1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,360 Stop 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:12,140 and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 3 00:00:12,140 --> 00:00:16,140 A new challenge: Who am I? 4 00:00:16,140 --> 00:00:21,320 I am one of the noble Companions. 5 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,320 I was the chieftain of the Daws tribe during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance, 6 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,320 a nobleman among the most distinguished Arabs, 7 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,320 and one of the widely recognized figures of chivalry. 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,320 My cooking pot was never taken off the fire, 9 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,320 nor was my door ever locked before any nighttime visitor. 10 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:43,320 I fed the hungry, provided safety for the fearful, 11 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,320 and granted sanctuary to whoever sought refuge. 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,320 In addition, I was a cultured, intelligent man, 13 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,320 a poet of delicate sensitivity, 14 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,320 well-versed in both the sweet and bitter nuances of eloquence, 15 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,700 deeply swayed by the magic of words. 16 00:00:59,700 --> 00:01:02,700 I embraced Islam early on in Mecca, 17 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:05,700 and I requested of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 18 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:08,700 that he migrate to our lands so we might support him. 19 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:11,700 I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, 20 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:15,799 would you accept a fortified stronghold and protection?" 21 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:19,799 But the Prophet (peace be upon him) declined that, 22 00:01:19,799 --> 00:01:23,799 because of the honor Allah had reserved for the Ansar. 23 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:27,950 When Allah willed good for me, 24 00:01:27,950 --> 00:01:32,950 I arrived in Mecca and met some leading men of Quraysh. 25 00:01:32,950 --> 00:01:35,950 They said to me, "You are a poet, 26 00:01:35,950 --> 00:01:39,950 and we fear that Muhammad might meet you 27 00:01:39,950 --> 00:01:42,950 and captivate you with some of his speech, 28 00:01:42,950 --> 00:01:47,019 for his words are like magic; so beware." 29 00:01:47,019 --> 00:01:50,019 By Allah, they kept warning me about him 30 00:01:50,019 --> 00:01:53,019 and forbidding me from listening to him, 31 00:01:53,019 --> 00:01:57,019 until I went and stuffed my ears with cotton. 32 00:01:57,019 --> 00:02:00,019 Then I headed early in the morning to the Mosque, 33 00:02:00,019 --> 00:02:03,019 and there I found the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 34 00:02:03,019 --> 00:02:06,019 standing in prayer. 35 00:02:06,019 --> 00:02:09,020 I stood close to him, 36 00:02:09,020 --> 00:02:12,270 and Allah willed that I should hear some of his words. 37 00:02:12,270 --> 00:02:15,270 So I said to myself, 38 00:02:15,270 --> 00:02:18,270 "By Allah, this is sheer helplessness! 39 00:02:18,270 --> 00:02:21,270 I am a discerning, intelligent man; 40 00:02:21,270 --> 00:02:24,270 neither the good nor the bad of matters is hidden from me. 41 00:02:24,270 --> 00:02:27,300 By Allah, I shall listen to him; 42 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:30,300 if what he brings is right guidance, I will accept it, 43 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:33,300 and if not, I will avoid it." 44 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,300 So I removed the cotton, 45 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:39,430 and I had never heard speech more beautiful than his. 46 00:02:39,430 --> 00:02:42,430 When the Prophet (peace be upon him) departed, 47 00:02:42,430 --> 00:02:45,430 I followed him and entered his home with him. 48 00:02:45,430 --> 00:02:48,430 I said, "O Muhammad, 49 00:02:48,430 --> 00:02:51,430 your people came to me 50 00:02:51,430 --> 00:02:54,430 and told me such-and-such, 51 00:02:54,430 --> 00:02:57,430 but I decided, O Messenger of Allah, 52 00:02:57,430 --> 00:03:00,430 that I would listen to what you have to say; 53 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:03,500 and it has settled in my heart that it is the truth. 54 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:06,500 So present your religion to me." 55 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:09,500 He presented Islam to me, 56 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:12,500 and I embraced Islam. Then I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 57 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:15,500 I am returning to Daws, 58 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:18,500 and I am an obeyed leader among them; 59 00:03:18,500 --> 00:03:21,500 I will invite them to Islam, 60 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:24,530 so pray that Allah grant me a sign." 61 00:03:24,530 --> 00:03:27,530 He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 62 00:03:27,530 --> 00:03:30,530 "O Allah, grant him a sign that will aid him." 63 00:03:30,530 --> 00:03:33,819 So I set out until I was overlooking 64 00:03:33,819 --> 00:03:36,819 the mountain pass of my people. 65 00:03:36,819 --> 00:03:39,819 When I ascended the pass, Allah placed 66 00:03:39,819 --> 00:03:42,819 between my eyes a light like a radiant beam, 67 00:03:42,819 --> 00:03:45,819 visible to people in the darkness of the night. 68 00:03:45,819 --> 00:03:48,819 I said, "O Allah, make it elsewhere than my face, 69 00:03:49,819 --> 00:03:52,819 for I fear they might think it a disfigurement 70 00:03:52,819 --> 00:03:55,819 because I abandoned their gods." 71 00:03:55,819 --> 00:03:58,819 So the light shifted 72 00:03:58,819 --> 00:04:01,819 and settled onto the tip of my whip. 73 00:04:01,819 --> 00:04:04,819 I rode my camel toward them, 74 00:04:04,819 --> 00:04:07,819 and the light on the tip of my whip was like 75 00:04:07,819 --> 00:04:11,039 a suspended lamp. 76 00:04:11,039 --> 00:04:14,039 My father came to me, and I said to him, 77 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:17,040 "Stay away from me, for you and I no longer belong together." 78 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,040 He asked, "Why is that?" 79 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,040 I replied, "I have embraced Islam 80 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,040 and followed the religion of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)." 81 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,069 He said, "O my son, 82 00:04:29,069 --> 00:04:32,069 my religion is your religion." 83 00:04:32,069 --> 00:04:35,069 I did the same with my mother and my wife, 84 00:04:35,069 --> 00:04:38,139 and they embraced Islam. 85 00:04:38,139 --> 00:04:41,139 Then I invited Daws to Islam, 86 00:04:41,139 --> 00:04:44,230 but they refused, so I went to 87 00:04:44,230 --> 00:04:47,230 the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 88 00:04:47,230 --> 00:04:50,230 and said, "O Messenger of Allah, 89 00:04:50,230 --> 00:04:53,230 fornication and usury have overtaken Daws, 90 00:04:53,230 --> 00:04:56,230 so invoke Allah against them." 91 00:04:56,230 --> 00:04:59,230 But he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 92 00:04:59,230 --> 00:05:02,300 "O Allah, guide Daws!" 93 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:05,300 Then I returned to them 94 00:05:05,300 --> 00:05:08,300 and stayed among them calling them to Islam, 95 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:11,300 until a great many of them responded. 96 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:15,300 Then I arrived in Medina 97 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:18,300 with ninety households from Daws, 98 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:21,300 among whom was Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). 99 00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:24,389 I remained with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) 100 00:05:24,389 --> 00:05:27,389 until his passing. 101 00:05:27,389 --> 00:05:31,420 After the conquest of Mecca, 102 00:05:31,420 --> 00:05:34,420 the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent 103 00:05:34,420 --> 00:05:37,420 some of his Companions to destroy the idols 104 00:05:37,420 --> 00:05:40,420 that were throughout the Peninsula. 105 00:05:40,420 --> 00:05:43,420 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 106 00:05:43,420 --> 00:05:46,420 send me to Dhu al-Kaffayn, 107 00:05:46,420 --> 00:05:49,420 the idol worshipped by Daws, 108 00:05:49,420 --> 00:05:52,420 so that I may burn it." 109 00:05:52,420 --> 00:05:55,480 He said, "Yes." 110 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,480 So I set out to it to burn it; 111 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,480 I reached it, 112 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,480 set it on fire, and recited: 113 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:07,480 "O Dhu al-Kaffayn, I am not of your worshippers; 114 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,480 indeed, I have thrust fire into your very heart." 115 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,579 When I burned it, 116 00:06:13,579 --> 00:06:16,579 the rest of my people all embraced Islam. 117 00:06:16,579 --> 00:06:20,500 After the death of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), 118 00:06:20,500 --> 00:06:23,500 I set out to fight the apostates, 119 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:26,500 accompanied by my son 'Amr. 120 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:29,500 While we were on the road, 121 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,500 I saw a vision: 122 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:35,500 I saw as though my head were shaved, 123 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:39,500 a woman took me into her womb, 124 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:42,500 and my son was searching for me 125 00:06:42,500 --> 00:06:45,500 earnestly, but a barrier was placed between me and him. 126 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:48,569 I recounted it to my companions, 127 00:06:48,569 --> 00:06:51,569 and they said, "Good news." 128 00:06:51,569 --> 00:06:54,569 But I said, "As for me, I have interpreted it: 129 00:06:54,569 --> 00:06:57,600 as for shaving my head, 130 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,600 it means it will be severed; as for the bird, 131 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,600 it is my soul; and the woman 132 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,600 is the earth in which I will be buried, 133 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,600 for I have seen that I will be martyred. 134 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,600 As for my son searching for me, 135 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,600 I believe he will be delayed 136 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,600 in attaining martyrdom, 137 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,600 and I do not think he will join me on this journey." 138 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,629 And it happened just as I saw: 139 00:07:25,629 --> 00:07:28,629 I was martyred on the Day of al-Yamamah, 140 00:07:28,629 --> 00:07:31,980 and my son was wounded. 141 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:40,050 Share your answers in the comments below the video, 142 00:07:40,050 --> 00:07:43,269 and we will pin the correct answer in the comments 143 00:07:43,269 --> 00:07:46,269 when the next episode is released, if Allah wills.