1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:12,140 Pause and identify these Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 2 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: who am I? 3 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:23,800 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, from the Ansar. 4 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:27,859 I was among the first of the people of Medina to embrace Islam. 5 00:00:27,859 --> 00:00:31,859 I witnessed both the first and second Pledges of al-'Aqabah. 6 00:00:31,859 --> 00:00:37,899 I participated in all the battles alongside the Prophet, peace be upon him. 7 00:00:37,899 --> 00:00:39,899 During the Battle of Badr, 8 00:00:39,899 --> 00:00:42,899 my primary concern in this battle 9 00:00:42,899 --> 00:00:47,899 was to take vengeance for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, against Abu Jahl, 10 00:00:47,899 --> 00:00:51,899 who used to insult and harm him in Mecca. 11 00:00:51,899 --> 00:00:57,820 I stood on the battlefield on the day of Badr, 12 00:00:57,820 --> 00:01:00,820 while I was still a young man, 13 00:01:00,820 --> 00:01:04,819 beside the Companion 'Abd al-Rahman Ibn 'Awf, may Allah be pleased with him. 14 00:01:04,819 --> 00:01:07,819 I asked him about Abu Jahl, 15 00:01:07,819 --> 00:01:09,819 as I did not know what he looked like. 16 00:01:09,819 --> 00:01:13,849 He asked, "What is your need of him?" 17 00:01:13,849 --> 00:01:19,849 I replied, "I have heard that he insults the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him." 18 00:01:19,849 --> 00:01:21,849 "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, 19 00:01:21,849 --> 00:01:25,849 if I see him, my shadow shall not part from his shadow 20 00:01:25,849 --> 00:01:29,879 until the one of us destined to die first meets his end." 21 00:01:29,879 --> 00:01:32,879 My brother stood beside him on his other side, 22 00:01:32,879 --> 00:01:35,879 and said to him exactly what I had said. 23 00:01:35,879 --> 00:01:39,099 We had waited only a short while 24 00:01:39,099 --> 00:01:44,099 when Ibn 'Awf saw Abu Jahl among the people like a great mountain. 25 00:01:44,099 --> 00:01:46,099 He said to us, 26 00:01:46,099 --> 00:01:49,099 "This is the man you were asking about." 27 00:01:49,099 --> 00:01:52,140 We swooped down upon him like two falcons, 28 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:55,140 and I struck him with my sword. 29 00:01:55,140 --> 00:01:57,140 Once I had gained the upper hand, 30 00:01:57,140 --> 00:01:59,140 I dealt him a mighty blow, 31 00:01:59,140 --> 00:02:03,140 which severed his foot along with half of his leg. 32 00:02:03,140 --> 00:02:06,140 My brother also struck him a powerful blow, 33 00:02:06,140 --> 00:02:09,139 until we brought him down to the ground. 34 00:02:09,139 --> 00:02:13,259 Then we went to the Prophet, peace be upon him, 35 00:02:13,259 --> 00:02:16,259 both of us claiming to have killed him. 36 00:02:16,259 --> 00:02:19,259 He, peace be upon him, asked, 37 00:02:19,259 --> 00:02:22,259 "Have you wiped your swords?" 38 00:02:22,259 --> 00:02:24,259 We replied, "No." 39 00:02:24,259 --> 00:02:26,259 He looked at the two swords, 40 00:02:26,259 --> 00:02:27,259 and said, 41 00:02:27,259 --> 00:02:29,259 "Both of you killed him." 42 00:02:29,259 --> 00:02:35,219 Later, 'Ikrimah Ibn Abi Jahl spotted me in the battle, 43 00:02:35,219 --> 00:02:38,219 and struck me on my shoulder, 44 00:02:38,219 --> 00:02:41,219 severing my arm from the shoulder joint, 45 00:02:41,219 --> 00:02:46,219 though it remained hanging by a piece of skin from my side. 46 00:02:46,219 --> 00:02:51,219 I continued to fight for the rest of the day, dragging it behind me. 47 00:02:51,219 --> 00:02:53,219 When it became a hindrance, 48 00:02:53,219 --> 00:02:55,219 I placed my foot upon it, 49 00:02:55,219 --> 00:03:00,219 pulled hard until I severed it, and then cast it aside. 50 00:03:00,219 --> 00:03:02,219 I then continued the fight. 51 00:03:02,219 --> 00:03:04,219 As for my brother, 52 00:03:04,219 --> 00:03:07,219 he was killed during the battle. 53 00:03:07,219 --> 00:03:09,539 So, who am I?