1 00:00:00,460 --> 00:00:03,459 Stop. 2 00:00:03,459 --> 00:00:08,460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the noble figures. 3 00:00:12,460 --> 00:00:16,460 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:24,140 I am one of the Companions from the Muhajirun. 5 00:00:24,140 --> 00:00:29,140 I was taken captive during the Jahiliyyah, and then they sold me in Makkah. 6 00:00:29,140 --> 00:00:32,140 Umm Anmar al-Khuza'iyyah bought me. 7 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:36,140 She handed me over to one of the blacksmiths in Makkah. 8 00:00:36,140 --> 00:00:39,140 To teach me the craft of sword-making. 9 00:00:39,140 --> 00:00:42,140 How quickly I mastered it. 10 00:00:42,140 --> 00:00:45,340 When I heard about the call of Islam, 11 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:50,340 I went to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and heard from him. 12 00:00:50,340 --> 00:00:53,340 I extended my hand to him, 13 00:00:53,340 --> 00:00:56,340 And I testified that there is no god but Allah, 14 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:59,340 And that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 15 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:03,229 When Umm Anmar learned of my Islam, 16 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:07,230 She was enraged and consumed with fury. 17 00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:11,230 She went to her brother, Siba' ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza. 18 00:01:11,230 --> 00:01:13,230 He came to me, 19 00:01:13,230 --> 00:01:14,230 And said, 20 00:01:14,230 --> 00:01:18,230 "News has reached us about you that we do not believe." 21 00:01:18,230 --> 00:01:20,260 I said, "And what is that?" 22 00:01:20,260 --> 00:01:22,260 Siba' said, 23 00:01:22,260 --> 00:01:24,260 "It is rumored that you have apostatized, 24 00:01:24,260 --> 00:01:27,260 And followed the boy of Ibn Hashim." 25 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:29,329 I said calmly, 26 00:01:29,329 --> 00:01:31,329 "I have not apostatized; 27 00:01:31,329 --> 00:01:35,329 Rather, I have believed in Allah alone, with no partner, 28 00:01:35,329 --> 00:01:37,329 And I have rejected your idols." 29 00:01:37,329 --> 00:01:41,489 No sooner had my words reached their ears 30 00:01:41,489 --> 00:01:43,489 Than they fell upon me. 31 00:01:43,489 --> 00:01:48,489 They began to strike me with their hands and kick me with their feet. 32 00:01:48,489 --> 00:01:54,489 They pelted me with whatever they could reach—hammers and pieces of iron— 33 00:01:54,489 --> 00:01:57,489 Until I fell to the ground, unconscious, 34 00:01:57,489 --> 00:02:00,489 With blood streaming from me. 35 00:02:00,489 --> 00:02:07,420 One day, I made a sword for al-'As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi, 36 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:09,419 And I came to collect my payment. 37 00:02:09,419 --> 00:02:10,419 He said, 38 00:02:10,419 --> 00:02:14,419 "I will not give you anything until you disbelieve in Muhammad." 39 00:02:14,419 --> 00:02:15,419 I said, 40 00:02:15,419 --> 00:02:20,419 "I will not disbelieve in Muhammad, peace be upon him, 41 00:02:20,419 --> 00:02:24,539 Until Allah causes you to die and then resurrects you." 42 00:02:24,539 --> 00:02:25,539 He said, 43 00:02:25,539 --> 00:02:28,539 "If Allah causes me to die and then resurrects me, 44 00:02:28,539 --> 00:02:32,539 Come to me then, and I will pay you your due." 45 00:02:32,539 --> 00:02:34,740 Then Allah the Almighty revealed: 46 00:02:34,740 --> 00:02:38,740 “Hast thou seen him who disbelieveth in Our revelations and saith: Assuredly I shall be given wealth and children?” (19:77) 47 00:02:38,740 --> 00:02:42,740 "And he said, 'I will surely be given wealth and children.'" 48 00:02:42,740 --> 00:02:48,740 “Hath he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent?” (19:78) 49 00:02:48,740 --> 00:02:50,740 "No! 50 00:02:50,740 --> 00:02:52,740 We shall record what he says." 51 00:02:52,740 --> 00:02:55,740 “Nay, but We shall record that which he saith and prolong for him a span of torment.” (19:79) 52 00:02:55,740 --> 00:03:00,740 “And We shall inherit from him that whereof he spake, and he will come unto Us, alone (without his wealth and children).” (19:80) 53 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:05,409 When the persecution of the polytheists against us intensified, 54 00:03:05,409 --> 00:03:08,409 I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 55 00:03:08,409 --> 00:03:12,409 While he was reclining on his cloak in the shade of the Ka'bah. 56 00:03:12,409 --> 00:03:15,409 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 57 00:03:15,409 --> 00:03:17,409 Will you not pray to Allah for us? 58 00:03:17,409 --> 00:03:19,409 Will you not seek victory for us?" 59 00:03:19,409 --> 00:03:22,569 He sat up, peace be upon him, 60 00:03:22,569 --> 00:03:25,569 His face flushed, and he said, 61 00:03:25,569 --> 00:03:28,599 "Those who came before you— 62 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:30,599 A man would be combed with iron combs, 63 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:34,599 Stripping the flesh or nerves from his bones, 64 00:03:34,599 --> 00:03:37,599 Yet that would not turn him away from his religion. 65 00:03:37,599 --> 00:03:41,599 A saw would be placed on the parting of his head, 66 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:43,599 And he would be split in two, 67 00:03:43,599 --> 00:03:46,599 Yet that would not turn him away from his religion. 68 00:03:46,599 --> 00:03:49,659 Allah will surely complete this matter, 69 00:03:49,659 --> 00:03:54,659 Until a traveler can ride from San'a to Hadramawt, 70 00:03:54,659 --> 00:03:58,659 Fearing nothing but Allah and the wolf for his sheep." 71 00:03:58,659 --> 00:04:04,689 One day, I entered upon 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, 72 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:08,689 And he asked me about the severest suffering I had endured from the polytheists. 73 00:04:08,689 --> 00:04:11,689 I uncovered my back and said, 74 00:04:11,689 --> 00:04:14,689 "Look, O Commander of the Faithful." 75 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:16,750 'Umar said, 76 00:04:16,750 --> 00:04:18,750 "I have never seen anything like it." 77 00:04:18,750 --> 00:04:20,850 I said, 78 00:04:20,850 --> 00:04:22,850 "They lit a fire for me, 79 00:04:22,850 --> 00:04:27,709 And nothing extinguished it but the fat of my back." 80 00:04:27,709 --> 00:04:31,709 In the latter part of my life, I became wealthy after having been poor, 81 00:04:31,709 --> 00:04:34,709 And I possessed gold and silver 82 00:04:34,709 --> 00:04:37,740 Such as I had never dreamed of. 83 00:04:37,740 --> 00:04:40,740 I placed my wealth in a spot in my house 84 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:45,740 Known to those in need among the poor and the destitute. 85 00:04:45,740 --> 00:04:47,740 I did not tie it shut, 86 00:04:47,740 --> 00:04:50,740 Nor did I put a lock upon it. 87 00:04:50,740 --> 00:04:52,740 I gave them permission to access it, 88 00:04:52,740 --> 00:04:54,740 So they would come to my house 89 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:57,740 And take from it whatever they wished, 90 00:04:57,740 --> 00:05:00,740 Without asking or seeking permission. 91 00:05:00,740 --> 00:05:02,870 So, who am I? 92 00:05:02,870 --> 00:05:08,410 Share your answers in the comments below the video. 93 00:05:08,410 --> 00:05:12,660 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 94 00:05:12,660 --> 00:05:15,660 When the next episode is released, 95 00:05:15,660 --> 00:05:17,660 If Allah wills. 96 00:05:38,660 --> 00:05:43,660 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 97 00:05:43,660 --> 00:05:48,660 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 98 00:05:48,660 --> 00:05:53,660 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 99 00:05:53,660 --> 00:05:57,660 And the world of humanity flourished because of them.