WEBVTT 00:00:00.460 --> 00:00:03.459 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 00:00:03.459 --> 00:00:08.560 The best of generations in their conduct and example, 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:13.560 Following the Messenger whenever he strove or spoke. 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:15.560 Mawaddah Association 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:17.559 Presents: 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:21.620 Portraits from the Lives of the Tabi'un 00:00:21.620 --> 00:00:26.039 By Dr. Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha, 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:28.039 May Allah have mercy upon him. 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:33.380 Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, 00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:35.380 May Allah have mercy upon him. 00:00:43.509 --> 00:00:47.509 Has the news of this noble Tabi'i reached you? 00:00:47.509 --> 00:00:51.509 He gathered glory from all its corners, 00:00:51.509 --> 00:00:54.539 Until nothing of it escaped him. 00:00:54.539 --> 00:00:57.539 For his father was Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, 00:00:57.539 --> 00:01:00.539 And his mother was the daughter of Kisra Yazdegerd, 00:01:00.539 --> 00:01:02.539 The last of the Persian kings. 00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:05.540 His paternal aunt was 'A'ishah, the Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:01:05.540 --> 00:01:08.540 And above all that, 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:12.540 He crowned his head with the crown of piety and knowledge. 00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:18.670 Do you think there is any glory above this for which competitors might vie? 00:01:18.670 --> 00:01:23.959 That is al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:26.959 One of the seven jurists of Medina, 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.959 The most knowledgeable of the people of his time, 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:32.959 The sharpest of them in intellect, and the most intense of them in piety. 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:39.659 So let us begin the story of his life from its inception. 00:01:39.659 --> 00:01:46.659 Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad was born in the final years of the caliphate of 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:01:46.659 --> 00:01:50.659 But the young child had barely begun to stir in his nest, 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:55.659 When the violent winds of discord (fitnah) swept through the lands of the Muslims. 00:01:55.659 --> 00:02:00.689 The devout and ascetic Caliph, the Possessor of the Two Lights, was martyred, 00:02:00.689 --> 00:02:04.689 While he was bent over the pages of the Qur'an. 00:02:04.689 --> 00:02:09.689 Then the great conflict erupted between the Commander of the Believers, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, 00:02:09.689 --> 00:02:13.689 And Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, the governor of the Levant. 00:02:13.689 --> 00:02:19.689 In a terrifying and staggering series of successive events, 00:02:19.689 --> 00:02:24.689 The young child found himself being carried with his sister from Medina to Egypt. 00:02:24.689 --> 00:02:28.689 For they had to join their father, 00:02:28.689 --> 00:02:34.689 After he had become its governor on behalf of the Commander of the Believers, 'Ali ibn Abi Talib. 00:02:34.689 --> 00:02:39.689 Then he saw the bloody claws of discord reach out to his father, 00:02:39.689 --> 00:02:41.689 Killing him in the most heinous of ways. 00:02:41.689 --> 00:02:46.819 He then found himself being moved once again from Egypt to Medina, 00:02:46.819 --> 00:02:50.819 After the supporters of Mu'awiyah had seized control of it. 00:02:50.819 --> 00:02:53.819 He had become an orphan, bereft and alone. 00:02:53.819 --> 00:03:00.639 Al-Qasim would speak of this journey of suffering, his eyes filled with tears, 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:04.639 Saying: "When my father was killed in Egypt, 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.639 My uncle 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr came, 00:03:07.639 --> 00:03:12.639 He took me and my little sister and brought us to Medina. 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:14.639 No sooner had we reached it, 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:19.639 Than my aunt 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, sent for us. 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:23.639 She took us from my uncle's house to her own, 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:26.639 And raised us in her care. 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:31.639 I have never seen a mother or father more kind than she, 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:33.639 Nor more compassionate. 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:37.639 She would feed us with her own hands, while she herself would not eat with us; 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:41.639 If any of our food remained, she would eat it. 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:45.639 She would show us the tenderness of a nursing mother toward a weaned child, 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:49.639 Washing our bodies and combing our hair, 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:52.639 And dressing us in the purest white garments. 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:57.639 She never ceased to urge us toward goodness and habituate us to its practice, 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:01.639 While forbidding us from evil and compelling us to abandon it. 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:06.639 She was diligent in teaching us what we could grasp of the Book of Allah, 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:12.639 And narrating to us what we could understand of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:16.639 She would increase our joy and delight during the two Eids; 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:19.639 When the eve of 'Arafah arrived, 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:21.639 She would trim my hair, 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:24.639 And wash me and my sister. 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:26.639 When morning came, 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:28.639 She would dress us in new clothes, 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.639 And send us to the mosque to perform the Eid prayer. 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:34.639 When we returned from it, 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.639 She would gather me and my sister and provide for us. 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:42.300 One day, 00:04:42.300 --> 00:04:44.300 She dressed us in white clothes, 00:04:44.300 --> 00:04:47.300 Then she sat me on one of her knees, 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:51.300 And sat my sister on her other knee. 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:54.300 She had summoned my uncle 'Abd al-Rahman. 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:56.300 When he entered, 00:04:56.300 --> 00:04:58.300 She greeted him and then spoke, 00:04:58.300 --> 00:05:01.300 Praising Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:04.300 And extolling Him as He deserves. 00:05:04.300 --> 00:05:10.300 I have never seen a speaker, man or woman, before or since, 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:14.300 More eloquent in tongue or sweeter in expression than she. 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:16.300 Then she said: 00:05:16.300 --> 00:05:17.300 "O my brother, 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:23.300 I have continued to see you turning away from me since you took these two children from you, 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:25.300 And I brought them to myself. 00:05:25.300 --> 00:05:30.300 By Allah, I did not do that out of arrogance toward you, nor out of suspicion of you, 00:05:30.300 --> 00:05:34.300 Nor out of accusing you of falling short in their care. 00:05:34.300 --> 00:05:37.370 But you are a man with wives, 00:05:37.370 --> 00:05:42.370 And they are two small children who cannot manage their own affairs. 00:05:42.370 --> 00:05:46.370 I feared that your wives might see something from them that they would dislike, 00:05:46.370 --> 00:05:49.370 And thus not be pleased with them. 00:05:49.370 --> 00:05:55.399 I found that I was more entitled than they to take charge of their affairs in this situation. 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.399 Now they have grown, 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:01.399 And have become capable of managing their own affairs. 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:04.399 So take them and bring them to yourself." 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:09.459 My uncle 'Abd al-Rahman took us and brought us to his house. 00:06:09.459 --> 00:06:13.970 However, the young boy of the house of Bakr 00:06:13.970 --> 00:06:19.970 Remained with his heart attached to the house of his aunt, the Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:06:19.970 --> 00:06:24.970 For it was on the ground of her house, perfumed with the scents of Prophethood, that he grew up, 00:06:24.970 --> 00:06:28.970 And in the care of its mistress that he was raised and nurtured, 00:06:28.970 --> 00:06:32.970 And from her overflowing compassion that he drank and was satisfied. 00:06:32.970 --> 00:06:38.160 So he began to divide his time between her house and his uncle's house. 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:43.160 The memories of his aunt's fragrant, gentle, and sheltering home remained 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:47.160 Alive in his mind as long as he lived. 00:06:47.160 --> 00:06:52.160 Listen to some of his accounts of those memories, as he says: 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:57.189 "I said one day to my aunt 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her: 00:06:57.189 --> 00:07:02.189 'O Mother, uncover for me the grave of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:07:02.189 --> 00:07:07.189 And the graves of his two companions, for I wish to see them.' 00:07:07.189 --> 00:07:11.189 The three graves were still inside her house, 00:07:11.189 --> 00:07:15.189 And she had covered them with something that concealed them from sight. 00:07:15.189 --> 00:07:20.189 So she uncovered for me three graves, neither raised high nor flattened, 00:07:20.189 --> 00:07:26.189 Which had been leveled with the small red pebbles that were in the courtyard of the mosque. 00:07:26.189 --> 00:07:31.189 I said: 'Where is the grave of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him?' 00:07:31.189 --> 00:07:35.189 She pointed with her hand and said: 'This one.' 00:07:35.189 --> 00:07:40.189 Then two large tears rolled down her cheeks, 00:07:40.189 --> 00:07:44.189 And I hastened to wipe them away so that I would not see them. 00:07:44.189 --> 00:07:50.259 The grave of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was placed in front of the graves of his two companions. 00:07:50.259 --> 00:07:54.259 I said: 'And where is the grave of my grandfather, Abu Bakr?' 00:07:54.259 --> 00:08:02.420 She said: 'Here it is,' and he was buried at the head of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:08:02.420 --> 00:08:05.420 I said: 'And this is the grave of 'Umar?' 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:12.420 She said: 'Yes,' and the head of 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, was at the waist of my grandfather, 00:08:12.420 --> 00:08:18.079 Close to the feet of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him." 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:24.079 When the young man of the house of Bakr grew up, he had memorized the Book of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:30.079 And had taken from his aunt 'A'ishah the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.080 As much as Allah willed for him to take. 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:36.080 Then he turned toward the noble Prophetic Sanctuary, 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:43.080 And devoted himself to the circles of knowledge that were scattered in every corner of it, 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:47.080 Just as the bright stars are scattered across the face of the sky. 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:53.080 He narrated from Abu Hurayrah, 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:57.080 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, 'Abdullah ibn Ja'far, 00:08:57.080 --> 00:09:01.080 'Abdullah ibn Khabbab, Rafi' ibn Khadij, 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:04.080 Aslam the freedman of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:10.080 And others, may Allah be pleased with them, until he became an independent scholar (mujtahid) and leader. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.080 He became one of the most knowledgeable people of his time regarding the Sunnah. 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:19.080 For a man was not considered a man among them until he had mastered the Sunnah. 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:24.549 When the young man of the house of Bakr had completed his tools of knowledge, 00:09:24.549 --> 00:09:29.549 People flocked to him, seeking knowledge from him with passion, 00:09:29.549 --> 00:09:33.580 And he turned to them, bestowing it upon them with generosity. 00:09:33.580 --> 00:09:40.580 He would come to the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, every morning, 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:42.580 At a time he never missed. 00:09:42.580 --> 00:09:46.580 He would pray two rak'ahs to enliven the mosque, 00:09:46.580 --> 00:09:51.580 Then he would take his place in front of the door of 'Umar in the noble Rawdah, 00:09:51.580 --> 00:09:56.580 Between the grave of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his pulpit. 00:09:56.580 --> 00:10:00.580 Students of knowledge would gather around him from every place, 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:04.580 And drink from his pure, refined sources, 00:10:04.580 --> 00:10:07.740 Which filled their thirsty souls. 00:10:07.740 --> 00:10:09.740 Not much time passed, 00:10:09.740 --> 00:10:12.740 Before al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:16.740 And his cousin Salim ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:19.740 Became the two trusted leaders of Medina, 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:21.740 Its two obeyed masters, 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:23.740 And its two influential figures, 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:29.740 Even though they held no office or authority. 00:10:29.740 --> 00:10:31.740 The people made them their leaders, 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:35.740 Because of the piety and godliness they possessed, 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:39.740 The knowledge and fiqh they carried in their hearts, 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:44.740 And the asceticism they displayed regarding what was in the hands of others, 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:47.809 And their desire for what is with Allah, the Almighty and Majestic. 00:10:47.809 --> 00:10:50.809 Their status in the hearts of the people reached such a point 00:10:50.809 --> 00:10:53.809 That the Umayyad caliphs and their governors 00:10:53.809 --> 00:10:56.809 Would not decide any matter 00:10:56.809 --> 00:10:58.809 Regarding the affairs of Medina 00:10:58.809 --> 00:11:00.809 Except with their counsel. 00:11:00.809 --> 00:11:03.809 Among these instances was when al-Walid ibn 'Abd al-Malik 00:11:03.809 --> 00:11:07.809 Resolved to expand the noble Prophetic Sanctuary. 00:11:07.809 --> 00:11:12.809 He could not achieve this cherished wish 00:11:12.809 --> 00:11:16.809 Unless he demolished the old mosque from its four sides, 00:11:16.809 --> 00:11:21.809 Removed the houses of the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:11:21.809 --> 00:11:23.809 And incorporated them into the mosque. 00:11:23.809 --> 00:11:26.809 These were matters that were difficult for the people, 00:11:26.809 --> 00:11:29.809 And they were not pleased with them. 00:11:29.809 --> 00:11:34.809 So he wrote to 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, his governor in Medina, saying: 00:11:34.809 --> 00:11:40.899 "I have decided to expand the mosque of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:11:40.899 --> 00:11:44.899 Until it becomes two hundred cubits by two hundred cubits. 00:11:44.899 --> 00:11:46.899 Demolish its four walls, 00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:51.899 Incorporate into it the chambers of the wives of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:54.899 Purchase the houses in its surroundings, 00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:57.899 And move the qiblah forward if you are able. 00:11:57.899 --> 00:12:02.899 You can do this because of the status of your maternal uncles, the family of al-Khattab, 00:12:02.899 --> 00:12:05.970 And their position in the hearts of the people. 00:12:05.970 --> 00:12:08.970 If the people of Medina refuse you that, 00:12:08.970 --> 00:12:13.970 Then seek the help of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and Salim ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, 00:12:13.970 --> 00:12:16.970 And involve them with you in the matter. 00:12:16.970 --> 00:12:20.970 Pay the people the prices of their houses generously. 00:12:20.970 --> 00:12:23.970 You have in this two righteous predecessors, 00:12:23.970 --> 00:12:28.259 They are 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and 'Uthman ibn 'Affan." 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:34.259 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz summoned al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and Salim ibn 'Abdullah, 00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:37.259 And a group of the notables of Medina, 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:40.259 And read to them the letter of the Commander of the Believers. 00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:45.320 They were pleased with what the Caliph had resolved and hastened to implement it. 00:12:45.320 --> 00:12:49.320 When the people saw the two scholars of Medina and its two great leaders 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:53.320 Participating in the demolition of the mosque with their own hands, 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:56.320 They rose with them as one man, 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.379 And carried out what was stated in the letter of the Commander of the Believers. 00:13:00.379 --> 00:13:03.379 The victorious armies of the Muslims 00:13:03.379 --> 00:13:09.379 Were at that time knocking on the doors of the fortresses leading to the city of Constantinople, 00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:12.379 And seizing them one after another, 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:17.379 Under the leadership of the brave commander Maslamah ibn 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:21.379 In preparation for the conquest of Constantinople itself. 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:25.480 When the King of Rome learned of the Commander of the Faithful’s intention 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.480 to expand the noble Prophet’s Mosque, 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:32.480 he wished to appease him and draw near to him with what would please him. 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:36.480 He sent him one hundred thousand mithqals of gold, 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:42.480 and dispatched with it one hundred of the most skilled builders from the lands of Rome. 00:13:42.480 --> 00:13:46.480 He also provided the workers with forty loads of mosaic tiles. 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:51.610 Al-Walid sent all of this to Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz, 00:13:51.610 --> 00:13:54.610 so that he might use it to assist in the construction of the mosque. 00:13:54.610 --> 00:13:59.610 Umar spent it according to the counsel of al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad and his companions. 00:13:59.610 --> 00:14:04.240 Indeed, al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad was 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:09.240 the person who most closely followed the example of his grandfather, al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:11.240 To the point that people would say, 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:15.240 "Abu Bakr did not leave behind a son who resembles him more than this young man." 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:20.240 He resembled him in the nobility of his character and the excellence of his virtues, 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:23.240 in the firmness of his faith and the intensity of his piety, 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:26.240 and in his magnanimity and generosity. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:32.269 Many sayings and actions have been recorded from him that testify to this. 00:14:33.269 --> 00:14:37.269 Among them is that a Bedouin came to him in the mosque and asked, 00:14:37.269 --> 00:14:42.269 "Which of you is more knowledgeable, you or Salim Ibn Abd Allah?" 00:14:42.269 --> 00:14:46.269 He ignored him, so the man repeated the question. 00:14:46.269 --> 00:14:51.269 He said, "Subhan Allah," and the man repeated it a third time. 00:14:51.269 --> 00:14:56.269 He then said to him, "That is Salim, O son of my brother; he is sitting over there." 00:14:56.269 --> 00:15:00.299 Those in the gathering remarked, "May Allah bless his father!" 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:05.299 He disliked saying "I am more knowledgeable than him," for that would be praising himself, 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:09.299 and he disliked saying "He is more knowledgeable than me," for that would be a lie. 00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:11.299 Yet he was more knowledgeable than Salim. 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:15.809 It was also seen once in Mina, 00:15:15.809 --> 00:15:21.809 while the people of the various lands, the pilgrims to the House of Allah, were crowding around him from every side, 00:15:21.809 --> 00:15:23.809 and they were asking him questions. 00:15:23.809 --> 00:15:26.809 He would answer them with what he knew, 00:15:26.809 --> 00:15:29.809 and regarding what he did not know, he would say to them, 00:15:29.809 --> 00:15:33.840 "I do not know, I do not know, I do not know." 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:35.840 They were astonished by this, 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:39.840 so he said to them, "We do not know everything you ask about, 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.840 and if we did know, we would not conceal it, 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:45.840 for it is not lawful for us to conceal it. 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:50.840 For a man to live in ignorance after knowing what Allah requires of him 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:56.570 is better for him than to speak of what he does not know." 00:15:56.570 --> 00:15:58.570 On one occasion, 00:15:58.570 --> 00:16:02.570 he exerted himself in distributing charity among those entitled to it. 00:16:02.570 --> 00:16:06.570 He strove in that as much as he was able, 00:16:06.570 --> 00:16:09.629 and gave everyone their due right. 00:16:09.629 --> 00:16:13.629 However, one of them was not satisfied with the portion he was given, 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:17.730 so he came to him in the mosque while he was standing in prayer, 00:16:17.730 --> 00:16:20.730 and began to speak about the charity. 00:16:20.730 --> 00:16:22.730 His son said to the man, 00:16:22.730 --> 00:16:25.730 "By Allah, you are speaking about a man 00:16:25.730 --> 00:16:29.730 who has not taken a single dirham or daniq from your charity, 00:16:29.730 --> 00:16:32.730 nor has he even taken a single date from it." 00:16:32.730 --> 00:16:34.759 Al-Qasim shortened his prayer, 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.759 turned to his son, and said, 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.759 "My son, do not speak henceforth about what you do not know." 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:45.759 People said, "His son spoke the truth," 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.759 but he intended to discipline him, 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:52.759 and to guard his tongue from speaking excessively. 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:57.419 Al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad lived 00:16:57.419 --> 00:17:00.419 until he was over seventy-two years old. 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:04.420 However, he lost his sight when he was an old man. 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:07.490 In the last year of his life, 00:17:07.490 --> 00:17:10.490 he set out for Makkah, intending to perform Hajj. 00:17:10.490 --> 00:17:14.490 While he was on his way, death came to him. 00:17:14.490 --> 00:17:17.619 When he felt his end approaching, 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:19.619 he turned to his son and said, 00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:21.650 "When I die, 00:17:21.650 --> 00:17:25.650 shroud me in the garments I used to pray in: 00:17:25.650 --> 00:17:28.650 my shirt, my lower garment, and my cloak, 00:17:28.650 --> 00:17:32.680 for that was the shroud of your grandfather, Abu Bakr." 00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:34.680 "Then level my grave, 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:36.680 and join your family. 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:39.710 And beware of standing by my grave 00:17:39.710 --> 00:17:42.710 and saying, 'He was such and such,' 00:17:42.710 --> 00:17:44.710 for I was nothing." 00:17:44.710 --> 00:17:53.980 If I had any say in the matter, 00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:56.980 I would have appointed al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad to the Caliphate, 00:17:56.980 --> 00:17:59.980 said Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz. 00:18:30.769 --> 00:18:32.769 They filled life 00:18:32.769 --> 00:18:35.769 with the pride of their deeds, 00:18:35.769 --> 00:18:39.799 and the world flourished through them.