1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:03,359 Pause. 2 00:00:03,359 --> 00:00:12,140 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures. 3 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:20,899 I am one of the Muhajirun (Emigrant) Companions. 5 00:00:20,899 --> 00:00:24,899 I am from the Banu Kalb, one of the Arab tribes. 6 00:00:24,899 --> 00:00:29,059 When I was a boy of eight years old, 7 00:00:29,059 --> 00:00:32,060 I went out with my mother to visit my maternal uncles. 8 00:00:32,060 --> 00:00:36,060 While we were on our way near her people, 9 00:00:36,060 --> 00:00:40,060 A cavalry raid by the Banu al-Qayn fell upon us. 10 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:43,060 They took our wealth and drove away our camels. 11 00:00:43,060 --> 00:00:45,060 They took the women and children captive. 12 00:00:45,060 --> 00:00:48,060 And they took me captive with them. 13 00:00:48,060 --> 00:00:51,060 Then they sold me in the market of 'Ukaz. 14 00:00:51,060 --> 00:00:55,060 Hakim ibn Hizam bought me for four hundred dirhams. 15 00:00:55,060 --> 00:01:01,060 Then he gifted me to his aunt, Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, may Allah be pleased with her. 16 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:05,159 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, married her, 17 00:01:05,159 --> 00:01:07,159 She gifted me to him. 18 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:11,159 So I began to serve him, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 19 00:01:11,159 --> 00:01:15,219 Then time passed. 20 00:01:15,219 --> 00:01:17,219 Some people from my tribe went on Hajj. 21 00:01:17,219 --> 00:01:19,219 They saw me in Makkah. 22 00:01:19,219 --> 00:01:21,219 I recognized them, and they recognized me. 23 00:01:21,219 --> 00:01:25,219 They returned and informed my father of my whereabouts. 24 00:01:25,219 --> 00:01:28,219 My father and my uncle set out to ransom me. 25 00:01:28,219 --> 00:01:32,219 They met with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 26 00:01:32,219 --> 00:01:36,250 They offered him whatever ransom he wished. 27 00:01:36,250 --> 00:01:39,250 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to them, 28 00:01:39,250 --> 00:01:43,250 "Would you like something better than the ransom?" 29 00:01:43,250 --> 00:01:45,250 They asked, "And what is that?" 30 00:01:45,250 --> 00:01:47,250 He said, "We shall give him the choice." 31 00:01:47,250 --> 00:01:51,250 "If he chooses you, then he is yours without any payment." 32 00:01:51,250 --> 00:01:53,250 "And if he chooses me," 33 00:01:53,250 --> 00:01:57,250 "Then by Allah, I am not one to turn away someone who chooses me." 34 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:59,250 They said, 35 00:01:59,250 --> 00:02:02,250 "You have been fair and have gone beyond fairness." 36 00:02:02,250 --> 00:02:06,409 Then the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, called me, 37 00:02:06,409 --> 00:02:07,409 And said to me, 38 00:02:07,409 --> 00:02:09,409 "You know who I am," 39 00:02:09,409 --> 00:02:11,409 "And you have seen my companionship with you." 40 00:02:11,409 --> 00:02:14,439 "These are your father and your uncle." 41 00:02:14,439 --> 00:02:17,439 "So choose me or choose them." 42 00:02:17,439 --> 00:02:18,469 I said, 43 00:02:18,469 --> 00:02:22,469 "I am not one to choose anyone over you." 44 00:02:22,469 --> 00:02:26,469 "You are to me in the place of a father and a mother." 45 00:02:26,469 --> 00:02:29,539 My father and uncle were astonished and said, 46 00:02:29,539 --> 00:02:30,539 "Woe to you!" 47 00:02:30,539 --> 00:02:34,539 "Do you choose slavery over freedom?" 48 00:02:34,539 --> 00:02:38,539 "And do you choose him over your father, your uncle, and your family?" 49 00:02:38,539 --> 00:02:40,539 I said, "Yes." 50 00:02:40,539 --> 00:02:43,539 "I have seen something in this man," 51 00:02:43,539 --> 00:02:48,759 "That I would never choose anyone over him." 52 00:02:48,759 --> 00:02:52,759 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw that from me, 53 00:02:52,759 --> 00:02:54,759 He took me out to the Hijr (near the Ka'bah). 54 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:57,759 And he called out to the people, saying, 55 00:02:57,759 --> 00:02:59,759 "O those who are present!" 56 00:02:59,759 --> 00:03:02,759 "Bear witness that this is my son," 57 00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:04,759 "I shall inherit from him, and he shall inherit from me." 58 00:03:04,759 --> 00:03:07,949 When my father and uncle saw that, 59 00:03:07,949 --> 00:03:11,020 They were reassured and departed. 60 00:03:11,020 --> 00:03:14,020 So I began to be called the son of Muhammad. 61 00:03:14,020 --> 00:03:18,020 Until Islam came and prohibited adoption. 62 00:03:18,020 --> 00:03:20,020 And the word of Allah the Exalted was revealed: 63 00:03:20,020 --> 00:03:23,020 "Call them by [the names of] their fathers." 64 00:03:23,020 --> 00:03:27,020 So I began to be called by my father's name thereafter. 65 00:03:27,020 --> 00:03:29,240 So, who am I? 66 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:36,759 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 67 00:03:36,759 --> 00:03:40,979 We will pin the correct answer in the comments, 68 00:03:40,979 --> 00:03:45,979 Upon the release of the next episode, if Allah wills.