WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 Stop. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.460 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the most exalted among them. 00:00:12.460 --> 00:00:16.460 A serious challenge: who am I? 00:00:16.460 --> 00:00:21.629 I am one of the Companions. 00:00:21.629 --> 00:00:24.629 I am from the Thaqif tribe of Ta'if. 00:00:24.629 --> 00:00:30.629 I arrived with my people to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, during the Year of Delegations. 00:00:30.629 --> 00:00:32.630 I was the youngest among them. 00:00:32.630 --> 00:00:36.630 I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, before them. 00:00:36.630 --> 00:00:37.630 I embraced Islam. 00:00:37.630 --> 00:00:40.630 He taught me some of the Qur'an. 00:00:40.630 --> 00:00:43.630 I kept the company of Ubayy ibn Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:43.630 --> 00:00:46.630 He used to teach me the Qur'an. 00:00:46.630 --> 00:00:49.659 When my people wanted to depart, 00:00:49.659 --> 00:00:51.659 They said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:00:51.659 --> 00:00:54.659 Appoint someone over us." 00:00:54.659 --> 00:00:56.659 So he appointed me as their leader. 00:00:56.659 --> 00:00:57.659 And he said, 00:00:57.659 --> 00:00:59.659 "He is intelligent, 00:00:59.659 --> 00:01:02.659 And he has memorized a portion of the Qur'an." 00:01:02.659 --> 00:01:04.659 They were satisfied and said, 00:01:04.659 --> 00:01:11.659 "We will not change a leader whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has appointed over us." 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:14.760 I returned with them to Ta'if. 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:19.459 I was their leader and their imam in prayer. 00:01:19.459 --> 00:01:25.459 One day, I complained to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, of a pain 00:01:25.459 --> 00:01:28.620 That I had felt in my body since I embraced Islam, 00:01:28.620 --> 00:01:30.620 To the point that it almost destroyed me. 00:01:30.620 --> 00:01:34.620 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me, 00:01:34.620 --> 00:01:38.620 "Place your hand on the part of your body that hurts, 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:41.620 And say 'Bismillah' (In the name of Allah) three times, 00:01:41.620 --> 00:01:43.620 And say seven times: 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:49.620 'I seek refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel and what I fear.'" 00:01:49.620 --> 00:01:50.620 I did so, 00:01:50.620 --> 00:01:54.200 And the pain left me. 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.200 Something used to interfere with me in my prayer, 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.200 To the point that I would not know what I was praying. 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.200 The Qur'an would slip away from my memory. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:05.200 When I saw that, 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:10.199 I traveled to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:11.199 He said, 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:13.199 "What brought you?" 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:14.199 I said, 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:16.199 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:19.199 Something has interfered with my prayers, 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:22.199 To the point that I do not know what I am praying, 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:25.229 And the Qur'an is slipping away from me." 00:02:25.229 --> 00:02:26.229 He said, 00:02:26.229 --> 00:02:28.229 "That is the devil. 00:02:28.229 --> 00:02:29.229 Come closer." 00:02:29.229 --> 00:02:31.229 I drew near to him, 00:02:31.229 --> 00:02:34.229 And I sat on the balls of my feet. 00:02:34.229 --> 00:02:36.229 He struck my chest with his hand, 00:02:36.229 --> 00:02:38.229 And blew into my mouth, 00:02:38.229 --> 00:02:39.229 And said, 00:02:39.229 --> 00:02:41.229 "Get out, enemy of Allah!" 00:02:41.229 --> 00:02:44.229 He did that three times. 00:02:44.229 --> 00:02:45.229 Then he said, 00:02:45.229 --> 00:02:47.229 "Return to your land." 00:02:47.229 --> 00:02:51.229 By Allah, he never bothered me in my prayer again, 00:02:51.229 --> 00:02:56.189 And I never forgot anything I wanted to memorize. 00:02:56.189 --> 00:03:00.189 I played a role in preventing the Thaqif tribe from apostasy, 00:03:00.189 --> 00:03:06.189 As I gave a sermon to them after the death of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:03:06.189 --> 00:03:09.189 And the apostasy of the rest of the Arabs. 00:03:09.189 --> 00:03:10.189 I said, 00:03:10.189 --> 00:03:12.189 "O people of Thaqif, 00:03:12.189 --> 00:03:15.189 You were the last of the people to embrace Islam, 00:03:15.189 --> 00:03:19.189 So do not be the first of them to apostatize." 00:03:19.189 --> 00:03:21.189 So Allah made them steadfast. 00:03:21.189 --> 00:03:25.060 I once sent some of my young men as merchants. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:27.060 When they returned, 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:28.060 I said, 00:03:28.060 --> 00:03:30.060 "What have you brought back?" 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:31.060 They said, 00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:33.060 "We have brought merchandise, 00:03:33.060 --> 00:03:36.120 Where the profit on a dirham is ten." 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:37.120 I said, 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.120 "What is this merchandise you have brought, 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:43.120 That has such a great profit?" 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:44.120 They said, 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.120 "Wine." 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:47.120 I said, 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:48.120 "Wine? 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.120 We have been forbidden from drinking it and selling it." 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:57.120 So I began opening the mouths of the containers and pouring them out in the streets. 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.250 So, who am I? 00:03:59.250 --> 00:04:04.719 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:08.979 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:08.979 --> 00:04:11.979 When the next episode is released, 00:04:11.979 --> 00:04:13.979 If Allah wills. 00:04:13.979 --> 00:04:19.009 The best of generations in their stances and examples, 00:04:19.009 --> 00:04:24.009 They followed the Messenger whether he strove or spoke. 00:04:24.009 --> 00:04:29.009 They were here, watering the clouds of our lives, 00:04:29.009 --> 00:04:34.009 And through their stances, their mention is exalted. 00:04:34.009 --> 00:04:39.009 They departed and cast a question into the conscience: 00:04:39.009 --> 00:04:44.009 Is there a star like them that has risen and shone? 00:04:44.009 --> 00:04:49.009 They filled life with pride through their noble deeds, 00:04:49.009 --> 00:04:54.009 And the world of humanity flourished because of them.