WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Stop. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the noble figures. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:24.140 I am one of the Companions from the Muhajirun. 00:00:24.140 --> 00:00:29.140 I was taken captive during the Jahiliyyah, and then they sold me in Makkah. 00:00:29.140 --> 00:00:32.140 Umm Anmar al-Khuza'iyyah bought me. 00:00:32.140 --> 00:00:36.140 She handed me over to one of the blacksmiths in Makkah. 00:00:36.140 --> 00:00:39.140 To teach me the craft of sword-making. 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:42.140 How quickly I mastered it. 00:00:42.140 --> 00:00:45.340 When I heard about the call of Islam, 00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:50.340 I went to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and heard from him. 00:00:50.340 --> 00:00:53.340 I extended my hand to him, 00:00:53.340 --> 00:00:56.340 And I testified that there is no god but Allah, 00:00:56.340 --> 00:00:59.340 And that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. 00:00:59.340 --> 00:01:03.229 When Umm Anmar learned of my Islam, 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:07.230 She was enraged and consumed with fury. 00:01:07.230 --> 00:01:11.230 She went to her brother, Siba' ibn 'Abd al-'Uzza. 00:01:11.230 --> 00:01:13.230 He came to me, 00:01:13.230 --> 00:01:14.230 And said, 00:01:14.230 --> 00:01:18.230 "News has reached us about you that we do not believe." 00:01:18.230 --> 00:01:20.260 I said, "And what is that?" 00:01:20.260 --> 00:01:22.260 Siba' said, 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:24.260 "It is rumored that you have apostatized, 00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:27.260 And followed the boy of Ibn Hashim." 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:29.329 I said calmly, 00:01:29.329 --> 00:01:31.329 "I have not apostatized; 00:01:31.329 --> 00:01:35.329 Rather, I have believed in Allah alone, with no partner, 00:01:35.329 --> 00:01:37.329 And I have rejected your idols." 00:01:37.329 --> 00:01:41.489 No sooner had my words reached their ears 00:01:41.489 --> 00:01:43.489 Than they fell upon me. 00:01:43.489 --> 00:01:48.489 They began to strike me with their hands and kick me with their feet. 00:01:48.489 --> 00:01:54.489 They pelted me with whatever they could reach—hammers and pieces of iron— 00:01:54.489 --> 00:01:57.489 Until I fell to the ground, unconscious, 00:01:57.489 --> 00:02:00.489 With blood streaming from me. 00:02:00.489 --> 00:02:07.420 One day, I made a sword for al-'As ibn Wa'il al-Sahmi, 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:09.419 And I came to collect my payment. 00:02:09.419 --> 00:02:10.419 He said, 00:02:10.419 --> 00:02:14.419 "I will not give you anything until you disbelieve in Muhammad." 00:02:14.419 --> 00:02:15.419 I said, 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:20.419 "I will not disbelieve in Muhammad, peace be upon him, 00:02:20.419 --> 00:02:24.539 Until Allah causes you to die and then resurrects you." 00:02:24.539 --> 00:02:25.539 He said, 00:02:25.539 --> 00:02:28.539 "If Allah causes me to die and then resurrects me, 00:02:28.539 --> 00:02:32.539 Come to me then, and I will pay you your due." 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:34.740 Then Allah the Almighty revealed: 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) 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:42.740 "And he said, 'I will surely be given wealth and children.'" 00:02:42.740 --> 00:02:48.740 “Hath he perused the Unseen, or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent?” (19:78) 00:02:48.740 --> 00:02:50.740 "No! 00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:52.740 We shall record what he says." 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) 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) 00:03:00.740 --> 00:03:05.409 When the persecution of the polytheists against us intensified, 00:03:05.409 --> 00:03:08.409 I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:03:08.409 --> 00:03:12.409 While he was reclining on his cloak in the shade of the Ka'bah. 00:03:12.409 --> 00:03:15.409 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:03:15.409 --> 00:03:17.409 Will you not pray to Allah for us? 00:03:17.409 --> 00:03:19.409 Will you not seek victory for us?" 00:03:19.409 --> 00:03:22.569 He sat up, peace be upon him, 00:03:22.569 --> 00:03:25.569 His face flushed, and he said, 00:03:25.569 --> 00:03:28.599 "Those who came before you— 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:30.599 A man would be combed with iron combs, 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:34.599 Stripping the flesh or nerves from his bones, 00:03:34.599 --> 00:03:37.599 Yet that would not turn him away from his religion. 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:41.599 A saw would be placed on the parting of his head, 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:43.599 And he would be split in two, 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.599 Yet that would not turn him away from his religion. 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:49.659 Allah will surely complete this matter, 00:03:49.659 --> 00:03:54.659 Until a traveler can ride from San'a to Hadramawt, 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:58.659 Fearing nothing but Allah and the wolf for his sheep." 00:03:58.659 --> 00:04:04.689 One day, I entered upon 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:04:04.689 --> 00:04:08.689 And he asked me about the severest suffering I had endured from the polytheists. 00:04:08.689 --> 00:04:11.689 I uncovered my back and said, 00:04:11.689 --> 00:04:14.689 "Look, O Commander of the Faithful." 00:04:14.689 --> 00:04:16.750 'Umar said, 00:04:16.750 --> 00:04:18.750 "I have never seen anything like it." 00:04:18.750 --> 00:04:20.850 I said, 00:04:20.850 --> 00:04:22.850 "They lit a fire for me, 00:04:22.850 --> 00:04:27.709 And nothing extinguished it but the fat of my back." 00:04:27.709 --> 00:04:31.709 In the latter part of my life, I became wealthy after having been poor, 00:04:31.709 --> 00:04:34.709 And I possessed gold and silver 00:04:34.709 --> 00:04:37.740 Such as I had never dreamed of. 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:40.740 I placed my wealth in a spot in my house 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:45.740 Known to those in need among the poor and the destitute. 00:04:45.740 --> 00:04:47.740 I did not tie it shut, 00:04:47.740 --> 00:04:50.740 Nor did I put a lock upon it. 00:04:50.740 --> 00:04:52.740 I gave them permission to access it, 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:54.740 So they would come to my house 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:57.740 And take from it whatever they wished, 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:00.740 Without asking or seeking permission. 00:05:00.740 --> 00:05:02.870 So, who am I? 00:05:02.870 --> 00:05:08.410 Share your answers in the comments below the video. 00:05:08.410 --> 00:05:12.660 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:05:12.660 --> 00:05:15.660 When the next episode is released, 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:17.660 If Allah wills. 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:43.660 They departed, leaving a question in the conscience: 00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:48.660 Is there any star like them that has risen and shone? 00:05:48.660 --> 00:05:53.660 They filled life with pride through their deeds, 00:05:53.660 --> 00:05:57.660 And the world of humanity flourished because of them.