1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:15,580 --> 00:00:17,579 The Mawaddah Association is pleased 3 00:00:17,579 --> 00:00:21,579 to present to you glimpses from the lives of the Companions, 4 00:00:21,579 --> 00:00:24,579 by Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha, 5 00:00:25,579 --> 00:00:26,609 may Allah have mercy upon him. 6 00:00:29,850 --> 00:00:35,039 Abu Basir 'Utbah ibn Usayd, may Allah be pleased with him. 7 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:53,590 In the sixth year of the Hijrah, 8 00:00:53,590 --> 00:00:57,590 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, set out from Medina 9 00:00:57,590 --> 00:01:00,590 with fifteen hundred of his Companions, 10 00:01:00,590 --> 00:01:03,590 turning their faces toward the Sacred Mosque, 11 00:01:03,590 --> 00:01:05,590 intending to perform the Umrah. 12 00:01:05,590 --> 00:01:08,590 No sooner did the Quraysh learn of them 13 00:01:08,590 --> 00:01:12,590 than they resolved to prevent them from entering Mecca, 14 00:01:12,590 --> 00:01:15,590 no matter the cost. 15 00:01:15,590 --> 00:01:18,590 However, they preferred that this be achieved through a peace treaty, 16 00:01:18,590 --> 00:01:21,659 if a path to peace could be found. 17 00:01:21,659 --> 00:01:24,659 When the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, reached 18 00:01:24,659 --> 00:01:26,659 the area of al-Hudaybiyah, 19 00:01:26,659 --> 00:01:28,659 a day's journey from Mecca, 20 00:01:28,659 --> 00:01:30,659 and pitched his camp there, 21 00:01:30,659 --> 00:01:34,659 envoys began to go back and forth between him and the Quraysh. 22 00:01:34,659 --> 00:01:38,659 The negotiations and back-and-forth between the two parties dragged on 23 00:01:38,659 --> 00:01:40,659 until Suhayl ibn 'Amr came 24 00:01:40,659 --> 00:01:42,659 as an ambassador for the polytheists. 25 00:01:42,659 --> 00:01:46,659 He made peace with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 26 00:01:46,659 --> 00:01:49,659 on the condition that he return to Medina 27 00:01:49,659 --> 00:01:52,659 and postpone his Umrah until the following year, 28 00:01:52,659 --> 00:01:55,659 provided that he enter Mecca without weapons, 29 00:01:55,659 --> 00:01:59,659 and that he and those with him leave after three days, 30 00:01:59,659 --> 00:02:02,659 and that there be a peace treaty between the Muslims and the Quraysh 31 00:02:02,659 --> 00:02:04,659 lasting for ten years, 32 00:02:04,659 --> 00:02:07,659 during which peace would prevail between the two parties. 33 00:02:07,659 --> 00:02:10,659 This weighed heavily upon the Muslims, 34 00:02:10,659 --> 00:02:13,659 and it was difficult for them that the polytheists should prevent them 35 00:02:13,659 --> 00:02:16,659 from the Sacred House of Allah in this manner, 36 00:02:16,659 --> 00:02:19,659 and that they should conclude this treaty with the Quraysh. 37 00:02:19,659 --> 00:02:23,780 What made the matter even more painful for the hearts of the noble Companions 38 00:02:23,780 --> 00:02:28,780 was that Suhayl ibn 'Amr stipulated to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 39 00:02:28,780 --> 00:02:32,780 that whoever came to the Muslims from the Quraysh as a believer, 40 00:02:32,780 --> 00:02:34,780 whether man or woman, 41 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:38,780 the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would return them to the Quraysh, 42 00:02:38,780 --> 00:02:41,780 while whoever came to the Quraysh from the Muslims, 43 00:02:41,780 --> 00:02:43,780 having apostatized from Islam, 44 00:02:43,780 --> 00:02:47,780 they would not return to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 45 00:02:47,780 --> 00:02:51,780 This provoked the indignation of Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, 46 00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:53,780 so he rushed to the Truthful One (Abu Bakr) and said, 47 00:02:53,780 --> 00:02:55,780 "O Abu Bakr!" 48 00:02:55,780 --> 00:02:57,780 He replied, "Yes." 49 00:02:57,780 --> 00:03:00,780 He said, "Is he not the Messenger of Allah?" 50 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:02,780 He replied, "Yes." 51 00:03:02,780 --> 00:03:05,780 He said, "Are we not Muslims?" 52 00:03:05,780 --> 00:03:06,780 He replied, "Yes." 53 00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:09,780 He said, "Are they not polytheists?" 54 00:03:09,780 --> 00:03:11,780 He replied, "Yes." 55 00:03:11,780 --> 00:03:15,780 He said, "Then why should we accept humiliation in our religion?" 56 00:03:15,780 --> 00:03:18,780 Abu Bakr replied firmly, 57 00:03:18,780 --> 00:03:22,780 "Adhere to the command of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, O Umar, 58 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:25,780 for I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah." 59 00:03:25,780 --> 00:03:26,780 Umar said, 60 00:03:26,780 --> 00:03:29,780 "And I bear witness that he is the Messenger of Allah." 61 00:03:29,780 --> 00:03:34,009 Then Umar went to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and said, 62 00:03:34,009 --> 00:03:36,009 "O Prophet of Allah, 63 00:03:36,009 --> 00:03:38,009 are you not the Messenger of Allah?" 64 00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:40,009 He replied, "Yes." 65 00:03:40,009 --> 00:03:43,009 He said, "Are we not Muslims?" 66 00:03:43,009 --> 00:03:44,009 He replied, "Yes." 67 00:03:44,009 --> 00:03:47,009 He said, "Are they not polytheists?" 68 00:03:47,009 --> 00:03:49,009 He replied, "Yes." 69 00:03:49,009 --> 00:03:53,009 He said, "Then why should we accept humiliation in our religion?" 70 00:03:53,009 --> 00:03:55,009 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, replied, 71 00:03:55,009 --> 00:03:58,009 "I am the servant of Allah and His Messenger; 72 00:03:58,009 --> 00:04:00,009 I will not disobey His command, 73 00:04:00,009 --> 00:04:03,009 and Allah will never abandon me." 74 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:04,009 Umar said, 75 00:04:04,009 --> 00:04:08,009 "I continued thereafter to give charity, fast, 76 00:04:08,009 --> 00:04:09,009 pray, and free slaves, 77 00:04:09,009 --> 00:04:13,009 fearing the words I had spoken that day, 78 00:04:13,009 --> 00:04:17,009 until I hoped that Allah had forgiven me." 79 00:04:17,009 --> 00:04:22,009 When the treaty was signed between the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the Quraysh, 80 00:04:22,009 --> 00:04:27,009 the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, returned to Medina. 81 00:04:27,009 --> 00:04:31,009 But he had barely settled there for a short while 82 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:36,009 when his covenant and pledges, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 83 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:39,009 were put to a harsh test because of Abu Basir, 84 00:04:39,009 --> 00:04:41,009 'Utbah ibn Usayd, 85 00:04:41,009 --> 00:04:43,009 the hero of this story of ours. 86 00:04:43,009 --> 00:04:45,009 So let us leave the narration to him, 87 00:04:45,009 --> 00:04:47,009 to tell his exciting story. 88 00:04:47,009 --> 00:04:49,100 Abu Basir said, 89 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:53,170 "I was a man among the oppressed believers, 90 00:04:53,170 --> 00:04:56,170 for I had no tribe in Mecca to protect me, 91 00:04:56,170 --> 00:04:58,170 nor men to grant me sanctuary. 92 00:04:58,170 --> 00:05:02,170 The Quraysh had poured upon me the lash of their torment 93 00:05:02,170 --> 00:05:05,170 because of my departure from their religion 94 00:05:05,170 --> 00:05:07,170 and my rejection of their idols. 95 00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:10,170 When the Muslims began to migrate to Medina, 96 00:05:10,170 --> 00:05:12,170 the Quraysh imprisoned me, 97 00:05:12,170 --> 00:05:15,170 and did not allow me to migrate with the emigrants. 98 00:05:15,170 --> 00:05:20,170 They left me to turn on a fire fueled by their rage and hatred. 99 00:05:20,170 --> 00:05:25,170 So whenever the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, defeated them 100 00:05:25,170 --> 00:05:27,170 in a battle or expedition, 101 00:05:27,170 --> 00:05:31,170 they would take their revenge on me and my brothers among the oppressed, 102 00:05:31,170 --> 00:05:34,170 whom they had imprisoned, with the most severe vengeance. 103 00:05:34,170 --> 00:05:37,170 Then, an opportunity arose due to the negligence of the Quraysh, 104 00:05:37,170 --> 00:05:39,170 and I seized it, 105 00:05:39,170 --> 00:05:44,170 and fled with my religion to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 106 00:05:44,170 --> 00:05:49,170 while I knew little of the details of the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyah." 107 00:05:49,170 --> 00:05:51,170 Abu Basir said, 108 00:05:51,170 --> 00:05:54,170 "I set out, quickening my pace toward Medina, 109 00:05:54,170 --> 00:05:58,170 longing to meet the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 110 00:05:58,170 --> 00:06:02,170 and driven by the yearning to live with the Muslims. 111 00:06:02,170 --> 00:06:05,170 No sooner had my feet touched Medina, 112 00:06:05,170 --> 00:06:09,170 and my eyes been cooled by the sight of the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 113 00:06:09,170 --> 00:06:14,170 than the Quraysh sent a letter to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 114 00:06:14,170 --> 00:06:16,170 with a man from Banu 'Amir 115 00:06:16,170 --> 00:06:18,170 and a client of theirs, 116 00:06:18,170 --> 00:06:21,170 requesting the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 117 00:06:21,170 --> 00:06:23,170 to return me to them, 118 00:06:23,170 --> 00:06:25,170 in accordance with the terms of the peace treaty." 119 00:06:25,170 --> 00:06:27,170 Abu Basir said, 120 00:06:27,170 --> 00:06:32,170 "I did not expect that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would command me 121 00:06:32,170 --> 00:06:35,170 to return to the affliction I had been in, 122 00:06:35,170 --> 00:06:37,170 and to return to the captivity of the Quraysh, 123 00:06:37,170 --> 00:06:41,170 after I had saved myself and my religion. 124 00:06:41,170 --> 00:06:44,170 But the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 125 00:06:44,170 --> 00:06:46,170 turned to me and said, 126 00:06:46,170 --> 00:06:48,170 'O Abu Basir, 127 00:06:48,170 --> 00:06:53,170 we have given these people the pledge you know of, 128 00:06:53,170 --> 00:06:55,170 and treachery is not permitted in our religion. 129 00:06:55,170 --> 00:07:01,170 Allah will surely grant you and those with you among the oppressed relief and a way out.' 130 00:07:01,170 --> 00:07:03,170 'Go back to your people.' 131 00:07:03,170 --> 00:07:05,170 I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, 132 00:07:05,170 --> 00:07:07,170 will you return me to the polytheists 133 00:07:07,170 --> 00:07:09,170 so they may persecute me in my religion?' 134 00:07:09,170 --> 00:07:12,199 He, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 135 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:14,199 'O Abu Basir, 136 00:07:14,199 --> 00:07:15,199 go, 137 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:17,199 for Allah the Almighty 138 00:07:17,199 --> 00:07:22,199 will grant you and those with you among the oppressed relief and a way out.'" 139 00:07:22,199 --> 00:07:24,360 Abu Basir said, 140 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,360 "So I set out with the two men, 141 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,360 until we reached Dhu al-Hulayfah, 142 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,360 seven miles from Medina. 143 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,360 We sat down to get some rest. 144 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:37,360 I said to the Qurayshi, 145 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,360 'Is this sword of yours sharp, O brother of Banu 'Amir?' 146 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,360 He said, 'Yes.' 147 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,360 And he began to tell me about it, saying this and that. 148 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,360 I expressed my admiration for it. 149 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,360 When he saw me admiring the sword so much, 150 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:52,360 he said, 151 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,360 'Look at it if you wish.' 152 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,360 When the sword was in my hand, 153 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,360 I said to myself, 154 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,360 'A polytheist is leading me to the polytheists 155 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,360 to persecute me for my religion 156 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,360 and make me taste the worst of torments. 157 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,360 By Allah, I will not submit to him nor go with him. 158 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:13,360 The responsibility of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has been fulfilled 159 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:15,360 when he handed me over to him. 160 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:17,360 So what is it to me if I kill him?' 161 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,360 Then I drew the sword from its scabbard, 162 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,360 struck his head with it, and killed him. 163 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,360 When the client who was with him saw his death, 164 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,360 he fled, 165 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,360 and I did not pursue him, 166 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,360 and he went to Medina, 167 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:37,360 until he came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 168 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,360 while he was sitting in the mosque. 169 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:44,360 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw him approaching, 170 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:45,360 he said, 171 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,360 'This man is terrified; 172 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,360 he has been struck by fear.' 173 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,360 When he reached the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 174 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:53,360 he said to him, 175 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:54,360 'Woe to you, 176 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:55,360 what is the matter with you?' 177 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:56,360 He said, 178 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,360 'Your companion killed my companion.' 179 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,389 Abu Basir said, 180 00:09:00,389 --> 00:09:03,389 "By Allah, the man had not left his place 181 00:09:03,389 --> 00:09:07,389 before I appeared before the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 182 00:09:07,389 --> 00:09:11,389 wearing the sword with which I had killed the Qurayshi, 183 00:09:11,389 --> 00:09:12,389 and I said, 184 00:09:12,389 --> 00:09:14,389 'O Messenger of Allah, 185 00:09:14,389 --> 00:09:16,389 your responsibility has been fulfilled, 186 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:17,389 and Allah has acquitted you.' 187 00:09:17,389 --> 00:09:19,389 He said, 'How so?' 188 00:09:19,389 --> 00:09:20,389 I said, 189 00:09:20,389 --> 00:09:22,389 'You fulfilled your covenant 190 00:09:22,389 --> 00:09:25,389 and handed me over to the people, hand to hand. 191 00:09:25,389 --> 00:09:28,389 Then I defended myself against them, 192 00:09:28,389 --> 00:09:30,389 and saved my religion, 193 00:09:30,389 --> 00:09:33,460 fearing that they would persecute me or toy with me.' 194 00:09:33,460 --> 00:09:36,460 The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, turned 195 00:09:36,460 --> 00:09:38,460 to those with him and said, 196 00:09:38,460 --> 00:09:41,460 'Woe to his mother, he is a fuel for war! 197 00:09:41,460 --> 00:09:43,460 If only he had men with him.' 198 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:47,490 This statement of his made a deep impression on me." 199 00:09:47,490 --> 00:09:50,740 Then Abu Basir added, saying: 200 00:09:50,740 --> 00:09:54,740 It was not within the Messenger of Allah's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) power 201 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:56,740 to keep me with him, 202 00:09:56,740 --> 00:09:58,740 in fulfillment of his covenant. 203 00:09:58,740 --> 00:10:01,740 And it was not within my power to return to Quraysh 204 00:10:01,740 --> 00:10:03,740 after I had killed their companion. 205 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:07,740 So I proceeded until I reached Al-'Ays, by the sea, 206 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:12,740 on the route that Quraysh used for their trade with Sham. 207 00:10:12,740 --> 00:10:14,740 And I stayed there. 208 00:10:14,740 --> 00:10:17,899 Then it was not long before the Muslims detained 209 00:10:17,899 --> 00:10:21,899 in Mecca heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say about me: 210 00:10:21,899 --> 00:10:23,899 "Woe to his mother, a firebrand of war! 211 00:10:23,899 --> 00:10:25,899 If only he had men with him!" 212 00:10:25,899 --> 00:10:29,899 So they began to come out to me, one after another, 213 00:10:29,899 --> 00:10:33,899 until we numbered about seventy men. 214 00:10:33,899 --> 00:10:36,899 And the first of these to come out to me was 215 00:10:36,899 --> 00:10:39,899 Abu Jandal, son of Suhail ibn 'Amr. 216 00:10:39,899 --> 00:10:43,899 So we began to intercept the trade route of Quraysh, 217 00:10:43,899 --> 00:10:46,899 and we would not capture anyone from them except we killed them. 218 00:10:46,899 --> 00:10:50,899 And no caravan would pass by us except we seized it. 219 00:10:50,899 --> 00:10:52,899 And our strength grew, 220 00:10:52,899 --> 00:10:54,899 and our might increased. 221 00:10:54,899 --> 00:10:56,899 And we became a thorn in the throat of Quraysh, 222 00:10:56,899 --> 00:10:58,899 disturbing their peace, 223 00:10:58,899 --> 00:11:00,899 and sowing terror among their caravans, 224 00:11:00,899 --> 00:11:03,899 until they were utterly exasperated with us. 225 00:11:03,899 --> 00:11:06,970 And their stratagems in our matter were exhausted. 226 00:11:06,970 --> 00:11:10,970 So they wrote to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 227 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:13,970 imploring him by their kinship ties to call us to him, 228 00:11:13,970 --> 00:11:17,970 and declaring to him that they had rescinded their condition concerning us. 229 00:11:17,970 --> 00:11:21,970 Abu Jandal, the companion of Abu Basir, said: 230 00:11:21,970 --> 00:11:23,970 And while we were in that state, 231 00:11:23,970 --> 00:11:27,970 the letter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) reached us, 232 00:11:27,970 --> 00:11:30,970 inviting us to come to him. 233 00:11:30,970 --> 00:11:33,970 And at that time, my brother Abu Basir 234 00:11:33,970 --> 00:11:35,970 was critically ill. 235 00:11:35,970 --> 00:11:41,000 So I gave him the letter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 236 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000 He raised it to his lips and kissed it, 237 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 then his soul departed while he was saying: 238 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:53,000 "Convey my greetings to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." 239 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,190 So we buried him there. 240 00:11:56,190 --> 00:12:00,190 And we joined the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). 241 00:12:00,190 --> 00:12:04,350 May Allah be pleased with Abu Basir, the firebrand of war. 242 00:12:04,350 --> 00:12:07,350 For he lived tormented in the cause of Allah, 243 00:12:07,350 --> 00:12:11,350 and died displaced in the cause of Allah as well. 244 00:12:11,350 --> 00:12:18,190 "Woe to his mother, a firebrand of war! 245 00:12:18,190 --> 00:12:21,259 If only he had men with him!" 246 00:12:21,259 --> 00:12:24,289 Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.