1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:12,140 Pause and acquaint yourself with the Companions, the scholars, and the eminent figures of our tradition. 2 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: who am I? 3 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:25,160 I am among the younger Companions and the cousin of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 4 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,160 And he is similar to him among the people. 5 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:33,159 My mother is Umm al-Fadl, Lubaba bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyya. 6 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:38,159 She was the first woman to embrace Islam after Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her. 7 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:46,289 My mother saw in a dream as if a part of the body of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was in our house. 8 00:00:46,289 --> 00:00:48,289 She was deeply distressed by that. 9 00:00:48,289 --> 00:00:52,289 So she came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 10 00:00:52,289 --> 00:00:54,289 So I mentioned that to him. 11 00:00:54,289 --> 00:00:57,289 He then spoke well. 12 00:00:57,289 --> 00:00:59,289 Fatimah gave birth to a boy. 13 00:00:59,289 --> 00:01:02,289 So you shall nurse him with the milk of this son of yours. 14 00:01:02,289 --> 00:01:06,290 Then Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, gave birth to al-Hasan. 15 00:01:06,290 --> 00:01:09,290 So my mother gave him to her, and she nursed him. 16 00:01:09,290 --> 00:01:13,290 For I am the foster brother of al-Hasan Ibn 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him. 17 00:01:13,290 --> 00:01:19,500 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, once had me ride behind him. 18 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:23,500 I used to play with ‘Abdullah ibn Ja‘far, may Allah be pleased with him. 19 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:28,500 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed by an animal. 20 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:30,500 He then gestured toward Ibn Ja'far. 21 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:33,500 He said, "Carry this to me." 22 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:35,500 So place it in front of him. 23 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:38,500 Then he gestured toward me and said 24 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:40,500 Convey this to me. 25 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,500 So place me behind him. 26 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:47,819 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, entered Makkah on the day of the Conquest. 27 00:01:47,819 --> 00:01:50,819 In the eighth year after the Hijrah. 28 00:01:50,819 --> 00:01:53,819 He then seated me in front of him upon his mount. 29 00:01:53,819 --> 00:01:56,819 And he, the possessor of virtue, followed behind him. 30 00:01:56,819 --> 00:02:00,019 And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was 31 00:02:00,019 --> 00:02:02,019 I am united with my brothers. 32 00:02:02,019 --> 00:02:06,019 He would then spread his hands, extend them, and say: 33 00:02:06,019 --> 00:02:10,020 Whoever reaches me first shall receive such and such a reward. 34 00:02:10,020 --> 00:02:15,020 We used to race toward the embrace of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 35 00:02:15,020 --> 00:02:18,879 And among the ways in which Allah has honored me 36 00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:24,879 I was the last of the people to have been in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 37 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:27,879 For she participated in washing him and burying him. 38 00:02:27,879 --> 00:02:30,879 And I was the youngest among those who descended into his grave. 39 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:33,879 And I was the last one to ascend it. 40 00:02:33,879 --> 00:02:39,909 For I was the last person to part from the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in this world. 41 00:02:39,909 --> 00:02:42,039 So, who am I?