WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:12.140 Pause and identify this Companion, scholar, and eminent figure. 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 A serious challenge: who am I? 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:21.769 I am one of the Companions from the Ansar. 00:00:21.769 --> 00:00:25.769 And one of the poets of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:25.769 --> 00:00:27.800 I embraced Islam early on. 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.800 And I witnessed the Pledge of al-Aqaba. 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:36.799 I dedicated my poetry to the defense of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and Islam. 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.829 I participated in all the military expeditions. 00:00:39.829 --> 00:00:40.829 Except for Badr. 00:00:40.829 --> 00:00:43.829 For there was no firm command for us to go out. 00:00:43.829 --> 00:00:45.829 And at Uhud. 00:00:45.829 --> 00:00:51.829 I was the first to recognize the location of the Prophet, peace be upon him, after the rumor of his death spread. 00:00:51.829 --> 00:00:53.829 So I brought the good news of his safety to the people. 00:00:53.829 --> 00:00:57.829 And I fought fiercely in his defense. 00:00:57.829 --> 00:01:00.829 Until I sustained seventeen wounds. 00:01:00.829 --> 00:01:04.700 And I was on the verge of death. 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:08.700 I was one of the three who were left behind during the expedition of Tabuk. 00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:10.700 Then Allah accepted their repentance. 00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:15.700 My failure to join it was due to nothing but procrastination. 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:22.700 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had informed us of his intention to set out for Tabuk. 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:26.700 At that time, I was in a state of ease and possessed ample wealth. 00:01:26.700 --> 00:01:27.700 So I said to myself: 00:01:27.700 --> 00:01:30.700 "I will set out tomorrow and purchase my equipment." 00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:32.700 Then I would enter my garden. 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:36.700 And I would become preoccupied with the pleasant fruits and the abundant shade. 00:01:36.700 --> 00:01:38.700 Until the day would pass. 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:41.700 And I had not prepared anything for my equipment. 00:01:41.700 --> 00:01:44.700 I continued to procrastinate in this manner. 00:01:44.700 --> 00:01:46.700 Until the people set out. 00:01:46.700 --> 00:01:47.700 I said: 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.700 "Tomorrow I will buy my equipment and then catch up with them." 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:52.700 But I did not cease in that behavior. 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:55.700 Until the army had moved far away. 00:01:55.700 --> 00:01:59.890 When the Prophet, peace be upon him, returned to Medina. 00:01:59.890 --> 00:02:02.890 The hypocrites came to him offering their excuses. 00:02:02.890 --> 00:02:04.890 He accepted their excuses. 00:02:04.890 --> 00:02:07.890 And entrusted their affairs to Allah the Exalted. 00:02:07.890 --> 00:02:09.889 When I came to him. 00:02:09.889 --> 00:02:13.889 He saw me and smiled the smile of one who is displeased. 00:02:13.889 --> 00:02:14.889 And he said: 00:02:14.889 --> 00:02:16.889 "What kept you behind?" 00:02:16.889 --> 00:02:17.889 I said: 00:02:17.889 --> 00:02:20.889 "By Allah, if I were sitting before anyone other than you. 00:02:20.889 --> 00:02:23.889 I would have escaped his wrath with an excuse. 00:02:23.889 --> 00:02:25.889 For I have been gifted with eloquence. 00:02:25.889 --> 00:02:28.889 But I procrastinated, O Messenger of Allah. 00:02:28.889 --> 00:02:31.889 Until I became entangled in the sin." 00:02:31.889 --> 00:02:34.949 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:02:34.949 --> 00:02:37.949 "As for this man, he has spoken the truth. 00:02:37.949 --> 00:02:40.979 Rise until Allah decides your case." 00:02:40.979 --> 00:02:42.979 So I rose. 00:02:42.979 --> 00:02:45.979 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:02:45.979 --> 00:02:48.979 Forbade the people from speaking to me. 00:02:48.979 --> 00:02:50.979 I would go out to the market. 00:02:50.979 --> 00:02:52.979 And no one would speak to me. 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:54.979 The people acted as strangers toward me. 00:02:54.979 --> 00:02:57.979 To the point that they were not the people I knew. 00:02:57.979 --> 00:03:00.979 The earth, vast as it is, became constrained for me. 00:03:00.979 --> 00:03:02.979 I would come to the mosque. 00:03:02.979 --> 00:03:04.979 I would enter and pray in it. 00:03:04.979 --> 00:03:07.979 And I would come to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:03:07.979 --> 00:03:09.979 And greet him with peace. 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:12.979 I would look at his face and say to myself: 00:03:12.979 --> 00:03:15.979 "Did he move his lips to return the greeting?" 00:03:15.979 --> 00:03:18.370 One day. 00:03:18.370 --> 00:03:21.370 While I was walking in the market. 00:03:21.370 --> 00:03:24.370 A Christian came to me with a letter. 00:03:24.370 --> 00:03:26.370 From the King of Ghassan. 00:03:26.370 --> 00:03:29.370 It read: "To proceed. 00:03:29.370 --> 00:03:32.370 It has reached me that your master. 00:03:32.370 --> 00:03:34.370 Has treated you harshly and cast you aside. 00:03:34.370 --> 00:03:37.370 You are not in a place of humiliation or neglect. 00:03:37.370 --> 00:03:39.370 So come join us, and we will comfort you." 00:03:39.370 --> 00:03:43.460 I said: "This too is a trial." 00:03:43.460 --> 00:03:45.530 So I stoked the oven for it. 00:03:45.530 --> 00:03:47.530 And burned it. 00:03:47.530 --> 00:03:49.530 And I remained in this state. 00:03:49.530 --> 00:03:51.530 For fifty nights. 00:03:51.530 --> 00:03:53.689 Then Allah revealed. 00:03:53.689 --> 00:03:55.689 His acceptance of my repentance. 00:03:55.689 --> 00:03:58.689 I set out to the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:03:58.689 --> 00:04:01.689 And he was sitting in the mosque. 00:04:01.689 --> 00:04:03.689 With the Muslims around him. 00:04:03.689 --> 00:04:06.689 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me: 00:04:06.689 --> 00:04:09.689 "Rejoice at the best day that has come upon you." 00:04:09.689 --> 00:04:12.689 I said: "O Prophet of Allah. 00:04:12.689 --> 00:04:15.689 Is it part of my repentance that I shall not speak. 00:04:15.689 --> 00:04:17.689 Except the truth? 00:04:17.689 --> 00:04:19.689 And that I shall divest myself of all my wealth. 00:04:19.689 --> 00:04:21.689 And give it as charity for the sake of Allah?" 00:04:21.689 --> 00:04:24.689 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:04:24.689 --> 00:04:27.689 "Keep some of your wealth for yourself. 00:04:27.689 --> 00:04:29.850 It is better for you." 00:04:29.850 --> 00:04:32.850 I said: "Then I shall keep my share. 00:04:32.850 --> 00:04:35.709 The one in Khaybar." 00:04:35.709 --> 00:04:39.709 I said one day to the Prophet, peace be upon him: 00:04:39.709 --> 00:04:41.709 "O Messenger of Allah. 00:04:41.709 --> 00:04:45.740 Allah has revealed what He has revealed regarding poets." 00:04:45.740 --> 00:04:47.740 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:04:47.740 --> 00:04:51.740 "The mujahid fights with his sword and his tongue. 00:04:51.740 --> 00:04:53.740 By Him in whose hand is my soul. 00:04:53.740 --> 00:04:57.740 It is as if you are striking them with arrows." 00:04:57.740 --> 00:05:00.029 The tribe of Daws embraced Islam. 00:05:00.029 --> 00:05:03.029 Out of fear of a verse I had composed: 00:05:03.029 --> 00:05:06.060 "We have settled every doubt from Tihama. 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:09.060 And Khaybar, then we rested our swords. 00:05:09.060 --> 00:05:12.060 We test them, and if they could speak. 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:16.060 Their blades would say: 'Daws or Thaqif'." 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:20.610 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to me: 00:05:20.610 --> 00:05:22.610 "Your Lord has not forgotten for you. 00:05:22.610 --> 00:05:25.610 “We (angels) come not down save by commandment of thy Lord. Unto Him belongeth all that is before us and all that is behind us and all that is between those two, and thy Lord was never forgetful -” (19:64) 00:05:25.610 --> 00:05:27.610 A verse you composed." 00:05:27.610 --> 00:05:29.610 I said: "And what is it?" 00:05:29.610 --> 00:05:32.610 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: 00:05:32.610 --> 00:05:34.610 "Recite it, O Abu Bakr." 00:05:34.610 --> 00:05:36.610 So Abu Bakr said: 00:05:36.610 --> 00:05:40.610 "Sukhayna claimed that she would overcome her Lord. 00:05:40.610 --> 00:05:44.610 But no one who seeks to overcome can overcome the Overcomer." 00:05:44.610 --> 00:05:46.829 So, who am I?