00:13:01,250 --> 00:13:04,309 Thereupon I bore witness and said, 235 00:13:04,309 --> 00:13:06,309 "I ask Allah for forgiveness." 236 00:13:06,309 --> 00:13:09,309 And he (peace be upon him) said, 237 00:13:09,309 --> 00:13:11,309 "May Allah forgive you." 238 00:13:11,309 --> 00:13:13,659 Who am I? 239 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,820 The answer: 240 00:13:29,820 --> 00:13:32,820 Shaybah ibn 'Uthman ibn Abi Talhah 241 00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:34,820 (may Allah be pleased with him). 242 00:13:55,820 --> 00:14:00,860 Pause. 243 00:14:00,860 --> 00:14:02,779 Pause. 244 00:14:02,779 --> 00:14:03,779 Pause, 245 00:14:03,779 --> 00:14:07,779 and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the notables. 246 00:14:11,779 --> 00:14:13,779 A serious challenge: 247 00:14:13,779 --> 00:14:15,779 Who am I? 248 00:14:15,779 --> 00:14:23,950 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him). 249 00:14:23,950 --> 00:14:25,950 I embraced Islam in the Year of the Conquest, 250 00:14:25,950 --> 00:14:27,950 and I lived a very long life, 251 00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,950 so much so that 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed me 252 00:14:30,950 --> 00:14:34,950 among the group of men who renewed the boundary markers of the Sanctuary. 253 00:14:34,950 --> 00:14:38,720 I witnessed Badr alongside the polytheists, 254 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:40,720 and I saw great signs: 255 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:45,720 I saw the angels killing and capturing between heaven and earth, 256 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:49,750 and I said, "This man is divinely protected," 257 00:14:49,750 --> 00:14:52,750 but I did not mention what I saw to anyone. 258 00:14:52,750 --> 00:14:55,750 We were routed and returned to Mecca, 259 00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:57,750 where we remained 260 00:14:57,750 --> 00:15:00,750 while the Quraysh were embracing Islam man by man, 261 00:15:00,750 --> 00:15:03,750 yet I still remained in polytheism. 262 00:15:03,750 --> 00:15:07,649 When the Day of al-Hudaybiyyah came, 263 00:15:07,649 --> 00:15:09,649 I attended and witnessed the treaty, 264 00:15:09,649 --> 00:15:12,649 and I helped negotiate it until it was concluded; 265 00:15:12,649 --> 00:15:15,649 all the while I wished to accept Islam, 266 00:15:15,649 --> 00:15:18,649 but Allah willed otherwise until His appointed time. 267 00:15:18,649 --> 00:15:21,649 When we wrote the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah, 268 00:15:21,649 --> 00:15:24,649 I was one of its witnesses. 269 00:15:24,649 --> 00:15:28,809 Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) arrived 270 00:15:28,809 --> 00:15:30,809 for the Compensatory 'Umrah ('Umrat al-Qada'), 271 00:15:30,809 --> 00:15:32,809 and the Quraysh evacuated Mecca. 272 00:15:32,809 --> 00:15:35,809 When the three days elapsed, 273 00:15:35,809 --> 00:15:38,809 Suhayl ibn 'Amr and I approached 274 00:15:38,809 --> 00:15:42,809 and said, "O Muhammad, your agreed time has expired, 275 00:15:42,809 --> 00:15:45,809 so depart from our land." 276 00:15:45,809 --> 00:15:49,809 Thereupon the Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded Bilal, 277 00:15:49,809 --> 00:15:51,809 who called out to the people, 278 00:15:51,809 --> 00:15:53,809 "Let not the sun set 279 00:15:53,809 --> 00:15:56,809 while any Muslim remains in Mecca." 280 00:15:56,809 --> 00:15:59,769 When the Conquest of Mecca took place, 281 00:15:59,769 --> 00:16:01,769 I was seized with immense fear 282 00:16:01,769 --> 00:16:03,769 and fled. 283 00:16:03,769 --> 00:16:06,769 But Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) caught up with me, 284 00:16:06,769 --> 00:16:09,769 and he had been a close friend of mine during the Jahiliyyah. 285 00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:12,769 He asked, "What is the matter with you?" 286 00:16:12,769 --> 00:16:15,769 I replied, "I am terrified." 287 00:16:15,769 --> 00:16:18,769 He said to me, "Do not fear, 288 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:21,769 for he is the most righteous and dutiful of men, 289 00:16:21,769 --> 00:16:23,769 and you have my protection, 290 00:16:23,769 --> 00:16:25,769 so come with me." 291 00:16:25,769 --> 00:16:27,769 So I returned with him, 292 00:16:27,769 --> 00:16:30,769 and he brought me before the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 293 00:16:30,769 --> 00:16:33,769 having taught me to say, 294 00:16:33,769 --> 00:16:36,769 "Peace be upon you, O Prophet, 295 00:16:36,769 --> 00:16:39,769 and the mercy of Allah and His blessings." 296 00:16:39,769 --> 00:16:41,769 Then I said, 297 00:16:41,769 --> 00:16:44,799 "I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, 298 00:16:44,799 --> 00:16:47,799 and that you are the Messenger of Allah." 299 00:16:47,799 --> 00:16:50,960 The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, 300 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,960 "All praise is due to Allah Who guided you." 301 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,110 Later, I came to Medina 302 00:16:57,110 --> 00:16:59,110 and settled there. 303 00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:02,110 When Marwan ibn al-Hakam became its governor, 304 00:17:02,110 --> 00:17:05,109 I visited him and greeted him. 305 00:17:05,109 --> 00:17:08,109 Marwan asked me about my age, 306 00:17:08,109 --> 00:17:10,109 and I told him, 307 00:17:10,109 --> 00:17:11,109 so he said to me, 308 00:17:11,109 --> 00:17:14,109 "Your Islam was delayed, O elder, 309 00:17:14,109 --> 00:17:17,109 until younger men surpassed you." 310 00:17:17,109 --> 00:17:18,109 I replied, 311 00:17:18,109 --> 00:17:20,109 "Allah's help is sought! 312 00:17:20,109 --> 00:17:24,109 By Allah, I intended to embrace Islam more than once, 313 00:17:24,109 --> 00:17:27,109 but every single time your father would prevent me, 314 00:17:28,109 --> 00:17:29,109 saying, 315 00:17:29,109 --> 00:17:31,109 'Will you lower your nobility, 316 00:17:31,109 --> 00:17:35,109 abandon the religion of your forefathers for an innovated religion, 317 00:17:35,109 --> 00:17:37,109 and become a mere follower?'" 318 00:17:37,109 --> 00:17:39,109 At that, Marwan fell silent 319 00:17:39,109 --> 00:17:42,109 and regretted what he had said to me. 320 00:17:42,109 --> 00:17:44,400 Who am I? 321 00:18:00,319 --> 00:18:01,319 The answer: 322 00:18:01,319 --> 00:18:04,319 Huwaytib ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza 323 00:18:04,319 --> 00:18:06,319 (may Allah be pleased with him). 324 00:18:32,059 --> 00:18:33,059 Pause, 325 00:18:33,059 --> 00:18:37,059 and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the notables. 326 00:18:42,059 --> 00:18:44,059 A serious challenge: 327 00:18:44,059 --> 00:18:49,420 Who am I? 328 00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:51,420 I am one of the Companions, 329 00:18:51,420 --> 00:18:53,420 from the chieftains of Quraysh. 330 00:18:53,420 --> 00:18:55,420 My brother was Abu Jahl, 331 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:59,420 and my cousin was Khalid ibn al-Walid (may Allah be pleased with him). 332 00:18:59,420 --> 00:19:03,509 I witnessed the Day of Badr while in a state of disbelief, 333 00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:05,509 and I fled back to Mecca 334 00:19:05,509 --> 00:19:08,509 when I saw the defeat of the polytheists 335 00:19:08,509 --> 00:19:12,509 and the killing of my two brothers, Abu Jahl and al-'As. 336 00:19:12,509 --> 00:19:15,509 Then I embraced Islam on the Day of the Conquest of Mecca, 337 00:19:15,509 --> 00:19:17,509 and I witnessed the Battle of Hunayn. 338 00:19:17,509 --> 00:19:20,509 The Prophet (peace be upon him) gave me 339 00:19:20,509 --> 00:19:24,509 one hundred camels from the spoils of Hunayn 340 00:19:24,509 --> 00:19:27,509 among those whose hearts were to be reconciled, 341 00:19:27,509 --> 00:19:29,509 after which my Islam became sincere and firm. 342 00:19:29,509 --> 00:19:30,509 And I said, 343 00:19:30,509 --> 00:19:34,509 "I shall not leave a single valley I traversed in fighting against the Messenger of Allah 344 00:19:34,509 --> 00:19:36,509 (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 345 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:40,509 without traversing its like in the cause of Allah, 346 00:19:40,509 --> 00:19:44,509 nor a single dirham I spent in fighting him 347 00:19:44,509 --> 00:19:47,509 without spending its like in obedience to Allah 348 00:19:47,509 --> 00:19:52,470 and obedience to His Messenger (peace be upon him)." 349 00:19:52,470 --> 00:19:56,470 One day I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him), 350 00:19:56,470 --> 00:19:58,470 saying, 351 00:19:58,470 --> 00:20:00,470 "O Messenger of Allah, 352 00:20:00,470 --> 00:20:03,470 tell me of a matter to which I may hold fast." 353 00:20:03,470 --> 00:20:04,470 He said, 354 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,470 "Restrain this," 355 00:20:06,470 --> 00:20:09,539 and he pointed to his tongue. 356 00:20:09,539 --> 00:20:11,539 I thought that would be an easy task, 357 00:20:11,539 --> 00:20:14,539 for I was a man of few words, 358 00:20:14,539 --> 00:20:16,660 and I did not realize its true gravity. 359 00:20:16,660 --> 00:20:20,660 But when I set out to guard my speech and my tongue, 360 00:20:20,660 --> 00:20:25,339 I found that nothing was harder to manage than it. 361 00:20:25,339 --> 00:20:27,339 I was a generous man, a poet, 362 00:20:27,339 --> 00:20:30,369 and beloved among the people of Mecca. 363 00:20:30,369 --> 00:20:33,369 When I resolved to set out for jihad in the cause of Allah, 364 00:20:33,369 --> 00:20:36,369 the people of Mecca were overcome with immense grief, 365 00:20:36,369 --> 00:20:39,369 and not a single one of them remained 366 00:20:39,369 --> 00:20:41,369 who did not come out to bid me farewell. 367 00:20:41,369 --> 00:20:44,369 When I reached the upper part of al-Batha', 368 00:20:44,369 --> 00:20:48,369 I stopped, and the people stood around me weeping. 369 00:20:48,369 --> 00:20:50,369 When I saw their distress, 370 00:20:50,369 --> 00:20:52,369 I said, 371 00:20:52,369 --> 00:20:54,369 "O people! 372 00:20:54,369 --> 00:20:59,369 By Allah, I have not departed out of preferring my own life over yours, 373 00:20:59,369 --> 00:21:02,369 nor out of choosing any land over your land. 374 00:21:02,369 --> 00:21:04,369 Rather, this matter of Islam came, 375 00:21:04,369 --> 00:21:08,369 and men went forth who preceded us to Allah, 376 00:21:08,369 --> 00:21:12,369 and by Allah, we can never attain a single day of their stature; 377 00:21:12,369 --> 00:21:16,400 by Allah, if they have outstripped us in this world, 378 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,400 we must strive to share with them in the Hereafter. 379 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,500 O people, 380 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:26,500 it is indeed the journey of return to Allah Almighty!" 381 00:21:26,500 --> 00:21:30,289 Then I headed for the Levant, 382 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:33,289 and I was fatally wounded at the Battle of Yarmuk. 383 00:21:33,289 --> 00:21:36,289 I fell prostrate upon the ground 384 00:21:36,289 --> 00:21:39,289 and called for water to drink. 385 00:21:39,289 --> 00:21:41,289 When the water was brought to me, 386 00:21:41,289 --> 00:21:43,289 'Ikrimah looked toward me, 387 00:21:43,289 --> 00:21:46,289 and he too was wounded. 388 00:21:46,289 --> 00:21:47,289 So I said, 389 00:21:47,289 --> 00:21:50,289 "Take the water to 'Ikrimah." 390 00:21:50,289 --> 00:21:52,380 When 'Ikrimah took it, 391 00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:54,380 'Ayyash looked toward him, 392 00:21:54,380 --> 00:21:56,380 so 'Ikrimah said, 393 00:21:56,380 --> 00:21:59,380 "Take it to 'Ayyash." 394 00:21:59,380 --> 00:22:01,380 But the water did not reach 'Ayyash 395 00:22:01,380 --> 00:22:03,380 before he passed away. 396 00:22:03,380 --> 00:22:06,380 So they brought the water back to 'Ikrimah, 397 00:22:06,380 --> 00:22:08,380 only to find that he had also passed away. 398 00:22:08,380 --> 00:22:11,380 Then they brought the water back to me, 399 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:14,380 and my soul had departed from me. 400 00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:16,670 So, who am I? 401 00:22:18,019 --> 00:22:22,759 The best of generations, in stature and example, 402 00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:28,240 following the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 403 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:33,099 They were here, watering this— 404 00:22:39,099 --> 00:22:44,099 they departed, leaving a question deep within the conscience: 405 00:22:44,099 --> 00:22:49,099 Did ever a star like them rise high and gleam? 406 00:22:49,099 --> 00:22:54,099 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 407 00:22:54,099 --> 00:22:59,099 and the world of mankind flourished through them in beauty. 408 00:23:10,380 --> 00:23:14,430 The best of generations, in stature and example. 409 00:23:14,430 --> 00:23:16,430 A new challenge: 410 00:23:16,430 --> 00:23:18,430 Who am I? 411 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:24,660 I am one of the Mothers of the Believers, 412 00:23:24,660 --> 00:23:26,660 and a wife of the Trustworthy Messenger, 413 00:23:26,660 --> 00:23:29,660 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 414 00:23:29,660 --> 00:23:33,660 None among his wives received a greater bridal dowry than mine, 415 00:23:33,660 --> 00:23:38,660 nor did he marry anyone whose homeland was farther than mine. 416 00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:40,660 My father was Abu Sufyan, 417 00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:43,660 the chieftain and grand leader of Quraysh. 418 00:23:43,660 --> 00:23:46,339 My husband and I embraced Islam, 419 00:23:46,339 --> 00:23:49,339 and we migrated to the land of Abyssinia 420 00:23:49,339 --> 00:23:51,339 fleeing to preserve our faith. 421 00:23:51,339 --> 00:23:53,339 Then my husband passed away in exile, 422 00:23:53,339 --> 00:23:57,339 which caused me immense distress and grief. 423 00:23:57,339 --> 00:24:01,369 Then I saw in a dream a man calling out to me, saying: 424 00:24:01,369 --> 00:24:03,369 "O Mother of the Believers!" 425 00:24:03,369 --> 00:24:09,369 So I interpreted it to mean that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would marry me. 426 00:24:09,369 --> 00:24:12,400 No sooner had my waiting period ended 427 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,400 than a maidservant of the Negus came to me and said: 428 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,400 "The King says to you: 429 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:26,400 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has written to me asking me to marry you to him.'" 430 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,400 I was overjoyed and said: 431 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,400 "May Allah bring you glad tidings of good!" 432 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,400 Then she said to me: 433 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,400 "The King tells you: 434 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:36,400 'Appoint someone to act as your guardian in marriage.'" 435 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:41,430 So I sent for Khalid Ibn Sa'id Ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him), 436 00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:42,430 and appointed him as my representative. 437 00:24:42,430 --> 00:24:47,430 I gave the maidservant all the jewelry and gems I possessed 438 00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:51,690 as a reward for the glad tidings she had brought me. 439 00:24:51,690 --> 00:24:53,690 When evening came, 440 00:24:53,690 --> 00:24:58,690 the Negus commanded the Muslims in Abyssinia to gather, 441 00:24:58,690 --> 00:25:03,690 and he paid the dowry to me on behalf of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him): 442 00:25:03,690 --> 00:25:05,720 four hundred dinars. 443 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,720 When the people were about to depart, 444 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,720 the Negus said to them: 445 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,720 "Sit down, 446 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,720 for it is the Sunnah of the Prophets, when they marry, 447 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:16,720 to host a wedding feast." 448 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:18,720 So he called for food, 449 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:19,720 and they ate, 450 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,720 and then dispersed. 451 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:29,359 Afterward, he prepared me for travel and sent me to Medina with Shurahbil Ibn Hasana (may Allah be pleased with him). 452 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:34,359 When news reached my father that the Prophet (peace be upon him) had married me— 453 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,359 while my father was still upon polytheism— 454 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,359 he was nevertheless pleased and said: 455 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,359 "He is a noble stallion 456 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,359 whose nose cannot be struck!" 457 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:48,390 Meaning: he is an honorable equal whose proposal cannot be rejected. 458 00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:51,029 Shortly before the Conquest of Mecca, 459 00:25:51,029 --> 00:25:53,029 my father came to Medina 460 00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:59,029 to renew the peace treaty between himself and the Prophet (peace be upon him). 461 00:25:59,029 --> 00:26:02,029 He entered upon me in my house, 462 00:26:02,029 --> 00:26:07,029 but when he went to sit on the bed of the Prophet (peace be upon him), 463 00:26:07,029 --> 00:26:10,029 I rushed forward and folded it away from him. 464 00:26:10,029 --> 00:26:13,029 He took offense at that and said: 465 00:26:13,029 --> 00:26:19,029 "O my little daughter, did you think this bed too good for me, or me too good for it?" 466 00:26:19,029 --> 00:26:21,029 I replied: 467 00:26:21,029 --> 00:26:25,029 "Rather, it is the bed of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), 468 00:26:25,029 --> 00:26:28,029 while you are an impure polytheist." 469 00:26:28,029 --> 00:26:30,059 He said: 470 00:26:30,059 --> 00:26:34,059 "O my little daughter, evil has indeed afflicted you after me!" 471 00:26:34,059 --> 00:26:38,180 And when death approached me, 472 00:26:38,180 --> 00:26:42,180 I summoned 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said to her: 473 00:26:42,180 --> 00:26:47,180 "There may have been between us what typically occurs between co-wives; 474 00:26:47,180 --> 00:26:51,180 may Allah forgive me and you for whatever took place." 475 00:26:51,180 --> 00:26:53,180 'A'ishah replied: 476 00:26:53,180 --> 00:26:56,180 "May Allah forgive you for all of it, 477 00:26:56,180 --> 00:27:00,180 pardon you, and absolve you thereof." 478 00:27:00,180 --> 00:27:01,180 I said: 479 00:27:01,180 --> 00:27:04,180 "You have brought me joy; may Allah bring you joy!" 480 00:27:04,180 --> 00:27:08,180 And I sent for Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) 481 00:27:08,180 --> 00:27:10,180 and said the same to her, 482 00:27:10,180 --> 00:27:14,180 and she answered me just as 'A'ishah had answered. 483 00:27:14,180 --> 00:27:16,660 So, who am I? 484 00:27:31,539 --> 00:27:32,539 The answer: 485 00:27:32,539 --> 00:27:33,539 Umm Habibah, 486 00:27:33,539 --> 00:27:38,539 Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with her). 487 00:27:48,539 --> 00:27:53,539 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 488 00:27:53,539 --> 00:27:58,539 and the world of mankind flourished through them in beauty. 489 00:27:58,539 --> 00:28:09,819 Pause and learn of the Companions, the scholars, and the notables; 490 00:28:09,819 --> 00:28:14,009 the best of generations in stature and example. 491 00:28:14,009 --> 00:28:18,009 A new challenge: Who am I? 492 00:28:18,009 --> 00:28:25,240 I am one of the Companions from the Muhajirun. 493 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,240 I embraced Islam in the seventh year after the Hijrah, 494 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:34,240 and I remained closely attached to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) in travel and residence. 495 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,240 I witnessed Khaybar and the subsequent battles with him, 496 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,240 and I took part in the Wars of Apostasy 497 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,240 and in the Islamic conquests. 498 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,400 I was renowned for worship and worldly asceticism. 499 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,259 I was a young man in Mecca 500 00:28:52,259 --> 00:28:58,259 when the people were called to go out to the area of al-Tan'im, outside the sacred Sanctuary, 501 00:28:58,259 --> 00:29:02,259 to witness the execution of Khubayb Ibn 'Adiyy (may Allah be pleased with him), 502 00:29:02,259 --> 00:29:05,259 after they had captured him through treachery. 503 00:29:05,259 --> 00:29:08,259 I was deeply shaken by that event, 504 00:29:08,259 --> 00:29:16,259 and what I saw and heard of Khubayb's love for the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) 505 00:29:16,259 --> 00:29:19,259 and the depth of his faith in the religion of Islam took hold of my heart; 506 00:29:19,259 --> 00:29:22,259 and that was the reason for my embracing Islam. 507 00:29:22,259 --> 00:29:28,099 The Commander of the Faithful 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed me governor over Homs, 508 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:32,099 so I departed for it, though I detested holding authority. 509 00:29:32,099 --> 00:29:36,099 Later, he inquired from its people about my conduct among them, 510 00:29:36,099 --> 00:29:39,099 and the people of Homs spoke well of me, 511 00:29:39,099 --> 00:29:44,099 yet they complained to him of four matters regarding me. 512 00:29:44,099 --> 00:29:47,099 So 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) summoned me 513 00:29:47,099 --> 00:29:52,099 and said to them: "Present what grievances you have against your governor." 514 00:29:52,099 --> 00:29:58,099 They said: "He does not come out to us until the day is well advanced." 515 00:29:58,099 --> 00:30:00,099 So 'Umar questioned me about that, 516 00:30:00,099 --> 00:30:05,099 and I said: "By Allah, I truly disliked mentioning this, 517 00:30:05,099 --> 00:30:09,099 but my household has no servant, 518 00:30:09,099 --> 00:30:11,099 so I knead my dough, 519 00:30:11,099 --> 00:30:14,099 then leave it until it rises, 520 00:30:14,099 --> 00:30:16,099 then bake my bread, 521 00:30:16,099 --> 00:30:18,099 then perform ablution for the Duha prayer, 522 00:30:18,099 --> 00:30:21,099 and only then do I go out to the people." 523 00:30:21,099 --> 00:30:25,099 'Umar said: "And what else do you complain of?" 524 00:30:25,099 --> 00:30:29,099 They said: "He does not answer anyone at night." 525 00:30:29,099 --> 00:30:35,190 I said: "I have designated the day for them and the night for my Lord." 526 00:30:35,190 --> 00:30:38,220 'Umar said: "And what else?" 527 00:30:38,220 --> 00:30:43,220 They said: "He does not come out to us one day every month." 528 00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:48,349 I said: "I have no servant to wash my garment, 529 00:30:48,349 --> 00:30:51,349 nor do I possess any clothes other than what I wear; 530 00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:56,349 so I wash my garment, wait for it to dry, 531 00:30:56,349 --> 00:31:00,349 and at the end of the day I go out to them." 532 00:31:00,349 --> 00:31:04,579 'Umar said: "And what else do you complain of?" 533 00:31:04,579 --> 00:31:09,579 They said: "From time to time, he is seized by a fainting spell, 534 00:31:09,579 --> 00:31:12,579 and becomes absent from those sitting with him." 535 00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:18,670 I said: "I witnessed the execution of Khubayb (may Allah be pleased with him) in Mecca 536 00:31:18,670 --> 00:31:22,670 while I was on that day still an idolater; 537 00:31:22,670 --> 00:31:25,670 Quraysh had crucified him upon a wooden post 538 00:31:25,670 --> 00:31:31,670 and began severing his flesh piece by piece until he died. 539 00:31:31,670 --> 00:31:35,859 Whenever I recall that scene which I witnessed, 540 00:31:35,859 --> 00:31:38,859 and remember that I failed to aid Khubayb, 541 00:31:38,859 --> 00:31:41,859 I tremble in awe and dread of Allah Almighty, 542 00:31:41,859 --> 00:31:44,859 and that swoon overcomes me." 543 00:31:44,859 --> 00:31:51,930 Whereupon 'Umar said: "Praise be to Allah, Who did not disappoint my high opinion of you!" 544 00:31:51,930 --> 00:31:58,950 Sometime later, a delegation from the people of Homs came to the Caliph in Medina, 545 00:31:58,950 --> 00:32:03,950 and 'Umar said to them: "Write down for me the names of your poor." 546 00:32:03,950 --> 00:32:08,950 So they wrote him a list containing the names of the poor, 547 00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:10,950 and included my name among them. 548 00:32:10,950 --> 00:32:13,950 'Umar said: "Who is this?" 549 00:32:13,950 --> 00:32:16,950 They said: "This is our governor." 550 00:32:16,950 --> 00:32:21,019 He asked: "And is your governor poor?" 551 00:32:21,019 --> 00:32:23,019 They replied: "Yes." 552 00:32:23,019 --> 00:32:28,019 'Umar was astonished and said: "How can your governor be poor? 553 00:32:28,019 --> 00:32:31,019 Where is his stipend? Where is his provision?" 554 00:32:31,019 --> 00:32:34,079 They said: "O Commander of the Faithful, 555 00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:37,079 he withholds nothing for himself; 556 00:32:37,079 --> 00:32:40,079 he spends his entire stipend upon us." 557 00:32:40,079 --> 00:32:42,109 At that, 'Umar wept, 558 00:32:42,109 --> 00:32:45,109 then fetched one thousand dinars, 559 00:32:45,109 --> 00:32:48,109 tied them into a pouch, and sent them to me, 560 00:32:48,109 --> 00:32:52,109 saying: "Convey my greetings of peace to him, 561 00:32:52,109 --> 00:32:54,109 and tell him: 562 00:32:54,109 --> 00:32:57,109 'The Commander of the Faithful has sent you this wealth, 563 00:32:57,109 --> 00:33:00,109 so use it to relieve your needs.'" 564 00:33:00,109 --> 00:33:03,269 The messenger brought it to me, 565 00:33:03,269 --> 00:33:05,269 and when I looked at the dinars, 566 00:33:05,269 --> 00:33:08,269 I began reciting: "To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return!" 567 00:33:08,269 --> 00:33:13,299 And by morning, I had spent them all in the cause of Allah. 568 00:33:13,299 --> 00:33:15,619 So, who am I? 569 00:33:31,619 --> 00:33:32,619 The answer: 570 00:33:32,619 --> 00:33:35,619 Sa'id Ibn 'Amir al-Jumahi 571 00:33:35,619 --> 00:33:37,619 (may Allah be pleased with him). 572 00:33:43,619 --> 00:33:48,619 Did ever a star like them rise high and gleam? 573 00:33:48,619 --> 00:33:53,619 They filled life with glories through their deeds, 574 00:33:53,619 --> 00:34:02,140 and the world of mankind flourished through them in beauty. 575 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:04,660 Pause 576 00:34:04,660 --> 00:34:09,659 and learn of the Companions, the scholars, and the notables; 577 00:34:09,659 --> 00:34:13,659 the best of generations in stature and example. 578 00:34:13,659 --> 00:34:16,659 A new challenge: 579 00:34:17,659 --> 00:34:25,659 I am the eldest daughter of the Prophet (peace be upon him). 580 00:34:25,659 --> 00:34:28,659 My mother was Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her). 581 00:34:28,659 --> 00:34:32,659 I was born ten years before the Prophetic mission. 582 00:34:32,659 --> 00:34:35,659 I was known as the Lady of the Necklace, 583 00:34:35,659 --> 00:34:38,659 and my father (peace and blessings be upon him) 584 00:34:38,659 --> 00:34:41,889 loved me and praised me. 585 00:34:41,889 --> 00:34:46,889 He gave me in marriage to my maternal cousin, Abu al-'As Ibn al-Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with him), 586 00:34:46,889 --> 00:34:48,889 and I lived with him in happiness. 587 00:34:48,889 --> 00:34:52,920 When my father (peace be upon him) was commissioned as a prophet, 588 00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,920 I hastened to believe in him, 589 00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:57,920 whereas my husband refused Islam. 590 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:01,920 Quraysh then began urging my husband to divorce me, 591 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,920 offering to replace me with a woman from the noblest households of Quraysh. 592 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,920 But he would answer them, saying: 593 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:10,920 "No, by Allah! 594 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,920 I will not separate from my companion, 595 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,920 nor would I ever want in exchange for my wife 596 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,980 any woman of Quraysh." 597 00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:22,980 When the Day of Badr took place, 598 00:35:22,980 --> 00:35:25,980 my husband went out to fight the Muslims, 599 00:35:25,980 --> 00:35:28,980 and he fell into their hands as a prisoner of war. 600 00:35:28,980 --> 00:35:36,980 So I sent as his ransom a necklace that my mother Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her, had gifted me on my wedding day. 601 00:35:36,980 --> 00:35:40,980 When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw it, 602 00:35:40,980 --> 00:35:41,980 his heart softened with deep compassion for me, 603 00:35:41,980 --> 00:35:46,980 and he interceded for my husband so that he might be released without a ransom, 604 00:35:46,980 --> 00:35:49,010 and he returned the necklace to me. 605 00:35:49,010 --> 00:35:54,010 He also asked my husband to send me to him in Madinah. 606 00:35:54,010 --> 00:35:57,199 When my husband returned to Makkah, 607 00:35:57,199 --> 00:36:01,199 he instructed me to prepare to join my father, 608 00:36:01,199 --> 00:36:03,199 and he asked his brother Kinanah 609 00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:06,199 to escort me part of the way, 610 00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:09,199 where he would meet some of the Companions 611 00:36:09,199 --> 00:36:12,199 who would take me to Madinah. 612 00:36:12,199 --> 00:36:15,260 Kinanah took his bow and arrows, 613 00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:18,260 and set out with me in broad daylight, 614 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:21,260 in full view and earshot of Quraysh. 615 00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:24,260 The people were enraged and pursued us, 616 00:36:24,260 --> 00:36:27,260 terrifying me inside my howdah 617 00:36:27,260 --> 00:36:28,260 until it fell, 618 00:36:28,260 --> 00:36:31,260 and I miscarried the child I was carrying. 619 00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:34,389 At that moment, Kinanah scattered his arrows 620 00:36:34,389 --> 00:36:37,389 and swore that no one would approach me 621 00:36:37,389 --> 00:36:40,389 without him shooting an arrow straight into his neck. 622 00:36:40,389 --> 00:36:43,389 He was an unerring marksman, 623 00:36:43,389 --> 00:36:45,389 so the men backed off. 624 00:36:45,389 --> 00:36:47,389 Then Abu Sufyan came forward 625 00:36:47,389 --> 00:36:49,389 and said to Kinanah, 626 00:36:49,389 --> 00:36:51,389 "Take her back to Makkah, 627 00:36:51,389 --> 00:36:55,389 then depart with her secretly by night, 628 00:36:55,389 --> 00:36:57,389 lest the people say that she 629 00:36:57,389 --> 00:37:00,389 departed against the will of the people of Makkah." 630 00:37:00,389 --> 00:37:03,389 Kinanah did so, 631 00:37:03,389 --> 00:37:05,389 and when night fell, 632 00:37:05,389 --> 00:37:07,389 he set out with me 633 00:37:07,389 --> 00:37:09,389 and handed me over to Zayd Ibn Harithah 634 00:37:09,389 --> 00:37:11,389 and another man 635 00:37:11,389 --> 00:37:13,389 whom my father (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 636 00:37:13,389 --> 00:37:16,389 had dispatched to escort me 637 00:37:16,389 --> 00:37:19,219 to Madinah. 638 00:37:19,219 --> 00:37:21,219 Later on, my husband embraced Islam 639 00:37:21,219 --> 00:37:23,219 six years after that, 640 00:37:23,219 --> 00:37:25,219 and migrated to Madinah. 641 00:37:25,219 --> 00:37:28,219 The Prophet (peace be upon him) then reunited me 642 00:37:28,219 --> 00:37:31,219 with him under our original marriage contract, 643 00:37:31,219 --> 00:37:33,219 and I remained with him. 644 00:37:33,219 --> 00:37:35,219 However, illness never left me 645 00:37:35,219 --> 00:37:37,219 because of the fall I suffered 646 00:37:37,219 --> 00:37:40,219 during my migration from Makkah, 647 00:37:40,219 --> 00:37:42,219 until my appointed time came 648 00:37:42,219 --> 00:37:45,219 in the eighth year after the Hijrah. 649 00:37:45,219 --> 00:37:48,449 The Mothers of the Believers washed my body, 650 00:37:48,449 --> 00:37:51,449 and my father (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gave them 651 00:37:51,449 --> 00:37:54,449 his lower garment (izar), saying, 652 00:37:54,449 --> 00:37:56,449 "Shroud her with this as the inner garment," 653 00:37:56,449 --> 00:37:59,449 meaning to place it directly next to her body, 654 00:37:59,449 --> 00:38:01,449 straight against her skin beneath the shroud. 655 00:38:01,449 --> 00:38:03,510 Then my father prayed the funeral prayer over me, 656 00:38:03,510 --> 00:38:06,510 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 657 00:38:06,510 --> 00:38:09,510 and both he and my husband descended into my grave. 658 00:38:09,510 --> 00:38:11,610 Who am I? 659 00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:28,650 The answer: 660 00:38:28,650 --> 00:38:32,650 Zaynab, daughter of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 661 00:38:32,650 --> 00:38:34,650 may Allah be pleased with her. 662 00:38:42,289 --> 00:38:45,289 Pause, 663 00:38:45,289 --> 00:38:49,289 and get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the notables. 664 00:38:53,289 --> 00:39:00,059 A new challenge: 665 00:39:00,059 --> 00:39:03,059 Who am I? 666 00:39:03,059 --> 00:39:06,289 I am one of the young Companions; 667 00:39:06,289 --> 00:39:10,289 I am one of the young Companions; 668 00:39:10,289 --> 00:39:13,289 I am one of the young Companions; 669 00:39:13,289 --> 00:39:20,099 I am one of the young Companions from among the Ansar. 670 00:39:20,099 --> 00:39:26,099 I embraced Islam as a young boy, and my father passed away, so I grew up an orphan. 671 00:39:26,099 --> 00:39:30,099 My mother's husband, Al-Julas Ibn Suwayd, took me under his guardianship. 672 00:39:30,099 --> 00:39:35,099 He was an excellent guardian, taking great care of me and loving me like his own son, 673 00:39:35,099 --> 00:39:40,099 and I likewise loved him as a son loves his father, 674 00:39:40,099 --> 00:39:44,099 on account of the immense kindness he showed me. 675 00:39:44,099 --> 00:39:49,099 That was until that unexpected day arrived. 676 00:39:49,099 --> 00:39:56,059 I had not participated in the military expeditions with the Prophet (peace be upon him) due to my young age, 677 00:39:56,059 --> 00:40:01,059 but I watched the Muslims preparing for the expedition of Tabuk, 678 00:40:01,059 --> 00:40:04,059 making preparations for a long journey. 679 00:40:04,059 --> 00:40:10,059 I noticed Al-Julas holding back sluggishly from mobilizing, and I was bewildered by that. 680 00:40:10,059 --> 00:40:14,099 One day, I entered upon him and heard him say, 681 00:40:14,099 --> 00:40:21,099 "If Muhammad is telling the truth in what he says, then we are worse than donkeys!" 682 00:40:21,099 --> 00:40:26,130 I was shocked by his statement and filled with intense anger. 683 00:40:26,130 --> 00:40:29,130 I hastened to respond to him, saying, 684 00:40:29,130 --> 00:40:36,130 "By Allah, O Julas, you are among the dearest of people to me and the most generous toward me, 685 00:40:36,130 --> 00:40:41,130 but you have just uttered a statement that would bring harm upon you if I were to spread it, 686 00:40:41,130 --> 00:40:46,130 and if I were to keep silent about it, I would betray my religion and destroy my own soul. 687 00:40:46,130 --> 00:40:50,130 Truly, the right of religion is foremost in loyalty, 688 00:40:50,130 --> 00:40:56,449 and I will certainly inform the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) of what you have said." 689 00:40:56,449 --> 00:41:02,449 I went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and informed him of what Al-Julas had said. 690 00:41:02,449 --> 00:41:08,449 The Prophet (peace be upon him) sent for him and summoned him to appear. 691 00:41:08,449 --> 00:41:14,449 Al-Julas came and swore by Allah that he had never said those words, 692 00:41:14,449 --> 00:41:16,449 accusing me of lying. 693 00:41:16,449 --> 00:41:20,449 The people then began looking at me with suspicion, 694 00:41:20,449 --> 00:41:25,639 and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) remained silent. 695 00:41:25,639 --> 00:41:29,639 As for me, the blood rushed to my face, 696 00:41:29,639 --> 00:41:32,639 and my eyes welled up with tears. 697 00:41:32,639 --> 00:41:35,639 Thereupon, Al-Julas said, 698 00:41:35,639 --> 00:41:39,639 "What I have told you, O Messenger of Allah, is the absolute truth, 699 00:41:39,639 --> 00:41:42,639 and if you wish, we can swear an oath before you, 700 00:41:42,639 --> 00:41:45,639 and I swear by Allah 701 00:41:45,639 --> 00:41:49,639 that I did not say anything of what this boy accuses me of." 702 00:41:49,639 --> 00:41:54,900 At that very moment, divine revelation descended upon the Prophet (peace be upon him), 703 00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:56,900 and everyone fell completely silent. 704 00:41:56,900 --> 00:42:00,900 When the state of revelation lifted from him (peace be upon him), 705 00:42:00,900 --> 00:42:03,900 he recited the words of Allah the Exalted: 706 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:06,900 “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.” (9:74) 707 00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:09,900 “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.” (9:74) 708 00:42:09,900 --> 00:42:11,900 "...and they disbelieved after their Islam..." 709 00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:15,900 “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.” (9:74) 710 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:25,900 “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.” (9:74) 711 00:42:25,900 --> 00:42:29,900 "...So if they repent, it will be better for them..." 712 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:38,900 “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.” (9:74) 713 00:42:38,900 --> 00:42:46,409 “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (wrong), yet they did say the word of disbelief, and did disbelieve after their Surrender (to Allah). And they purposed that which they could not attain, and they sought revenge only that Allah by His messenger should enrich them of His bounty. If they repent it will be better for them; and if they turn away, Allah will afflict them with a painful doom in the world and the Hereafter, and they have no protecting friend nor helper in the earth.” (9:74) 714 00:42:46,409 --> 00:42:50,409 The face of the Prophet (peace be upon him) lit up with joy, 715 00:42:50,409 --> 00:42:53,409 and he reached out to my ear and said, 716 00:42:53,409 --> 00:42:57,409 "Your ear was faithful to what it heard, O boy, 717 00:42:57,409 --> 00:42:59,409 and your Lord has affirmed your truthfulness." 718 00:42:59,409 --> 00:43:05,409 As for Al-Julas, trembling overtook him upon hearing the words of Allah the Exalted, 719 00:43:05,409 --> 00:43:08,409 and he said, "Rather, I repent, O Messenger of Allah! 720 00:43:08,409 --> 00:43:10,409 Indeed, I repent!" 721 00:43:10,409 --> 00:43:13,409 He embraced Islam sincerely at that moment, becoming a devoted Muslim, 722 00:43:13,409 --> 00:43:19,409 and he returned to loving and honoring me even more than before. 723 00:43:19,409 --> 00:43:21,409 He used to say to me, 724 00:43:21,409 --> 00:43:26,409 "Praise be to Allah Who saved me from the Fire through you." 725 00:43:26,409 --> 00:43:29,590 Who am I? 726 00:43:29,590 --> 00:43:34,320 The best of followers and exemplars, 727 00:43:34,829 --> 00:43:42,070 following the Messenger in every endeavor and word, 728 00:43:42,070 --> 00:43:45,340 striving with devotion. 729 00:43:45,340 --> 00:43:50,570 The answer: 'Umayr Ibn Sa'd, may Allah be pleased with him. 730 00:43:50,570 --> 00:43:55,570 They departed, leaving in our conscience a question: 731 00:43:55,570 --> 00:44:00,570 Has any star ever risen and shone brightly like them? 732 00:44:00,570 --> 00:44:05,570 They filled life with glorious deeds of their own making, 733 00:44:05,570 --> 00:44:10,570 and through them, the world of mankind flourished in splendor.