WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:04.360 Pause, 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:12.240 and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:16.239 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:22.219 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:00:22.219 --> 00:00:24.219 from the people of Medina, 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.219 and one of the valiant heroes of the Arabs, 00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:29.219 among the most renowned of its men in chivalry, daring, 00:00:29.219 --> 00:00:32.219 courage, and boldness, 00:00:32.219 --> 00:00:35.859 and one of the most lethal of them during the pre-Islamic era (Jahiliyyah). 00:00:35.859 --> 00:00:38.859 I fought alongside the army of the polytheists at the Battle of Uhud, 00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:42.859 and then I embraced Islam after they departed from the battlefield. 00:00:42.859 --> 00:00:45.859 The first expedition I took part in as a Muslim 00:00:45.859 --> 00:00:48.859 was the Expedition of Bi'r Ma'unah, 00:00:48.859 --> 00:00:50.859 where Hawazin betrayed the Muslims 00:00:50.859 --> 00:00:53.859 and killed them all. 00:00:53.859 --> 00:00:55.859 Coinciding with this incident, 00:00:55.859 --> 00:00:57.859 I happened to pass by the place 00:00:57.859 --> 00:01:00.859 along with al-Mundhir ibn 'Uqbah, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:01:00.859 --> 00:01:03.859 We saw birds hovering in the sky, 00:01:04.859 --> 00:01:06.859 and we said, 00:01:06.859 --> 00:01:09.859 "The birds must be circling over something." 00:01:09.859 --> 00:01:12.859 So we hurried to see what the matter was, 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:15.859 and we found our companions lying slain in their resting places, 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:18.859 with the treacherous polytheists surrounding them. 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:21.859 We dismounted and fought the people; 00:01:21.859 --> 00:01:24.859 as for my companion al-Mundhir, 00:01:24.859 --> 00:01:26.859 he was killed, 00:01:26.859 --> 00:01:28.859 while as for me, 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:30.859 'Amir ibn al-Tufayl took me captive. 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:32.859 He then freed me to fulfill a slave's emancipation 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:34.859 that was incumbent upon his mother. 00:01:34.859 --> 00:01:36.900 I returned to Medina, 00:01:36.900 --> 00:01:39.900 and the sight of my companions slain 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:41.900 in treachery never left my mind. 00:01:41.900 --> 00:01:45.540 When I drew near to Medina, 00:01:45.540 --> 00:01:47.540 I met two men from Hawazin, 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:50.540 and I wanted to avenge the Muslims 00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:52.540 who had been treacherously murdered. 00:01:52.540 --> 00:01:55.540 We stopped together in the shade of a tree, 00:01:55.540 --> 00:01:58.540 and when they fell asleep, I killed them. 00:01:58.540 --> 00:02:01.540 But they held a treaty of protection from the Prophet, 00:02:01.540 --> 00:02:03.540 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:02:03.540 --> 00:02:05.700 which I did not know about. 00:02:05.700 --> 00:02:08.699 When I came before the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:02:08.699 --> 00:02:10.699 and informed him of that, 00:02:10.699 --> 00:02:13.699 he reproached me severely for killing them, 00:02:13.699 --> 00:02:15.699 but then excused me [due to my ignorance of the covenant] 00:02:15.699 --> 00:02:18.699 and ordered the payment of the blood money for the two slain men. 00:02:18.699 --> 00:02:23.370 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, also sent me 00:02:23.370 --> 00:02:26.370 as an envoy to the Negus (al-Najashi) in Abyssinia 00:02:26.370 --> 00:02:28.370 with two letters he had written to him: 00:02:28.370 --> 00:02:30.370 in one of them, 00:02:30.370 --> 00:02:34.370 that he marry Umm Habibah, may Allah be pleased with her, to him, 00:02:34.370 --> 00:02:36.370 and in the other, 00:02:36.370 --> 00:02:40.370 he asked him to send back to him whichever Muslims remained with him. 00:02:40.370 --> 00:02:42.370 So I traveled to him 00:02:42.370 --> 00:02:44.370 and delivered the two letters to him. 00:02:44.370 --> 00:02:46.370 He read them, 00:02:46.370 --> 00:02:48.370 conveyed the greeting of peace back to him, 00:02:48.370 --> 00:02:53.370 married Umm Habibah to him, 00:02:53.370 --> 00:02:57.620 and dispatched his Companions to him in two ships. 00:02:57.620 --> 00:02:59.620 So, who am I? 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:05.020 The answer: 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:09.020 'Amr ibn Umayyah al-Damri, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:03:09.020 --> 00:03:16.199 Pause, 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:21.199 and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:31.219 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:34.219 I am the freedman of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:03:34.219 --> 00:03:36.219 and the son of his freedman, 00:03:36.219 --> 00:03:39.219 the beloved of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:40.219 and the son of his beloved. 00:03:40.219 --> 00:03:42.259 I was born before the Hijrah, 00:03:42.259 --> 00:03:44.259 lived in the embrace of Islam, 00:03:44.259 --> 00:03:47.259 and was raised in the household of Prophethood. 00:03:47.259 --> 00:03:54.060 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, loved me dearly; 00:03:54.060 --> 00:03:58.060 he used to take me along with al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:03:58.060 --> 00:04:00.060 and say: 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:02.060 "O Allah, love them, 00:04:02.060 --> 00:04:04.060 for indeed, I love them." 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:10.150 He, peace be upon him, would seat me on his thigh and supplicate for me, 00:04:10.150 --> 00:04:14.150 would often carry me in front of him on his riding mount, 00:04:14.150 --> 00:04:17.149 and cared for me with immense tenderness. 00:04:17.149 --> 00:04:20.149 One day my nose was running, 00:04:20.149 --> 00:04:23.149 so the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wanted 00:04:23.149 --> 00:04:27.149 to wipe the mucus from me with his noble hand. 00:04:27.149 --> 00:04:30.149 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:04:30.149 --> 00:04:35.149 "Let me wipe the mucus from him, O Messenger of Allah." 00:04:35.149 --> 00:04:38.180 Thereupon, peace be upon him, he said: 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:43.180 "O 'A'ishah, love him, for indeed I love him." 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:46.920 I was dark-skinned, 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:48.920 while my father was fair-skinned, 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:54.920 which caused some people to cast doubt upon my lineage to my father, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.920 because of the difference in our skin colors. 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:02.920 One day, I slept with my father and we covered our heads with a cloak, 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:05.920 leaving our feet uncovered. 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:10.920 Mujazziz al-Mudliji, the physiognomist (tracker of lineages), passed by us 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:15.920 and said, "Indeed, some of these feet are from the others," 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:18.920 due to the resemblance he observed between them. 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:23.980 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was overjoyed by that, 00:05:23.980 --> 00:05:27.980 to the extent that he entered upon 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:05:27.980 --> 00:05:33.980 with his radiant facial features beaming with joy and gladness at what the physiognomist had said, 00:05:33.980 --> 00:05:39.750 and to refute the claims of those who had spoken ill of us without knowledge. 00:05:39.750 --> 00:05:44.750 One day, the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, sat 00:05:44.750 --> 00:05:48.750 distributing the funds of the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal) among the Muslims. 00:05:48.750 --> 00:05:51.750 He gave his son 'Abdullah his share, 00:05:51.750 --> 00:05:53.750 and when my turn came, 00:05:53.750 --> 00:05:58.750 'Umar gave me double what he had given his son 'Abdullah. 00:05:58.750 --> 00:06:01.750 So 'Abdullah asked his father, saying: 00:06:01.750 --> 00:06:03.750 "Why did you favor him over me, 00:06:03.750 --> 00:06:07.750 when I participated alongside the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:06:07.750 --> 00:06:09.750 in battles that he did not witness?" 00:06:09.750 --> 00:06:12.779 'Umar answered him, saying: 00:06:12.779 --> 00:06:17.779 "O my son, he was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah than you were, 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:22.879 and his father was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah than your father was; 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:29.420 thus I preferred the beloved of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, over my own beloved." 00:06:29.420 --> 00:06:34.420 The Companions knew my high standing with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:41.420 therefore, when they wished to intercede with the Messenger of Allah on behalf of the woman who had stolen, 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:44.420 they came to me so that I might intercede for her, 00:06:44.420 --> 00:06:49.420 hoping that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would accept it from me. 00:06:49.420 --> 00:06:52.420 But when I spoke to him regarding her, 00:06:52.420 --> 00:06:56.420 the color of the face of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, changed, 00:06:56.420 --> 00:06:58.420 and he said: 00:06:58.420 --> 00:07:02.420 "Do you intercede concerning one of the prescribed legal punishments (hudud) of Allah?" 00:07:02.420 --> 00:07:04.420 I grew fearful and said: 00:07:04.420 --> 00:07:07.420 "Ask forgiveness for me, O Messenger of Allah." 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:09.550 When evening came, 00:07:09.550 --> 00:07:14.550 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stood to deliver a sermon; 00:07:14.550 --> 00:07:17.550 he praised Allah as He deserves to be praised, 00:07:17.550 --> 00:07:18.550 and then said: 00:07:18.550 --> 00:07:20.550 "To proceed: 00:07:20.550 --> 00:07:23.550 Those before you were only ruined 00:07:23.550 --> 00:07:28.550 because whenever a noble person among them stole, they left him unpunished, 00:07:28.550 --> 00:07:30.550 but whenever a weak person among them stole, 00:07:30.550 --> 00:07:33.550 they executed the prescribed punishment upon him. 00:07:33.550 --> 00:07:36.550 By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, 00:07:36.550 --> 00:07:39.550 even if Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, were to steal, 00:07:39.550 --> 00:07:41.550 I would cut off her hand." 00:07:41.550 --> 00:07:45.579 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, ordered 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:47.579 regarding that woman, 00:07:47.579 --> 00:07:50.290 and her hand was amputated. 00:07:50.290 --> 00:07:52.290 The inscription on my ring was: 00:07:52.290 --> 00:07:54.290 "The beloved of the Messenger of Allah." 00:07:54.290 --> 00:07:56.509 So, who am I? 00:07:56.509 --> 00:08:05.779 The answer: 00:08:05.779 --> 00:08:07.779 Usamah ibn Zayd ibn Harithah, 00:08:07.779 --> 00:08:10.779 may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:19.939 Pause, 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:24.939 and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:08:24.939 --> 00:08:30.860 A new challenge: 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:34.649 Who am I? 00:08:34.649 --> 00:08:36.649 I am one of the scholarly Companions, 00:08:36.649 --> 00:08:38.649 from the tribe of Daws. 00:08:38.649 --> 00:08:40.649 I grew up an orphan, 00:08:40.649 --> 00:08:42.649 migrated as a poor, destitute man, 00:08:42.649 --> 00:08:44.649 and used to work as a hired shepherd 00:08:44.649 --> 00:08:46.649 in exchange for my daily food. 00:08:46.649 --> 00:08:48.679 I became known for a kitten (hirrah) 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:50.679 that I used to carry, 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.679 care for, and play with, 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.679 so people began to call me by it, 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.679 and my agnomen (kunyah) prevailed 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.100 over my actual name. 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:01.100 I embraced Islam at the hands of the noble Companion 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:03.100 al-Tufayl ibn 'Amr, 00:09:03.100 --> 00:09:05.100 may Allah be pleased with him, 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:07.100 during the period between 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:09.100 the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyyah and the Conquest of Khaybar. 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:11.100 I arrived in Medina as an emigrant 00:09:11.100 --> 00:09:13.100 while the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:15.100 was at Khaybar. 00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:17.580 I used to invite my mother 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:19.580 to Islam, 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:21.580 but she would refuse. 00:09:21.580 --> 00:09:23.580 One day, I invited her, 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:25.580 and she became angry with me 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:27.580 and said words about the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:27.580 --> 00:09:29.580 that I detested hearing. 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:31.830 So I went to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:31.830 --> 00:09:33.830 weeping, 00:09:33.830 --> 00:09:35.830 and I said: 00:09:35.830 --> 00:09:37.830 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:09:37.830 --> 00:09:39.830 I used to invite my mother 00:09:39.830 --> 00:09:41.830 to Islam, 00:09:41.830 --> 00:09:43.830 but she continuously refused me. 00:09:43.830 --> 00:09:45.830 I invited her today, 00:09:45.830 --> 00:09:47.830 and she grew angry with me 00:09:47.830 --> 00:09:49.830 and spoke ill of you 00:09:49.830 --> 00:09:51.830 in a manner I detest. 00:09:51.830 --> 00:09:53.830 So supplicate Allah to guide her 00:09:53.830 --> 00:09:55.830 to Islam." 00:09:55.830 --> 00:09:57.830 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, smiled 00:09:57.830 --> 00:09:59.830 and supplicated for her. 00:09:59.830 --> 00:10:02.059 So I went out, 00:10:02.059 --> 00:10:04.059 rejoicing at the glad tidings from him. 00:10:04.059 --> 00:10:06.059 When I reached the house, 00:10:06.059 --> 00:10:08.059 I found the door locked, 00:10:08.059 --> 00:10:10.059 and my mother heard the sound of my footsteps. 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:12.059 She said: 00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:14.059 "Stay where you are, my son." 00:10:14.059 --> 00:10:16.059 Then I heard the splashing of water; 00:10:16.059 --> 00:10:18.059 my mother had performed ghusl, 00:10:18.059 --> 00:10:20.059 put on her garment, 00:10:20.059 --> 00:10:22.059 and opened the door, 00:10:22.059 --> 00:10:24.059 saying: 00:10:24.059 --> 00:10:26.059 "I bear witness that there is no god 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:28.059 but Allah, 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:30.059 and I bear witness that Muhammad 00:10:30.059 --> 00:10:32.059 is His servant and His Messenger." 00:10:32.059 --> 00:10:34.059 Overjoyed beyond measure, 00:10:34.059 --> 00:10:36.059 I rushed back to the Messenger of Allah, 00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:38.059 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:10:38.059 --> 00:10:40.059 weeping with joy, 00:10:40.059 --> 00:10:42.149 just as I had come to him shortly 00:10:42.149 --> 00:10:44.149 before, weeping 00:10:44.149 --> 00:10:46.149 with grief. 00:10:46.149 --> 00:10:48.149 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:10:48.149 --> 00:10:50.149 rejoice! For Allah has answered 00:10:50.149 --> 00:10:52.149 your supplication 00:10:52.149 --> 00:10:54.149 and guided my mother to Islam." 00:10:54.149 --> 00:10:56.179 So he praised Allah, 00:10:56.179 --> 00:10:58.179 extolled Him, 00:10:58.179 --> 00:11:00.440 and spoke good words. 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:02.440 Then I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:04.440 supplicate Allah 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:06.440 to make me and my mother beloved 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.440 to His believing servants, 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:10.440 and to make them 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:12.440 beloved to us." 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.440 The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.539 "O Allah, make 00:11:16.539 --> 00:11:18.539 this little servant of Yours 00:11:18.539 --> 00:11:20.539 and his mother beloved to Your believing 00:11:20.539 --> 00:11:22.539 servants, 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:24.700 and make the believers beloved to them." 00:11:24.700 --> 00:11:26.700 Consequently, no believer 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:28.700 has ever heard of me or seen me 00:11:28.700 --> 00:11:30.700 without loving me. 00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:33.049 So, who am I? 00:11:33.049 --> 00:11:40.970 The answer: 00:11:40.970 --> 00:11:42.970 Abu Hurairah, 00:11:42.970 --> 00:11:44.970 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Sakhr al-Dawsi, 00:11:44.970 --> 00:11:46.970 may Allah be pleased with him. 00:11:46.970 --> 00:11:55.820 Pause 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:57.879 and get to know 00:11:57.879 --> 00:11:59.879 the Companions, the scholars, 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:01.879 and the notable figures. 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:06.730 A new challenge: 00:12:06.730 --> 00:12:08.730 Who am I? 00:12:08.730 --> 00:12:12.299 I am an Abyssinian woman, 00:12:12.299 --> 00:12:14.299 the freed slave and caretaker of the Prophet, 00:12:14.299 --> 00:12:16.299 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:12:16.299 --> 00:12:18.299 He inherited me from his father, 00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:20.299 and when his mother passed away, 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:22.299 I took upon myself 00:12:22.299 --> 00:12:24.299 raising him and caring for him, 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:26.299 to the point that he would address me saying, 00:12:26.299 --> 00:12:28.419 "O mother!" 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:30.419 He used to say about me: 00:12:30.419 --> 00:12:32.419 "This is the remnant of my household, 00:12:32.419 --> 00:12:34.419 and she is 00:12:34.419 --> 00:12:36.419 my mother after my own mother." 00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:38.460 Then he manumitted me when 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:40.460 he married Khadijah, may Allah be pleased 00:12:40.460 --> 00:12:42.460 with her, 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:44.460 yet I remained with him, serving him throughout 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:46.460 his life, peace be upon him. 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:48.460 Thus, I was the only 00:12:48.460 --> 00:12:50.460 woman who 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:52.460 accompanied the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:54.460 from the day 00:12:54.460 --> 00:12:56.460 of his birth until the day 00:12:56.460 --> 00:12:59.159 of his passing. 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:01.159 I embraced Islam among the very first people, 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:03.159 and later migrated alone 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:05.159 to Medina. 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:07.159 When I was near al-Rawha', 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:09.159 I became intensely thirsty while fasting, 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.159 and I had no water with me. 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:13.159 The thirst exhausted me severely, 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:15.159 and I was on the verge of death. 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:17.159 So I lay down on the ground, 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:19.159 and when I opened my eyes, 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:21.159 there was a bucket of water 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:23.159 descending to me from the sky! 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:25.159 I took it 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:27.159 and drank from it until 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.159 my thirst was fully quenched. 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:31.159 Never again did I suffer from 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:33.159 thirst for the rest of my life; 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.259 I would fast 00:13:35.259 --> 00:13:37.259 on the hottest days, 00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:39.259 yet I would never feel thirsty. 00:13:39.259 --> 00:13:41.899 The Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:43.899 gave me the glad tidings 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:45.899 of Paradise, 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:47.899 saying, "Whoever is pleased 00:13:47.899 --> 00:13:49.899 to marry a woman 00:13:49.899 --> 00:13:51.899 from the people of Paradise, 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:53.899 let him marry this one," 00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:55.899 pointing to me. 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:57.899 So Zayd Ibn Harithah married me, 00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:59.899 may Allah be pleased with him, 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:01.899 and I bore him Usamah, 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:03.899 the beloved of the Messenger of Allah 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:06.340 and the son of his beloved. 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:08.340 I went out with twenty women 00:14:08.340 --> 00:14:10.340 to the Battle of Uhud 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:12.340 to nurse the wounded. 00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:14.340 But when I saw 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:16.340 men fleeing from the battlefield, 00:14:16.340 --> 00:14:18.340 I began throwing dust 00:14:18.340 --> 00:14:20.340 into the faces of the deserters, 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:22.340 rebuking some of them 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:24.340 and saying to a man: 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:26.340 "Take the spindle and give me your sword!" 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:28.340 I even defended the Prophet, 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:30.340 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:32.409 with a sword on that day. 00:14:32.409 --> 00:14:34.409 Ibn al-'Ariqah shot an arrow at me, 00:14:34.409 --> 00:14:36.409 striking me. 00:14:36.409 --> 00:14:38.409 Then the Prophet took 00:14:38.409 --> 00:14:40.409 an arrow, 00:14:40.409 --> 00:14:42.409 handed it to Sa'd Ibn Abi 00:14:42.409 --> 00:14:44.409 Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), 00:14:44.409 --> 00:14:46.409 and said to him, "Shoot him!" 00:14:46.409 --> 00:14:48.409 So Sa'd shot him, 00:14:48.409 --> 00:14:50.409 hitting him, 00:14:50.409 --> 00:14:52.409 and the disbeliever tumbled head over heels. 00:14:52.409 --> 00:14:54.409 The Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:14:54.409 --> 00:14:56.409 laughed 00:14:56.409 --> 00:14:58.409 and said, "Sa'd has exacted 00:14:58.409 --> 00:15:00.789 retribution for her!" 00:15:00.789 --> 00:15:02.789 I also defended the honor of the Messenger 00:15:02.789 --> 00:15:04.789 of Allah (peace be upon him) 00:15:04.789 --> 00:15:06.980 during the Incident of the Slander (al-Ifk). 00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:08.980 When the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:10.980 asked me 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:12.980 about 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.980 I said to him, 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:16.980 "Far be it from my hearing and my sight 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:18.980 that I should know 00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:20.980 or suspect anything of her 00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:23.850 but good!" 00:15:23.850 --> 00:15:25.850 Because I was an Abyssinian woman, 00:15:25.850 --> 00:15:27.850 I could not pronounce 00:15:27.850 --> 00:15:29.850 certain Arabic letters correctly, 00:15:29.850 --> 00:15:31.850 and found it difficult to say: 00:15:31.850 --> 00:15:33.850 "Al-salamu 'alaykum wa-rahmatullahi 00:15:33.850 --> 00:15:35.850 wa-barakatuh," 00:15:35.850 --> 00:15:37.850 accidentally saying "La salam" 00:15:37.850 --> 00:15:39.850 or "Salamun la 'alaykum." 00:15:39.850 --> 00:15:41.850 So the Prophet (peace be upon him) 00:15:41.850 --> 00:15:43.850 granted me permission 00:15:43.850 --> 00:15:45.850 to simply say, 00:15:45.850 --> 00:15:48.139 "Al-salam." 00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:50.139 The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:52.139 laugh with me and joke with me. 00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:54.139 Among such instances, 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:56.139 I once said to him, 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:58.139 "Provide me with a mount!" 00:15:58.139 --> 00:16:00.139 He replied, 00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:02.139 "I shall mount you upon the offspring of a she-camel." 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:04.139 I said to him, 00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:06.139 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:08.139 it will not be able to carry me, and I do not want it!" 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:10.139 He smiled and said, 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:12.139 "I will not mount you 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:14.139 except upon the offspring of a she-camel." 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:16.139 As I walked away from him, 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:18.139 he called out to me and said, 00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:20.139 "Do she-camels give birth 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:22.139 to anything other than camels?" 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:24.840 I used to treat the Prophet, 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.840 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.840 just as a mother treats her child: 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:30.840 sometimes I would insist that he 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:32.840 eat from my food, 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:34.840 and very often 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:36.840 I would weep whenever he wept, 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.840 peace and blessings be upon him. 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.190 After the passing 00:16:41.190 --> 00:16:43.190 of the Messenger (peace be upon him), 00:16:43.190 --> 00:16:45.190 Abu Bakr 00:16:45.190 --> 00:16:47.190 and 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, 00:16:47.190 --> 00:16:49.190 came to visit me. 00:16:49.190 --> 00:16:51.190 When I saw them, 00:16:51.190 --> 00:16:53.190 I wept. They said 00:16:53.190 --> 00:16:55.190 to me, "What makes you weep? 00:16:55.190 --> 00:16:57.190 Do you not know 00:16:57.190 --> 00:16:59.190 that what is with Allah is far better 00:16:59.190 --> 00:17:01.190 for His Messenger?" I replied, 00:17:01.190 --> 00:17:03.190 "I know that the Messenger of Allah 00:17:03.190 --> 00:17:05.190 (peace be upon him) 00:17:05.190 --> 00:17:07.190 has gone to what is far better 00:17:07.190 --> 00:17:09.190 than this worldly life; 00:17:09.190 --> 00:17:11.259 rather, I weep 00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:13.259 "because revelation has 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:15.259 ceased from heaven." 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:17.450 Thus, she moved them both to tears, 00:17:17.450 --> 00:17:19.450 and they began 00:17:19.450 --> 00:17:21.450 weeping along with me. 00:17:21.450 --> 00:17:23.740 So, who am I? 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:32.299 The answer: 00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:34.299 Umm Ayman, 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:36.299 Barakah the Abyssinian, 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:45.940 may Allah be pleased with her. 00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:48.460 Pause 00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:50.460 and learn about 00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:52.460 the Companions, scholars, 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:57.299 and luminaries. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:59.299 A new challenge: 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:04.119 Who am I? 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:06.119 I am from the tribe of 'Abd al-Qays, 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.250 from the people of Bahrain. 00:18:08.250 --> 00:18:10.250 I arrived with my delegation 00:18:10.250 --> 00:18:12.250 in the eighth year after the Hijrah. 00:18:12.250 --> 00:18:14.250 On my head, there was 00:18:14.250 --> 00:18:16.309 a scar by which I was recognized. 00:18:16.309 --> 00:18:18.309 The Prophet, 00:18:18.309 --> 00:18:20.309 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, praised me 00:18:20.309 --> 00:18:22.309 for certain traits that Allah had naturally 00:18:22.309 --> 00:18:25.180 instilled within me. 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:27.180 The Messenger of Allah, 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:29.180 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wrote 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:31.180 to us, the people of Bahrain, 00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:33.180 asking that twenty 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:35.180 men from among us come to him. 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:37.240 So we came to him in the year of the Conquest, 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:39.240 and the Messenger of Allah, 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:41.240 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:43.240 looked toward the horizon 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:45.240 on the morning after the night of our arrival, 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:47.240 and said: 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:49.240 "They were not forced into Islam; 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:51.240 they have exhausted 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.240 their mounts and finished their provisions. 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:55.240 Their leader bears 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.240 a distinctive mark. 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:59.240 O Allah, forgive 'Abd al-Qays! 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.240 They have come to me not 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:03.240 asking for wealth; 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:05.240 they are the best of the people of the East." 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:08.009 When we reached 00:19:08.009 --> 00:19:10.009 Medina, 00:19:10.009 --> 00:19:12.009 my companions hastened to dismount from their riding beasts, 00:19:12.009 --> 00:19:14.009 camels and otherwise, 00:19:14.009 --> 00:19:16.009 and began racing 00:19:16.009 --> 00:19:18.009 to meet the Prophet, peace be upon him, 00:19:18.009 --> 00:19:20.009 kiss his hand, 00:19:20.009 --> 00:19:22.009 and pledge allegiance to him. 00:19:22.009 --> 00:19:24.039 He, 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:26.039 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:28.039 "Welcome! 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:30.039 What an excellent people 'Abd al-Qays are!" 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.099 As for me, 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:34.099 I did not rush; 00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:36.099 instead, I waited until I had hobbled 00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:38.099 my mount, 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:40.099 then put on my finest garments, 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:42.099 prepared myself, 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:44.099 and approached the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:46.099 He said to me: 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:48.099 "Indeed, you possess 00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:50.099 two qualities that Allah loves, 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:52.099 as does His Messenger: 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:54.200 forbearance and deliberate composure." 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:56.200 I asked: "O Messenger of Allah, 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:58.200 did I cultivate them 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:00.200 myself, or did Allah 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:02.200 naturally endow me with them?" 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:04.200 He replied: "Rather, Allah 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:06.200 naturally endowed you with them." 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:08.230 I said: "Praise be 00:20:08.230 --> 00:20:10.230 to Allah Who naturally endowed me 00:20:10.230 --> 00:20:12.230 with two qualities that 00:20:12.230 --> 00:20:14.230 Allah and His Messenger love." 00:20:14.230 --> 00:20:17.130 We remained guests of 00:20:17.130 --> 00:20:19.130 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:20:19.130 --> 00:20:21.130 for ten days, 00:20:21.130 --> 00:20:23.160 during which I would ask 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:25.160 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:27.160 about fiqh and the Qur'an. 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:29.160 I would also visit 00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:31.160 Ubayy Ibn Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:33.160 and he would teach me the Qur'an. 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:35.380 And when 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:37.380 we intended to depart, 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:39.380 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, ordered 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:41.380 gifts for our delegation 00:20:41.380 --> 00:21:05.819 and favored me above them, giving me twelve ounces of silver—which was the most the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, ever bestowed upon anyone from the delegations. Who am I? 00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:12.819 The answer: Al-Mundhir, Al-Ashajj of 'Abd al-Qays, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:35.339 Pause and learn about the Companions, scholars, and luminaries. A new challenge: Who am I? 00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:42.839 I am one of the younger Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:48.839 My kunya is Abu Hafs, and I was born in Abyssinia two years before the Hijrah. 00:21:48.839 --> 00:22:00.970 I was the stepson of the Prophet, peace be upon him, raised in his lap after my mother married him following the death of my father, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:22:00.970 --> 00:22:10.829 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, was also my uncle, as he and my father were foster brothers through wet-nursing. 00:22:10.829 --> 00:22:16.829 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, came to us on the day that was allotted to my mother. 00:22:16.829 --> 00:22:25.829 When the food was served, I sat down to eat with him, and due to my young age, I was not well-versed in table manners. 00:22:25.829 --> 00:22:33.829 My hand used to wander all over the dish, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me, 00:22:33.829 --> 00:22:47.930 teaching and nurturing: "O boy, mention the name of Allah Almighty, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is nearest to you." That remained my manner of eating ever since. 00:22:47.930 --> 00:22:54.599 On the Day of the Trench, the Prophet, peace be upon him, placed me and 'Abdullah Ibn al-Zubayr 00:22:54.599 --> 00:23:00.660 with the women and children in the fortress of Hassan Ibn Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:09.660 Ibn al-Zubayr and I would come to the wall of the fortress to watch the Muslims and their heroic deeds on the battlefield, 00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:16.430 so Ibn al-Zubayr would lift me up at times, and I would lift him up at other times. 00:23:16.430 --> 00:23:25.430 The Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, granted his son 'Abdullah three thousand dinars from the public treasury, 00:23:25.430 --> 00:23:36.430 while he granted me four thousand; when his son 'Abdullah questioned him about that, 'Umar said to him: "Bring me a mother like his mother!" 00:23:36.430 --> 00:23:44.170 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, appointed me as governor over Bahrain for a period of time. 00:23:44.170 --> 00:23:53.230 Then he relieved me of my post and summoned me to accompany him to Iraq thereafter, and in my letter of dismissal it stated: 00:23:53.230 --> 00:24:00.230 "To proceed: I have appointed Al-Nu'man Ibn 'Ajlan Al-Zuraqi over Bahrain, 00:24:00.230 --> 00:24:09.230 and I have relieved you without any blame upon you or reproach against you; indeed, you governed well and fulfilled the trust. 00:24:09.230 --> 00:24:18.519 So come forward, neither suspected, nor blamed, nor accused, nor sinful." Who am I? 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:41.799 The answer: 'Umar Ibn Abi Salamah, may Allah be pleased with them both. 00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:56.710 Pause and learn about the Companions, scholars, and luminaries. A new challenge: Who am I? 00:24:56.710 --> 00:25:03.819 I am one of the younger Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:11.819 I was a young servant to Nafi' Ibn 'Abd al-Harith, may Allah be pleased with him, who then freed me, so I became one of his freedmen. 00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:16.500 I loved the Qur'an and knowledge, and became renowned for both. 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:24.500 When 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, assumed the caliphate, he appointed Nafi' Ibn 'Abd al-Harith over Mecca. 00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:29.500 Nafi' went out to 'Usfan and appointed me as his deputy over Mecca. 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:35.500 The Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, met him in 'Usfan and asked him: 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:40.500 "Whom have you appointed over the people of the Valley (meaning Mecca)?" 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:45.500 He replied: "I have appointed over them a man from our freedmen." 00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:50.619 'Umar said: "You appointed a freedman over them?!" 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:57.750 He answered: "He is a reciter of the Book of Allah Almighty and knowledgeable in the laws of inheritance." 00:25:57.750 --> 00:26:04.819 Thereupon 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Indeed, your Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:11.880 'Verily, Allah elevates some peoples by this Book and degrades others by it.'" 00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:19.880 And 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said of me: "This freedman is among those whom Allah has elevated by the Qur'an." 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:27.490 Later, I moved to Kufa, where I used to teach the people the Qur'an and knowledge. 00:26:27.490 --> 00:26:33.490 I would advise the youth to marry and hasten to do so, saying to them: 00:26:33.490 --> 00:26:42.349 "The parable of a righteous woman to a man is like that of a crown studded with gold upon the head of a king." 00:26:42.349 --> 00:26:48.349 Later, 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, appointed me governor over Khorasan, 00:26:48.349 --> 00:26:55.509 so I moved there and remained there until my death. Who am I? 00:26:55.509 --> 00:27:16.549 The answer: 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn Abza, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:27:16.549 --> 00:27:24.059 Pause and learn about the Companions, scholars, and luminaries. 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:30.910 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:27:30.910 --> 00:27:42.470 I am one of the Ansar, one of the prominent chieftains of Medina, and a leader among the chieftains of Banu Salimah. 00:27:42.470 --> 00:27:45.569 I was the last of the Ansar to embrace Islam. 00:27:45.569 --> 00:27:50.660 When Mus'ab Ibn 'Umayr, may Allah be pleased with him, arrived as an emissary to Medina 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:56.660 to teach its people Islam, most of the people of Medina embraced Islam. 00:27:56.660 --> 00:28:07.660 The youths of Banu Salimah, including Mu'adh Ibn Jabal and my sons Mu'adh, Mu'awwadh, and Khallad, had all embraced Islam. 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:12.460 As for me, I had not yet accepted Islam. 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:22.460 Following the custom of the pre-Islamic era of ignorance, the chieftains and nobles would keep a personal idol to worship in their homes, 00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:27.500 so I kept an idol for myself in my home and named it Manaf. 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:31.500 These youths, along with their mother Hind, 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:37.500 feared that I might die upon disbelief while I was unaware of their Islam, 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:44.500 while I feared that they might abandon the worship of the gods and enter into Islam. 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:57.170 These youths devised a plan to show me the foolishness of my attachment to these idols that neither benefit nor harm. 00:28:57.170 --> 00:29:02.170 When night fell, they would enter the room of the idol, 00:29:02.170 --> 00:29:09.170 take it, and throw it headfirst into the foulest cesspit. 00:29:09.170 --> 00:29:20.259 In the morning, when I could not find my idol, I would search for it everywhere and ask my household: "Have you seen my god?" 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:27.259 When I found it in that pit and saw it in that state, it grieved me deeply. 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:33.259 So I would take it, wash it, perfume it, and return it to its place. 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:38.490 Then they would repeat the same act every night. 00:29:38.490 --> 00:29:47.619 One day, I entered upon my idol Manaf and said: "O Manaf, you know that the people seek only you; 00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:57.619 do you have any power to defend yourself?" Then I hung a sword on it and said: "Defend yourself if there is any good in you!" 00:29:57.619 --> 00:30:05.619 After I left, the youths went in, took the sword, broke the idol, tied it to a dead dog, 00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:10.619 and cast it into a dry well filled with filth. 00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:18.619 When morning came, I could not find my god, so I searched for it and found it in that well. 00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:27.619 I said: "By Allah, if you were a god, you and a dog would not be tied together in the middle of a well!" 00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:31.710 I embraced Islam at that moment, and my Islam became excellent. 00:30:32.710 --> 00:30:38.450 Prior to entering Islam, I was generous and noble, 00:30:38.450 --> 00:30:42.450 and Islam only increased me in generosity, nobility, and honor. 00:30:42.450 --> 00:30:46.450 Whenever people came to me asking for money, 00:30:46.450 --> 00:30:54.019 I would say to them: "Take all this wealth, for it will return tomorrow." 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:59.019 The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, asked a group from my tribe, 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:03.019 saying to them: "Who is your leader, O Banu Salimah?" 00:31:03.019 --> 00:31:08.019 They replied: "Al-Jadd Ibn Qays, though he has some stinginess." 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:15.059 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "And what disease is worse than stinginess? 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:21.279 Rather, your leader is the fair-skinned man with curly hair," pointing to me. 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.279 So, who am I? 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:34.009 The answer: 'Amr Ibn al-Jamuh, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:31:34.009 --> 00:31:52.019 Pause and learn about the Companions, scholars, and luminaries. 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:58.900 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:08.460 I am one of the Mothers of the Believers and a wife of the noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:15.460 I am the daughter of the chieftain of Banu al-Mustaliq, renowned for generosity and devotion. 00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:21.460 I was graceful and beautiful; no one saw me without being charmed by me. 00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:30.230 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, raided my tribe, Banu al-Mustaliq, and took captives, 00:32:30.230 --> 00:32:32.230 I was among those captured. 00:32:32.230 --> 00:32:37.329 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, distributed the captives, 00:32:37.329 --> 00:32:42.329 I fell to the share of Thabit Ibn Qays, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:32:42.329 --> 00:32:45.329 So I entered into a contract of manumission with him for my freedom. 00:32:45.329 --> 00:32:49.329 Then I came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:32:49.329 --> 00:32:52.329 seeking his assistance in fulfilling my manumission contract. 00:32:52.329 --> 00:32:57.390 When I stood at the door of 'A'ishah's chamber, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:32:57.390 --> 00:33:01.390 she saw me and noticed that I was charming and beautiful, 00:33:01.390 --> 00:33:05.390 so jealousy overtook her regarding me, and she felt averse to me, 00:33:05.390 --> 00:33:11.390 knowing that if I entered upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:33:11.390 --> 00:33:15.390 he would see in me the same beauty she had seen. 00:33:15.390 --> 00:33:17.420 Permission was granted for me to enter, 00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:19.420 so I entered upon him 00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:21.420 and said: "O Messenger of Allah, 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:23.420 I am so-and-so, 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:25.420 daughter of the chieftain of his people, 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:30.420 and there has befallen me of affliction that which is not hidden from you. 00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:33.420 I fell to the share of Thabit Ibn Qays, 00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:36.420 "So I entered into a contract of manumission for my freedom, 00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:40.420 and I came to you seeking your help to pay my ransom." 00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:43.519 The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:46.519 "Would you like something better than that?" 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:50.549 I asked, "What is that, O Messenger of Allah?" 00:33:50.549 --> 00:33:55.549 He said, "I will pay your ransom on your behalf and marry you." 00:33:55.549 --> 00:33:59.619 I replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." 00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:02.619 He said, "Then it is done." 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:04.619 My name was Barrah, 00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:08.619 but the Prophet (peace be upon him) changed my name. 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:11.780 Word reached the people 00:34:11.780 --> 00:34:14.780 that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:16.780 had married me, 00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:18.780 so the people said: 00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:22.780 "They are the in-laws of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)!" 00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:26.780 and they released all the captives in their hands. 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:31.809 Because of me, one hundred households of Banu al-Mustaliq were set free. 00:34:31.809 --> 00:34:33.809 The people knew of no woman 00:34:33.809 --> 00:34:38.610 who brought greater blessing to her people than I did. 00:34:38.610 --> 00:34:42.610 I was renowned for my devotion to worship and remembrance of Allah. 00:34:42.610 --> 00:34:43.610 One day, 00:34:43.610 --> 00:34:48.610 the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) left my room early in the morning 00:34:48.610 --> 00:34:50.610 when he prayed the dawn prayer, 00:34:50.610 --> 00:34:53.610 while I remained in my place of prayer remembering Allah. 00:34:53.610 --> 00:34:58.670 He returned in the forenoon while I was still sitting in my place, 00:34:58.670 --> 00:35:00.670 so he asked: 00:35:00.670 --> 00:35:04.670 "Are you still in the same state in which I left you?" 00:35:04.670 --> 00:35:06.699 I replied, "Yes." 00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:09.739 The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:14.739 "After leaving you, I recited four phrases three times; 00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:17.739 if they were weighed against all that you have said today, 00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:19.800 they would outweigh them: 00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:21.800 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him, 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:23.800 by the number of His creation, 00:35:23.800 --> 00:35:25.800 by His own pleasure, 00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.800 by the weight of His Throne, 00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:30.409 and by the ink of His words.'" 00:35:30.409 --> 00:35:34.409 The Prophet (peace be upon him) also visited me on a Friday 00:35:34.409 --> 00:35:36.409 while I was fasting, 00:35:36.409 --> 00:35:38.409 so he asked: 00:35:38.409 --> 00:35:39.409 "Did you fast yesterday?" 00:35:39.409 --> 00:35:41.440 I said, "No." 00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.440 He said: 00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:45.440 "Do you intend to fast tomorrow?" 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:47.469 I said, "No." 00:35:47.469 --> 00:35:48.469 He said: 00:35:48.469 --> 00:35:50.730 "Then break your fast." 00:35:50.730 --> 00:35:59.159 Who am I? 00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.159 The answer: 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:02.159 The Mother of the Believers, 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:13.780 Juwayriyah bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her). 00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:16.849 Pause 00:36:16.849 --> 00:36:20.849 and get to know the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:36:20.849 --> 00:36:31.219 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:34.219 I was one of the noble leaders of the Ansar. 00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:36.219 I embraced Islam early on 00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:38.219 and took part in Badr, Uhud, 00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:43.380 and all the other military campaigns with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:46.380 I excelled in reading, writing, 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:48.380 swimming, and archery, 00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:54.280 and was thus counted among the consummate men of the community. 00:36:54.280 --> 00:37:01.280 I participated in the expedition sent by the Prophet (peace be upon him) to eliminate Ibn Abi al-Huqayq, 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:05.280 who was inciting the disbelievers against the Muslims. 00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:11.920 That expedition was led by 'Abdullah Ibn 'Atiq (may Allah be pleased with him). 00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:15.920 When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:18.920 and his household prepared to wash his noble body, 00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:24.920 we, the Ansar, gathered at the door of the Prophet's chamber 00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.920 and said: 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:27.920 "We beseech you by Allah! 00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:29.920 We are his maternal kin, 00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:31.920 so let one of us be present," 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:35.920 meaning to witness his ritual washing (peace be upon him). 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:39.920 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) came out to us 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:41.920 and said: 00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:45.920 "Choose a man from among you, O gathering of the Ansar, 00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:50.920 to attend with us the ritual washing of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." 00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:54.920 We gathered and consulted among ourselves, 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:57.920 and they chose me to represent them. 00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:02.920 They permitted me to enter with the Prophet's family 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:05.920 and take part in washing him. 00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:09.139 Thus, I attained that tremendous honor. 00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:13.139 I was strong, capable of carrying two large jars of water in my hands; 00:38:13.139 --> 00:38:15.139 so I carried the water for them 00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:19.139 and poured it over him (peace be upon him), 00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:24.139 while 'Ali and al-'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) washed him. 00:38:24.139 --> 00:38:28.369 And during his burial (peace and blessings be upon him), 00:38:28.369 --> 00:38:33.369 I was among those who descended with him into his grave 00:38:33.369 --> 00:38:36.369 and laid his noble head upon the ground. 00:38:36.369 --> 00:38:38.619 Who am I? 00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:46.119 The answer: 00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:50.119 Aws Ibn Khawli (may Allah be pleased with him).