WEBVTT 00:00:01.360 --> 00:00:12.140 Pause and identify the Companion, the scholar, and the notable figure. 00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:16.140 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.140 --> 00:00:23.539 I am one of the Companions, an Ansari from the Banu Khazraj. 00:00:23.539 --> 00:00:27.539 I was one of the poets of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:00:27.539 --> 00:00:32.670 I was one of the twelve leaders of the Ansar during the Pledge of al-'Aqabah. 00:00:32.670 --> 00:00:38.670 I embraced Islam early in Medina after the arrival of Mus'ab ibn 'Umayr, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:00:38.670 --> 00:00:41.670 I was always at the forefront of goodness and virtue. 00:00:41.670 --> 00:00:45.670 I was eager to strive in jihad and to fast for the sake of Allah. 00:00:45.670 --> 00:00:52.670 We would be with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, on a journey during a hot day. 00:00:52.670 --> 00:00:59.670 There would be no one among the people fasting except for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and myself. 00:00:59.670 --> 00:01:02.740 I was keen on attending gatherings of dhikr. 00:01:02.740 --> 00:01:08.739 I would often see a man from the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:13.739 I would say to him, "Come, let us believe for an hour." 00:01:13.739 --> 00:01:20.890 I was a loyal ally to the people of faith and held intense hatred and enmity toward the people of disbelief. 00:01:20.890 --> 00:01:23.890 I would not let the blame of any critic deter me in the cause of Allah. 00:01:23.890 --> 00:01:30.890 The Prophet, peace be upon him, sent me as the commander of a detachment of thirty men. 00:01:30.890 --> 00:01:34.890 To kill the Jewish leader Usayr ibn Rizam in Khaybar. 00:01:34.890 --> 00:01:40.890 I set out toward him, killed him, and returned victorious to Medina. 00:01:40.890 --> 00:01:46.980 I was walking before the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, during the 'Umrat al-Qada'. 00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:49.980 When he entered Mecca to perform the 'Umrah. 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:54.980 I said, "Clear the way for the sons of the disbelievers, let him pass." 00:01:54.980 --> 00:01:57.980 "Today we strike you for its revelation," 00:01:57.980 --> 00:02:00.980 "With blows that remove heads from their resting places," 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:03.980 "And make a friend forget his own friend." 00:02:03.980 --> 00:02:07.049 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said to me, 00:02:07.049 --> 00:02:14.050 "In the sanctuary of Allah and before the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, you recite poetry?" 00:02:14.050 --> 00:02:17.110 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 00:02:18.110 --> 00:02:20.110 "Leave him be, O 'Umar." 00:02:20.110 --> 00:02:22.110 "For by Him in whose hand is my soul," 00:02:22.110 --> 00:02:27.909 "His words are more severe against them than the impact of arrows." 00:02:27.909 --> 00:02:30.909 The Prophet, peace be upon him, chose me 00:02:30.909 --> 00:02:34.909 To be the third commander of the Muslims in the army of Mu'tah. 00:02:34.909 --> 00:02:41.909 That army whose number did not exceed three thousand fighters. 00:02:41.909 --> 00:02:44.909 We set out to meet the Romans. 00:02:44.909 --> 00:02:47.909 When we approached the land of the non-Arabs, 00:02:47.909 --> 00:02:50.909 News reached us that the enemy 00:02:50.909 --> 00:02:54.909 Had prepared for us an army numbering two hundred thousand fighters, 00:02:54.909 --> 00:02:57.979 From the Romans and the Ghassanids. 00:02:57.979 --> 00:02:59.979 The Islamic army halted, 00:02:59.979 --> 00:03:02.979 And they began to consult among themselves. 00:03:02.979 --> 00:03:05.979 I encouraged the Muslims and said to them, 00:03:05.979 --> 00:03:09.979 "O people, by Allah, that which you dislike," 00:03:09.979 --> 00:03:11.979 "Is the very thing for which you set out," 00:03:11.979 --> 00:03:13.979 "Which is martyrdom." 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:16.979 The army was invigorated and advanced to fight. 00:03:16.979 --> 00:03:19.039 When the two armies met, 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.039 And the battle began, 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.039 It was only a matter of moments 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:25.039 Before the first commander was killed, 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:28.039 Zayd ibn Harithah, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:34.039 Then the second commander, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, was killed. 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:36.039 The banner was then passed to me. 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:39.039 My soul hesitated for a moment, 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:42.139 So I addressed it, reciting: 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:45.139 "I have sworn, O soul, that you shall descend," 00:03:45.139 --> 00:03:48.139 "Willingly or unwillingly." 00:03:48.139 --> 00:03:51.169 "For you have long been at ease," 00:03:51.169 --> 00:03:55.169 "Why do I see you loathing Paradise?" 00:03:55.169 --> 00:03:58.169 "Are you but a drop in a water skin?" 00:03:58.169 --> 00:04:02.169 "The people have gathered and raised a clamor." 00:04:02.169 --> 00:04:04.419 And I also said: 00:04:04.419 --> 00:04:07.419 "O soul, if you are not killed, you will die anyway." 00:04:07.419 --> 00:04:10.419 "This is the pool of death that you have encountered." 00:04:10.419 --> 00:04:13.419 "Whatever you wished for, you have been granted." 00:04:13.419 --> 00:04:16.420 "If you do as they did, you will be guided." 00:04:16.420 --> 00:04:19.420 "And if you delay, you will be miserable." 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:23.459 Then I fought the people, advancing and not retreating, 00:04:23.459 --> 00:04:25.459 Until I was killed. 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:28.519 The Prophet, peace be upon him, announced 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.519 To his Companions while he was in Medina 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:34.519 The news of my death and that of my companions, 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:36.519 While his eyes were shedding tears. 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:38.740 So, who am I? 00:04:38.740 --> 00:04:46.680 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video. 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:50.899 We will pin the correct answer in the comments 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:54.899 When the next episode is released, if Allah wills.