WEBVTT 00:00:01.330 --> 00:00:12.210 Stop and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:00:12.210 --> 00:00:16.210 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:00:16.210 --> 00:00:22.539 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:00:22.539 --> 00:00:25.539 I am from the emigrants of Mecca. 00:00:25.539 --> 00:00:28.539 And I was among the first to embrace Islam. 00:00:28.539 --> 00:00:31.579 I emigrated to Abyssinia twice. 00:00:31.579 --> 00:00:33.579 Then to Medina. 00:00:34.609 --> 00:00:40.609 I participated in Badr and all the Prophet's, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, expeditions. 00:00:40.609 --> 00:00:44.799 Before Islam, I was among the affluent in Mecca. 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:47.799 My father was Utbah ibn Rabi'ah. 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:50.799 A leader among the leaders of Mecca. 00:00:50.799 --> 00:00:52.799 And a noble among its nobles. 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:54.829 When I embraced Islam, 00:00:54.829 --> 00:00:56.829 my father disowned me. 00:00:56.829 --> 00:00:58.829 And he withheld everything from me. 00:00:58.829 --> 00:01:04.790 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to his Companions on the day of Badr: 00:01:04.790 --> 00:01:08.790 "Indeed, I know some men from Banu Hashim and others 00:01:08.790 --> 00:01:10.790 who were forced to come out [to battle]. 00:01:10.790 --> 00:01:13.790 They have no need to fight us. 00:01:13.790 --> 00:01:16.790 So, whoever among you encounters anyone from Banu Hashim, 00:01:16.790 --> 00:01:18.790 let him not kill him. 00:01:18.790 --> 00:01:21.790 And whoever encounters Abu al-Bukhtari ibn Hisham, 00:01:21.790 --> 00:01:23.790 let him not kill him. 00:01:23.790 --> 00:01:26.790 And whoever encounters Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, 00:01:26.790 --> 00:01:29.790 the uncle of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:01:29.790 --> 00:01:31.790 let him not kill him. 00:01:31.790 --> 00:01:34.790 For he was only brought out under duress." 00:01:34.790 --> 00:01:36.920 So I said: 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.920 "Should we kill our fathers and our sons, 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:41.920 and our brothers and our kin, 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:43.920 and leave Al-Abbas? 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:47.920 By Allah, if I meet him, I will surely kill him with my sword!" 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:53.079 My words reached the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:56.079 He said to Umar ibn Al-Khattab: 00:01:56.079 --> 00:02:02.079 "Would you strike the face of the Messenger of Allah's uncle with a sword?" 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:04.239 Umar said: 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:05.239 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:09.240 let me strike his neck with my sword. 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:11.240 For, by Allah, he has become a hypocrite." 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:15.400 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbade him. 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:19.620 I feared for myself because of that statement. 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:20.620 And I said: 00:02:20.620 --> 00:02:23.620 "I will continue to fear it 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:26.620 unless martyrdom atones for it." 00:02:26.620 --> 00:02:30.620 So I was martyred on the day of Yamamah. 00:02:30.620 --> 00:02:34.330 And at the beginning of the battle on the day of Badr, 00:02:34.330 --> 00:02:37.330 I challenged my father to a duel. 00:02:37.330 --> 00:02:41.330 But the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbade me. 00:02:41.330 --> 00:02:45.389 Then my father was killed that day while he was still an unbeliever. 00:02:45.389 --> 00:02:48.389 When the slain were cast into the well of Badr, 00:02:48.389 --> 00:02:52.389 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, stood over them, 00:02:53.389 --> 00:02:56.389 calling them by their names and saying: 00:02:56.389 --> 00:02:59.389 "O Utbah! O Shaybah! 00:02:59.389 --> 00:03:01.389 O Umayyah ibn Khalaf! 00:03:01.389 --> 00:03:03.389 O Abu Jahl! 00:03:03.389 --> 00:03:07.389 Have you found what your Lord promised you to be true?" 00:03:07.389 --> 00:03:09.389 "As for me, 00:03:09.389 --> 00:03:13.680 I have found what my Lord promised me to be true." 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:17.680 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, turned, 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:21.710 and saw me looking distressed, my face changed. 00:03:21.710 --> 00:03:26.780 He said to me, "Perhaps something about your father has affected you?" 00:03:26.780 --> 00:03:28.780 I said, "No. 00:03:28.780 --> 00:03:32.780 By Allah, I have no doubt about my father or his fate. 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:38.780 But I knew my father to be a man of opinion, wisdom, and merit. 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:42.780 So I hoped that would bring him closer to Islam. 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:45.780 When I saw his fate today, 00:03:45.780 --> 00:03:50.780 and that he died in disbelief after what I had hoped for him, 00:03:51.780 --> 00:03:56.840 the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, prayed for me for good. 00:03:56.840 --> 00:04:01.830 I learned much in the Seerah about my freedman Salim. 00:04:01.830 --> 00:04:05.830 I had adopted him before Islam. 00:04:05.830 --> 00:04:08.830 When Islam abolished adoption, 00:04:08.830 --> 00:04:10.830 he became my freedman. 00:04:10.830 --> 00:04:13.830 And he and I were like two brothers. 00:04:13.830 --> 00:04:16.829 We fought together against the apostates. 00:04:16.829 --> 00:04:20.829 During the caliphate of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:04:20.829 --> 00:04:24.829 And we were martyred together in the Battle of Yamamah. 00:04:24.829 --> 00:04:27.310 So, who am I? 00:04:27.310 --> 00:04:41.220 The answer is Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:47.290 Stop. 00:04:47.290 --> 00:04:53.290 Stop and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:04:53.290 --> 00:04:58.100 A new challenge. 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:00.100 Who am I? 00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:05.439 I am one of the Mothers of the Believers. 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:11.439 And the second wife of the trustworthy Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.600 I was a noble and dignified lady. 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:20.660 I was first married to Sakran ibn Amr, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:05:20.660 --> 00:05:24.660 And I emigrated with him to Abyssinia, fleeing for the sake of our religion. 00:05:24.660 --> 00:05:27.660 I had five children with him. 00:05:27.660 --> 00:05:33.819 When the emigrants in Abyssinia felt the need to return to Mecca, 00:05:33.819 --> 00:05:36.819 I returned with my husband with them. 00:05:36.819 --> 00:05:38.980 While I was in Mecca, 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:40.980 I had a dream, 00:05:40.980 --> 00:05:45.980 that a moon fell upon me from the sky while I was lying down. 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:47.980 I told my husband. 00:05:47.980 --> 00:05:48.980 He said: 00:05:48.980 --> 00:05:51.980 "By Allah, if your dream is true, 00:05:51.980 --> 00:05:55.980 I will not live long before I die, 00:05:55.980 --> 00:05:58.980 and you will marry after me." 00:05:58.980 --> 00:06:02.139 My husband fell ill from that day. 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:04.139 His illness worsened, 00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:07.139 until death overtook him. 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:11.339 Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, proposed to me. 00:06:11.339 --> 00:06:13.339 After my waiting period ended. 00:06:13.339 --> 00:06:18.339 He married me after the death of Khadijah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:06:18.339 --> 00:06:23.339 And I was alone with him for about three years or more, 00:06:23.339 --> 00:06:27.339 until he married Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:06:27.339 --> 00:06:31.199 I had a noticeable sense of humor. 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:36.199 So I would make the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, laugh. 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:37.199 And among that, 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:41.199 I prayed behind the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:44.199 one night during his Tahajjud prayer. 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:46.199 The prayer became difficult for me. 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:48.230 When morning came, 00:06:48.230 --> 00:06:52.230 I said to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 00:06:52.230 --> 00:06:55.230 "I prayed behind you last night. 00:06:55.230 --> 00:06:56.230 You performed Ruku' with me, 00:06:56.230 --> 00:06:59.230 until I held my nose, 00:06:59.230 --> 00:07:02.230 fearing that blood would flow." 00:07:02.230 --> 00:07:06.230 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, laughed. 00:07:06.230 --> 00:07:08.420 And with this kind of sentiment, 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:11.420 the Prophet's, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wives 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:13.420 treated me, 00:07:13.420 --> 00:07:17.550 and looked for opportunities to joke with me. 00:07:17.550 --> 00:07:21.550 Even Hafsa and Aisha, may Allah be pleased with them, 00:07:21.550 --> 00:07:25.550 wanted to make me believe that the Antichrist had appeared. 00:07:25.550 --> 00:07:28.550 I was terrified by that. 00:07:28.550 --> 00:07:32.550 And I hurried to hide in a corner of the house 00:07:32.550 --> 00:07:34.550 where we used to light a fire. 00:07:34.550 --> 00:07:37.550 Hafsa and Aisha laughed at me. 00:07:37.550 --> 00:07:41.680 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, came 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:43.680 and saw them laughing, 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:45.680 he said to them: 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:47.680 "What is the matter with you?" 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:50.680 They told him what had happened to me. 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:52.680 He came to me. 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.680 As soon as I saw him, I exclaimed: 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:57.680 "O Messenger of Allah! 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:59.680 The Antichrist has come out!" 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:00.680 He said: 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:01.680 "No. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:03.680 But it is near. 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.680 I was reassured and came out of my place. 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:12.480 And I began to brush off some threads from my cloak. 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:14.480 When I grew older and became frail, 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:19.480 I feared that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, might divorce me. 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:24.480 So I gave my day and night to Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.480 to please the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:31.480 and out of love for what he loved, 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:37.480 and a desire to be raised in his company among his wives, peace be upon them. 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:41.509 And concerning this, Allah the Almighty revealed: 00:08:41.509 --> 00:08:47.509 “If a woman feareth ill treatment from her husband, or desertion, it is no sin for them twain if they make terms of peace between themselves. Peace is better. But greed hath been made present in the minds (of men). If ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever Informed of what ye do.” (4:128) 00:08:47.509 --> 00:08:52.509 “If a woman feareth ill treatment from her husband, or desertion, it is no sin for them twain if they make terms of peace between themselves. Peace is better. But greed hath been made present in the minds (of men). If ye do good and keep from evil, lo! Allah is ever Informed of what ye do.” (4:128) 00:08:52.509 --> 00:08:57.379 I was more generous than in giving charity. 00:08:57.379 --> 00:09:01.379 Even Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:05.379 sent me a container full of dirhams. 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:08.379 I said, "What is this?" 00:09:08.379 --> 00:09:10.379 They said, "Dirhams." 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:14.379 I said, "Like a sack of dates." 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:17.500 So I distributed them among the poor. 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:22.500 I remained in my house after the death of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:22.500 --> 00:09:26.500 and I did not go out for Hajj or anything else, 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:30.500 acting upon his, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, instruction. 00:09:30.500 --> 00:09:32.759 So, who am I? 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:42.740 The answer is the Mother of the Believers, 00:09:42.740 --> 00:09:46.740 Sawdah bint Zam'ah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:55.950 Stop. 00:09:55.950 --> 00:10:03.830 Stop and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:10:03.830 --> 00:10:06.830 A new challenge. 00:10:07.830 --> 00:10:13.169 I am one of the Ansar Companions. 00:10:13.169 --> 00:10:15.169 From Banu Abd al-Ashhal. 00:10:15.169 --> 00:10:20.169 Whom the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, praised by saying: 00:10:20.169 --> 00:10:22.200 "The best tribes of the Ansar are 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:24.200 Banu Al-Najjar, 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.200 then Banu Abd al-Ashhal." 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:31.299 I entered Paradise without ever prostrating to Allah. 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:36.100 I used to deal with people with the usury of ignorance. 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:40.100 And I had a lot of usurious wealth. 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:44.100 My people used to offer me Islam, 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:46.100 but I refused to embrace it, 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:49.100 fearing that my wealth would be lost. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:52.100 When the Battle of Uhud occurred, 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:55.100 Allah cast Islam into my heart. 00:10:55.100 --> 00:10:58.100 I came asking about my cousins 00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:00.100 and some men from my people. 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:02.100 I was told: 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:06.100 "They went out to fight the polytheists at Uhud." 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:10.100 So I donned my armor and mounted my horse. 00:11:10.100 --> 00:11:12.100 Then I went out to fight. 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:15.100 Some Muslims saw me. 00:11:15.100 --> 00:11:18.100 And they said, "Stay away from us." 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:22.100 I said, "Indeed, I have believed in Allah." 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:26.100 Then I fought until I was wounded, 00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:28.100 and I was on the verge of death. 00:11:28.100 --> 00:11:32.100 My people, Banu Abd al-Ashhal, carried me. 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:35.100 They asked me about the reason for my coming: 00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:37.100 Was it tribal loyalty? 00:11:37.100 --> 00:11:40.100 Or anger for the sake of Allah and His Messenger? 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:45.100 I said, "Rather, it is anger for the sake of Allah and His Messenger." 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:47.100 Then my soul departed. 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:51.100 And I did not pray a single prayer to Allah. 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:55.419 So mention my matter to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:11:55.419 --> 00:11:57.419 He said: 00:11:57.419 --> 00:12:00.419 "He is among the people of Paradise." 00:12:00.419 --> 00:12:02.799 So, who am I? 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:12.710 The answer: Al-Asram. 00:12:12.710 --> 00:12:20.940 Umar ibn Thabit, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:31.299 Pause and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:12:31.299 --> 00:12:35.299 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:12:35.299 --> 00:12:42.860 I am one of the Companions from the tribe of Juhaynah. 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:45.950 I was an ally of the Ansar. 00:12:45.950 --> 00:12:47.950 I embraced Islam early on. 00:12:47.950 --> 00:12:51.240 And I witnessed the second pledge of Aqabah. 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:57.240 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to send me on special missions. 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:59.240 And I would carry them out. 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.240 So I am the valiant warrior. 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:06.000 And the man for difficult tasks. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:10.000 I participated in the raid of Abdullah ibn Atik, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:13.059 To assassinate Ibn Abi Al-Huqayq in Khaybar. 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:18.289 And I single-handedly killed the most dangerous man to the Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula. 00:13:18.289 --> 00:13:24.419 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, called me one day and said: 00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:28.419 "It has reached me that Khalid ibn Sufyan Al-Hadhali 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:31.419 is gathering people to attack me. 00:13:31.419 --> 00:13:35.419 He is in his palm grove near Medina. 00:13:35.419 --> 00:13:37.509 Go and kill him." 00:13:37.509 --> 00:13:40.509 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:13:41.509 --> 00:13:44.740 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:13:44.740 --> 00:13:48.740 I do not fear anyone." 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:50.740 He said: 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:51.740 "Yes, 00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:54.860 you will feel a shiver when you meet him. 00:13:54.860 --> 00:13:57.860 And remember Satan." 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:59.899 So I went out towards Khalid Al-Hadhali, 00:13:59.899 --> 00:14:01.899 my sword girded. 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:03.899 I said, "O Messenger of Allah, 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:07.019 I do not fear anyone." 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:08.019 He said: 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:09.019 "Yes, 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:11.019 you will find Al-Hadhali 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:13.019 my sword girded. 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:17.149 Until I reached him at the time of Asr prayer. 00:14:17.149 --> 00:14:18.149 Provide Moving 00:14:18.149 --> 00:14:21.149 When I saw him, I felt what the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:14:21.149 --> 00:14:24.149 Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:14:24.149 --> 00:14:26.149 had described of the shiver. 00:14:26.149 --> 00:14:27.309 So I said: 00:14:28.309 --> 00:14:31.309 "The Messenger of Allah has spoken the truth." 00:14:31.309 --> 00:14:33.309 So I approached him. 00:14:33.309 --> 00:14:36.309 And I feared that there might be fighting between me and him, 00:14:36.309 --> 00:14:38.309 which would distract me from prayer. 00:14:38.309 --> 00:14:40.909 And I nodded my head in assent. 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.179 When I reached him, 00:14:43.379 --> 00:14:43.899 he said: 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:45.379 "Who is this man?" 00:14:46.409 --> 00:14:46.909 I said: 00:14:47.110 --> 00:14:48.909 "A man from the Arabs. 00:14:49.309 --> 00:14:52.909 He heard about you and your gathering against this man in Yathrib. 00:14:53.309 --> 00:14:55.309 So he came to be with you." 00:14:56.129 --> 00:14:56.629 He said: 00:14:57.330 --> 00:14:58.029 "Yes. 00:14:58.629 --> 00:14:59.629 We are engaged in that." 00:15:00.429 --> 00:15:01.730 So I walked with him. 00:15:02.330 --> 00:15:04.129 Until I was in a position to do so, 00:15:04.629 --> 00:15:07.629 I attacked him with my sword and killed him. 00:15:07.629 --> 00:15:11.629 And I left his women weeping over him. 00:15:11.629 --> 00:15:14.730 And I hurried back to Medina. 00:15:14.730 --> 00:15:17.820 When his companions saw his killing, 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:21.659 they dispersed after him. 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:25.659 When I arrived at the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:28.659 he said, "Your face has prospered." 00:15:28.659 --> 00:15:32.690 I said, "I have killed him, O Messenger of Allah." 00:15:32.690 --> 00:15:35.720 He said, "You have spoken the truth." 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:38.720 Then he took me by the hand and entered his house. 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:40.720 He gave me a staff. 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:44.879 And said, "Keep this with you." 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:46.879 So I went out with it among the people. 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:50.909 They said, "What is this staff?" 00:15:50.909 --> 00:15:55.909 I said, "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave it to me. 00:15:55.909 --> 00:16:00.139 And he ordered me to keep it with me." 00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:04.139 They said, "Why don't you go back and ask him?" 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:11.139 So I said, "Why did you give me this staff, O Messenger of Allah?" 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:15.230 He said, "It is a sign between me and you. 00:16:15.230 --> 00:16:18.259 I will recognize you by it on the Day of Resurrection. 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:22.259 For few people will be the ones who lean on their deeds on that day. 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:27.360 Meaning that few people will have righteous deeds 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:30.360 to lean on on the Day of Resurrection, 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:33.360 just as a person leans on a staff. 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:38.649 So this staff became the most precious thing to me. 00:16:38.649 --> 00:16:42.649 And I paired it with my sword, and it remained with me. 00:16:42.649 --> 00:16:46.710 When death approached me, I ordered it 00:16:46.710 --> 00:16:50.710 to be placed in my shroud and buried with me. 00:16:50.710 --> 00:16:53.029 So, who am I? 00:16:53.029 --> 00:17:05.529 The answer: Abdullah ibn Anis Al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:17:05.529 --> 00:17:21.079 Pause and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:27.990 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:17:27.990 --> 00:17:34.579 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:38.579 From the non-Arabs, from the land of Asbahan. 00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:43.579 I lived through Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Judaism before Islam. 00:17:43.579 --> 00:17:47.579 When I embraced Islam, I became a son of Islam. 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:50.579 And I was among the first Persians to enter it. 00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:53.579 And I was known as the seeker of truth. 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:57.670 I lived in a prosperous environment. 00:17:57.670 --> 00:18:01.670 Adhering to Zoroastrianism and worshipping fire. 00:18:01.670 --> 00:18:04.670 And my father was the chief of the village. 00:18:04.670 --> 00:18:06.670 And he loved me very much. 00:18:06.670 --> 00:18:10.670 So I was the servant of their deities, which was fire. 00:18:10.670 --> 00:18:12.670 I would tend to it. 00:18:12.670 --> 00:18:15.670 So that I would not let it extinguish for a moment. 00:18:15.670 --> 00:18:18.670 And my father did not withhold anything from me. 00:18:18.670 --> 00:18:25.019 One day, my father sent me to one of our gardens for some of his needs. 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:29.019 I passed by a monk worshipping in his cell. 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:31.019 His worship impressed me. 00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:34.019 So I sat with him, listening to what he said. 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:37.019 Until I was late to my father. 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:40.019 And I did not fulfill his need in the garden. 00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:43.019 So he feared greatly for me. 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:47.019 When I came to him, I told him the reason for my delay. 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:49.019 And I said to him: 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:52.019 "The religion of the monk is better than our religion." 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:54.019 So he became angry with me. 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:57.019 And he imprisoned me in the house and chained me. 00:18:57.019 --> 00:19:00.019 I managed to break my chains. 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:05.019 And I left with a caravan of Christians to their lands. 00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:08.019 I met the great priest among them. 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.019 So I stayed with him. 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:11.019 When he died, 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:15.019 he entrusted me to another priest in another land. 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:17.019 So I traveled to him. 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:19.019 And so it was. 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:21.019 Whenever a monk died, 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:23.019 I moved to another monk. 00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:26.019 Until the last of them said to me: 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:28.019 "My son, 00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:33.019 there is no righteous man left among the Christians to whom I can entrust you. 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:36.019 But the time of a prophet has come upon you. 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:39.019 He will emerge in the land of the Arabs. 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:42.019 His description is such and such. 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:46.059 If you can reach him, do so." 00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:47.059 So I waited. 00:19:47.059 --> 00:19:51.059 Until a group of Arabs from Banu Kalb passed by us. 00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:56.059 I offered them to accompany me to their lands. 00:19:56.059 --> 00:20:00.059 In exchange for giving them all that I owned. 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:03.059 So they agreed, and I traveled with them. 00:20:03.059 --> 00:20:04.059 And on the way, 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:06.059 they betrayed me. 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:08.059 They took all my wealth. 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:12.059 And they sold me to a Jew in Wadi Al-Qura. 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:17.059 Then another Jew from Banu Qurayzah in Yathrib bought me. 00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:21.500 And he took me to his people in Medina. 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:25.500 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, migrated to Medina, 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.500 I heard about him. 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:29.500 So I hastened to him. 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:34.500 And I began to verify the signs that my companion had told me. 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:37.500 When I became certain that he was the Prophet I was looking for, 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:41.500 I fell upon him, kissing him and weeping. 00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:43.500 And I embraced Islam at his hands. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:47.500 And I told him my story in all its details. 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:51.500 He was pleased with it, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:59.339 I did not witness Badr or Uhud with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, due to slavery. 00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:04.460 So the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, ordered me to write to my master. 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:06.460 So I wrote to him. 00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:13.559 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his Companions helped me to fulfill the contract. 00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:18.559 Then I witnessed the Battle of the Trench with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:21.589 As my first engagement in Islam. 00:21:21.589 --> 00:21:26.589 And I was the one who suggested digging the trench around Medina. 00:21:26.589 --> 00:21:29.619 To protect it from the enemies. 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:32.619 When the Confederates came and saw the trench, 00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:37.619 they said, "This is a stratagem unknown to the Arabs." 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:42.490 And Allah returned their plot against them. 00:21:42.490 --> 00:21:47.490 One day, I was beside the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:21:47.490 --> 00:21:51.549 He struck my thigh with his hand and said: 00:21:51.549 --> 00:21:54.549 "By Him in Whose hand is my soul, 00:21:54.549 --> 00:21:57.549 if faith were at the Pleiades, 00:21:57.549 --> 00:22:02.289 men from these would attain it." 00:22:02.289 --> 00:22:10.779 So, who am I? 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:24.819 The answer: Salman Al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:31.880 Pause and learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:42.740 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:45.740 I am a Companion from the young men of the Ansar. 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:51.829 I embraced Islam before the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived in Medina. 00:22:51.829 --> 00:22:54.829 Then I pledged allegiance to him upon his arrival. 00:22:54.829 --> 00:22:58.829 And I was always in the desert, tending my sheep. 00:22:58.829 --> 00:23:01.829 So he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, gave me a choice. 00:23:01.829 --> 00:23:06.829 Whether to pledge allegiance as the Bedouins do, or as the Emigrants do. 00:23:06.829 --> 00:23:10.829 So I said, "Rather, the allegiance of the Emigrants." 00:23:10.829 --> 00:23:14.859 Then I went out to my sheep to tend them. 00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:19.819 There were myself and twelve other men who had embraced Islam. 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.819 We lived far from Medina. 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:24.819 To tend our sheep in its deserts. 00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:29.819 So we decided that one of us would go to Medina each day. 00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:33.819 And he would leave his sheep for us to tend. 00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:37.819 And when he returned, we would learn knowledge from him. 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:43.890 So I said to them, "Go to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:23:43.890 --> 00:23:48.890 And I will stay here and tend your sheep along with my own. 00:23:49.890 --> 00:23:52.890 And I was very keen on them. 00:23:52.890 --> 00:23:59.049 So my companions would go to and fro to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:23:59.049 --> 00:24:01.049 while I tended the sheep. 00:24:01.049 --> 00:24:04.049 Until I came to myself and said: 00:24:04.049 --> 00:24:10.049 "Woe to you! For the sake of some sheep that are neither fat nor useful, 00:24:10.049 --> 00:24:15.049 You would miss out on accompanying the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:24:15.049 --> 00:24:18.049 And taking the Qur'an directly from him. 00:24:18.049 --> 00:24:23.079 Then I left my few possessions and went to Medina. 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:29.079 To reside in the mosque next to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:34.039 I stayed close to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:38.039 And he would often have me ride behind him on his mount. 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:43.039 Until I became known as the one who rode behind the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:45.170 And on one occasion, 00:24:46.170 --> 00:24:51.170 I was holding the reins of the Messenger of Allah's, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, mule. 00:24:51.170 --> 00:24:53.170 While he was riding it. 00:24:53.170 --> 00:24:57.170 And we were walking around Medina. 00:24:57.170 --> 00:25:00.170 He said to me, "Will you not ride?" 00:25:00.170 --> 00:25:06.259 I felt too awed by the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to ride in his place. 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:09.299 He repeated this to me three times. 00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:12.299 I almost said no. 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:16.299 But I feared that would be disobedience. 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:18.299 So I said, "Yes." 00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.299 He dismounted. 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:22.299 I rode for a bit and then dismounted. 00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:26.299 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, mounted. 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:28.299 Then he said to me, 00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:32.299 "Shall I not teach you two chapters that have no equal?" 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:35.390 I said, "Yes, Messenger of Allah." 00:25:35.390 --> 00:25:37.390 So he recited them to me. 00:25:37.390 --> 00:25:39.390 "Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn.'" 00:25:39.390 --> 00:25:42.390 "Say, 'I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.'" 00:25:42.390 --> 00:25:44.390 Then the prayer was established. 00:25:44.390 --> 00:25:47.390 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, led. 00:25:47.390 --> 00:25:49.390 And he prayed with them. 00:25:49.390 --> 00:25:51.420 Then he said to me, 00:25:51.420 --> 00:25:56.130 "Recite them whenever you sleep and whenever you wake." 00:25:56.130 --> 00:26:01.130 And because of my constant companionship with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:26:01.130 --> 00:26:03.130 I learned the Qur'an from him. 00:26:03.130 --> 00:26:06.130 Until I became one of the reciters. 00:26:06.130 --> 00:26:09.160 And I had a beautiful voice for it. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:14.160 And the Commander of the Faithful, Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, often 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:19.160 asked me to recite some of the Qur'an to him. 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:23.420 And when I recited, he would weep, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:25.420 And when my death approached, 00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:28.420 I gathered my sons and gave them my will. 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.420 And I said, 00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:31.420 "My sons, 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:33.480 I forbid you three things: 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:39.480 Do not accept a hadith from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, except from a trustworthy source. 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:43.480 Do not incur debt, even if you wear cloaks. 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.480 And do not write poetry, 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:48.480 lest you become preoccupied with it and neglect the Qur'an." 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:58.299 So who am I? 00:26:58.299 --> 00:27:11.779 The answer is Uqbah ibn Amir al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:14.779 Pause. 00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:18.779 And learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:29.130 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:27:29.130 --> 00:27:32.130 I am from the mothers of the believers. 00:27:32.130 --> 00:27:37.130 And the cousin of the trustworthy Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:27:37.130 --> 00:27:39.259 My name was Barrah. 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:42.259 And my kunyah was Umm Hakim. 00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:46.319 So the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, changed my name. 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:49.319 And I am one of the first emigrants. 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:52.480 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, proposed marriage to me. 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:56.480 To his freedman Zayd ibn Harithah, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:58.480 And I refused. 00:27:58.480 --> 00:28:01.640 So Allah the Almighty revealed a verse: 00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:04.640 “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.” (33:36) 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:08.640 “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.” (33:36) 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:12.640 “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.” (33:36) 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:16.640 "And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger," 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:20.640 “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.” (33:36) 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:26.019 So I had no choice but to obey Allah and His Messenger. 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:28.019 So I married Zayd. 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:31.089 Then Zayd divorced me. 00:28:31.089 --> 00:28:35.089 So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, married me. 00:28:35.089 --> 00:28:37.089 By the command of Allah the Almighty. 00:28:37.089 --> 00:28:40.089 And that was for a divine wisdom. 00:28:40.089 --> 00:28:46.089 Which necessitated the dismantling of what was known in the pre-Islamic era regarding adoption. 00:28:46.089 --> 00:28:50.089 So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, entered upon me. 00:28:50.089 --> 00:28:53.250 Without a guardian or witnesses. 00:28:53.250 --> 00:28:57.250 So I would boast about that to the mothers of the believers. 00:28:57.250 --> 00:28:59.250 And I would say to them: 00:28:59.250 --> 00:29:01.250 "Your families married you off, 00:29:01.250 --> 00:29:06.250 but Allah married me from above the seven heavens." 00:29:06.250 --> 00:29:11.210 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, described me. 00:29:11.210 --> 00:29:13.210 As "Awwah," 00:29:13.210 --> 00:29:15.210 meaning, devout and imploring. 00:29:15.210 --> 00:29:17.240 And I loved charity. 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:20.240 And compassion for the poor. 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:22.240 So I would work with my hands. 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:25.240 And give charity from my earnings. 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:28.240 Until I became known as "Umm al-Masakin" (Mother of the Poor). 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:34.400 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to his wives one day: 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:36.400 "The ones who will join me first in length of hand are 00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:38.400 the ones whose hands are longest." 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:42.460 So after his passing, we would extend our hands on the wall. 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:45.460 To see whose hand was longest. 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:48.460 And my hand was short. 00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:55.500 But I was the first of his wives to join the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:58.500 So people understood that what was meant was 00:29:58.500 --> 00:30:03.500 the one whose hand was longest in charity, generosity, and good deeds. 00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:07.549 And my love for charity was so great. 00:30:07.549 --> 00:30:10.549 That when my death approached, I said: 00:30:10.549 --> 00:30:13.549 "I have prepared my shroud. 00:30:13.549 --> 00:30:17.549 If Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, sells it for me for a shroud, 00:30:17.549 --> 00:30:20.549 then give one of them in charity. 00:30:20.549 --> 00:30:24.549 And if you can, when you place me in my grave, 00:30:24.549 --> 00:30:27.549 give in charity the ties of my shroud. 00:30:27.549 --> 00:30:29.549 Then do so." 00:30:29.549 --> 00:30:31.779 So who am I? 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:40.440 The answer is Umm al-Mu'minin, 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:44.440 Zaynab bint Jahsh, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:55.119 Pause. 00:30:55.119 --> 00:31:03.000 And learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:07.000 A new challenge: Who am I? 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:13.430 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:31:13.430 --> 00:31:16.430 And the leader of the Thaqif tribe. 00:31:16.430 --> 00:31:18.430 And one of the prominent figures of Arabia. 00:31:18.430 --> 00:31:22.460 I attained leadership and honor from a young age. 00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:26.589 And I am the one intended when the polytheists said: 00:31:26.589 --> 00:31:32.619 “And they say: If only this Qur'an had been revealed to some great man of the two towns?” (43:31) 00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:35.660 They meant me from Ta'if. 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:39.660 And Al-Walid ibn al-Mughirah from Mecca. 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:46.650 Quraish sent me to negotiate with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, at Hudaybiyyah. 00:31:46.650 --> 00:31:49.740 So I came to him and spoke with him. 00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:52.740 And I saw the state of his Companions around him. 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:56.809 So I returned to the people of Mecca and told them: 00:31:56.809 --> 00:32:00.809 "I have seen wonders from the Companions of Muhammad. 00:32:00.809 --> 00:32:03.809 By Allah, if he spat mucus, 00:32:03.809 --> 00:32:06.809 it would fall into the palm of one of them, 00:32:06.809 --> 00:32:09.809 who would rub it on his face and skin. 00:32:09.809 --> 00:32:13.809 And if he commanded them, they would rush to obey his command. 00:32:13.809 --> 00:32:15.809 And if he performed ablution, 00:32:15.809 --> 00:32:18.809 they would almost fight over its remnants. 00:32:18.809 --> 00:32:20.809 And if he spoke, 00:32:20.809 --> 00:32:23.809 they would lower their voices in his presence. 00:32:23.809 --> 00:32:27.900 And they would not stare at him out of reverence for him. 00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:30.259 O my people, 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:33.259 by Allah, I have approached kings. 00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:37.259 I approached Caesar, Chosroes, and the Negus. 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:41.259 By Allah, I have never seen a king whose companions revered him 00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:45.259 as the companions of Muhammad revered Muhammad. 00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:49.289 And he has offered you a path of righteousness. 00:32:49.289 --> 00:32:52.279 So accept it." 00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:57.279 I was with my people in Ta'if when the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, besieged it. 00:32:57.279 --> 00:33:00.569 After the Battle of Hunayn. 00:33:00.569 --> 00:33:04.569 And when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, departed, 00:33:04.569 --> 00:33:06.569 I followed his trail. 00:33:06.569 --> 00:33:09.569 And I caught up with him before he reached Medina. 00:33:09.569 --> 00:33:11.569 So I embraced Islam. 00:33:11.569 --> 00:33:13.569 And I asked him to let me return to my people. 00:33:13.569 --> 00:33:16.599 So that I could invite them to Islam. 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:20.599 So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me: 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:22.599 "They will kill you." 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:24.859 So I said: 00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:26.859 "Messenger of Allah, 00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:29.859 I am beloved and obeyed among them. 00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:33.859 And I am dearer to them than their own eyes. 00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:37.859 And if they found me sleeping, they would not wake me. 00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:39.859 So grant me permission." 00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:44.019 So I went out to them, inviting them to Islam. 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:46.019 When I reached Ta'if, 00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.019 I stood on a high place. 00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:51.019 And I invited them to Islam. 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:53.019 And I revealed my religion to them. 00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:57.049 So they pelted me with arrows from all directions. 00:33:57.049 --> 00:34:00.049 An arrow struck me fatally. 00:34:00.049 --> 00:34:03.180 My family carried me home. 00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:05.180 And they said to me: 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:07.339 "What do you think of your blood?" 00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.340 So I said: 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:11.340 "A honor Allah has bestowed upon me. 00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:15.369 And a martyrdom that Allah has brought to me. 00:34:15.369 --> 00:34:21.369 So there is nothing in me but what is in the martyrs who were killed in the cause of Allah. 00:34:21.369 --> 00:34:24.369 With the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:34:24.369 --> 00:34:27.369 Before he departed from you. 00:34:27.369 --> 00:34:31.329 So bury me with them." 00:34:31.329 --> 00:34:34.329 And they used to believe that someone like me in my people 00:34:34.329 --> 00:34:37.329 was like the companion of Yasin among his people, 00:34:37.329 --> 00:34:40.550 who called them to Allah and they killed him. 00:34:40.550 --> 00:34:44.550 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, informed me. 00:34:44.550 --> 00:34:48.550 That he saw Jesus, son of Mary, peace be upon him. 00:34:48.550 --> 00:34:53.190 And that I am the closest person in resemblance to him. 00:34:53.190 --> 00:35:01.400 So who am I? 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:03.400 The answer: 00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:15.050 Urwah ibn Mas'ud al-Thaqafi, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:35:15.050 --> 00:35:18.530 Pause. 00:35:18.530 --> 00:35:22.530 And learn about the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:35:22.530 --> 00:35:28.409 A new challenge. 00:35:28.409 --> 00:35:32.840 Who am I? 00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:35.840 I am one of the emigrant Companions. 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:38.840 I embraced Islam early in Mecca. 00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:40.940 And I migrated to Abyssinia. 00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:43.940 Then I returned to Mecca with the returnees. 00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:46.940 Then I intended to migrate to Medina. 00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:49.059 But I was unable. 00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:52.059 And I was virtuous and good. 00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:56.059 My elder brother is Amr ibn al-As, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:58.059 One of the shrewd men of Arabia. 00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:04.059 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, testified to our faith. 00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:07.059 When I intended to migrate to Medina, 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:13.059 I, Amr ibn al-Khattab, and Ayash ibn Abi Rabi'ah, may Allah be pleased with them, agreed. 00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:18.059 To meet at a specific place outside Mecca. 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.059 And we said: 00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:23.059 "Whoever does not show up by morning has been detained. 00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:25.219 So his companions should proceed." 00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:28.219 And on the second morning, 00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:31.219 'Umar and 'Iyash were in the designated place. 00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:33.219 And he was held back from them. 00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:36.280 So he proceeded to Medina. 00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:37.280 As for me, 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:39.280 my people knew about me. 00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:42.280 So they bound me and tortured me. 00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:44.280 And they tempted me away from my religion. 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:46.280 So I was tempted away. 00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:49.280 And people used to say, 00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:54.280 "Allah will not accept from one who was tempted away, anything, neither a substitute nor a ransom, nor repentance." 00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:56.380 A people who knew Allah, 00:36:56.380 --> 00:37:00.380 then returned to disbelief due to a trial that befell them. 00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:05.599 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived in Medina, 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:09.599 Allah revealed about them and us His saying: 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:18.599 “Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (39:53) 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:24.599 “Say: O My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (39:53) 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:30.949 Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful. 00:37:30.949 --> 00:37:46.949 “Turn unto your Lord repentant, and surrender unto Him, before there come unto you the doom, when ye cannot be helped.” (39:54) 00:37:46.949 --> 00:37:51.949 Then you will not be helped. 00:37:51.949 --> 00:38:12.949 “And follow the better (guidance) of that which is revealed unto you from your Lord, before the doom cometh on you suddenly when ye know not,” (39:55) 00:38:12.949 --> 00:38:18.400 So 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, wrote these verses in a document. 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:20.400 And he sent it to me. 00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:26.400 When it reached me, I kept reading it and not understanding it, 00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:30.400 until I said, "O Allah, grant me understanding of it." 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:40.500 So Allah, the Almighty, cast into my heart that it was revealed concerning what we used to say to ourselves and what was said about us. 00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:42.590 So I returned to my camel. 00:38:42.590 --> 00:38:44.590 And I sat on it. 00:38:44.590 --> 00:38:48.590 And I pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:38:48.590 --> 00:38:53.590 And I witnessed with him every battle after the Trench. 00:38:53.590 --> 00:38:58.809 One day, my brother 'Umar and I came to the mosque. 00:38:58.809 --> 00:39:02.809 And the people were debating the Qur'an. 00:39:02.809 --> 00:39:04.809 So we withdrew from them. 00:39:04.809 --> 00:39:10.809 And the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was behind the chamber, hearing their words. 00:39:10.809 --> 00:39:14.809 So he came out, angered, until he stood over them and said: 00:39:14.809 --> 00:39:18.809 "By this, nations before you went astray. 00:39:18.809 --> 00:39:22.809 And the Qur'an was not revealed for you to strike some of it against others. 00:39:22.809 --> 00:39:26.900 It was only revealed to confirm some of it against others. 00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:31.000 Then he turned to me and my brother. 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:36.190 And we felt fortunate that he had not seen us with them. 00:39:36.190 --> 00:39:39.190 Then he, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:39:39.190 --> 00:39:42.190 "The two sons of Al-'As are believers." 00:39:42.190 --> 00:39:46.980 And when the day of Ajnadayn came, 00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:50.980 my brother 'Umar and I went out to the battlefield. 00:39:50.980 --> 00:39:55.139 And we raced towards Allah, the Almighty. 00:39:55.139 --> 00:40:00.139 So 'Ali held back the veil until I purified myself and perfumed myself. 00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:04.369 Then I held back for him until he purified himself and perfumed himself. 00:40:04.369 --> 00:40:08.369 Then we spent our night asking Allah for martyrdom. 00:40:08.369 --> 00:40:12.369 And we presented ourselves to Allah, the Almighty. 00:40:12.369 --> 00:40:15.619 So He accepted me and left my brother. 00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:17.619 On the battlefield. 00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:21.619 I saw the Muslims retreating from their enemy. 00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:23.619 So I threw the helmet off my face. 00:40:23.619 --> 00:40:27.619 And I began to advance towards the enemy, shouting: 00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:30.619 "O Muslims, come to me! Come to me! 00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:33.619 Are you fleeing from Paradise?" 00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:36.619 And I began to plunge into the polytheists. 00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:39.619 And I killed some of them and returned. 00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:41.619 I did that repeatedly. 00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:45.619 Then a valiant man from Ghassan confronted me. 00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:47.619 And I killed him. 00:40:47.619 --> 00:40:50.619 Then men from Ghassan attacked me. 00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:54.619 And they struck me with their swords until they killed me. 00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:57.619 Then they trampled me with the hooves of their horses. 00:40:57.619 --> 00:41:01.690 Until they tore my flesh and scattered my bones. 00:41:01.690 --> 00:41:04.690 And after the end of the battle, 00:41:04.690 --> 00:41:07.690 my brother 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, returned. 00:41:07.690 --> 00:41:11.690 He gathered my flesh and bones and buried me. 00:41:11.690 --> 00:41:14.010 So, who am I? 00:41:14.010 --> 00:41:22.250 The answer: 00:41:22.250 --> 00:41:25.250 Hisham ibn Al-'As, may Allah be pleased with him. 00:41:25.250 --> 00:41:33.849 Stop. 00:41:33.849 --> 00:41:41.730 And recognize the Companions, scholars, and prominent figures. 00:41:41.730 --> 00:41:44.730 A new challenge. 00:41:44.730 --> 00:41:49.639 Who am I? 00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:52.639 I am one of the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:55.769 And one of the leaders of the Ansar. 00:41:55.769 --> 00:41:58.769 In the days of ignorance, I used to hate idols. 00:41:58.769 --> 00:42:00.769 And I belittled them. 00:42:00.769 --> 00:42:03.769 And I believed in monotheism. 00:42:03.769 --> 00:42:04.769 Therefore, 00:42:04.769 --> 00:42:10.769 I was one of the six who accepted the Prophet's invitation, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to Islam. 00:42:10.769 --> 00:42:14.769 The first time he invited them was in Mecca during the Hajj season. 00:42:14.769 --> 00:42:16.829 Then we returned to Yathrib. 00:42:16.829 --> 00:42:18.829 And we invited our people. 00:42:18.829 --> 00:42:21.829 Then we came to him the following year. 00:42:21.829 --> 00:42:23.829 Twelve men. 00:42:23.829 --> 00:42:26.829 And we pledged allegiance to him in the First Pledge of 'Aqabah. 00:42:26.829 --> 00:42:31.829 And I was the first to pledge allegiance to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, on that day. 00:42:31.829 --> 00:42:34.829 I also witnessed the Second Pledge of 'Aqabah. 00:42:34.829 --> 00:42:38.829 So I am one of the twelve chieftains of the Ansar. 00:42:38.829 --> 00:42:44.829 And I witnessed all the battles with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:42:44.829 --> 00:42:47.860 I had a well in Medina. 00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:49.860 Called Jasham. 00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:51.860 And its water was good. 00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:57.860 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, liked to drink from its water. 00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:59.889 And one day, 00:42:59.889 --> 00:43:04.889 the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, met Abu Bakr and 'Umar. 00:43:04.889 --> 00:43:06.889 So he asked them: 00:43:06.889 --> 00:43:08.889 "What brought you out?" 00:43:08.889 --> 00:43:09.889 They said: 00:43:09.889 --> 00:43:12.889 "Hunger, O Messenger of Allah." 00:43:12.889 --> 00:43:13.889 He said: 00:43:13.889 --> 00:43:16.889 "And hunger brought me out too." 00:43:16.889 --> 00:43:19.019 So they came to my house. 00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:23.019 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to my wife: 00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:25.079 "Where is your husband?" 00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:26.079 She said: 00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:28.079 "He is nearby, O Messenger of Allah. 00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:31.079 He went to fetch us some fresh water. 00:43:31.079 --> 00:43:32.079 Enter." 00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:35.079 When I came and saw them, 00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:38.079 I was extremely delighted by them. 00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:41.079 And I climbed a palm tree from my garden. 00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:44.079 And I cut down some bunches of dates from it for them. 00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:48.079 So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me: 00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:49.079 "That is enough." 00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:50.079 I said: 00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:52.079 "O Messenger of Allah, 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:55.079 you eat from its unripe and ripe dates, 00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:57.079 and enjoy them." 00:43:57.079 --> 00:44:01.139 Then I went to a sheep to slaughter it for them. 00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:09.139 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, Abu Bakr, and 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them, laid their heads down and slept. 00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:12.139 Then they woke up, and the food was cooked. 00:44:12.139 --> 00:44:15.139 So I placed it before them. 00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:18.139 They ate, were satisfied, and praised Allah. 00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:23.239 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to his two companions: 00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:27.239 "This is from the blessings about which you will be asked." 00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:31.170 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to me: 00:44:31.170 --> 00:44:33.170 "Do you have a servant?" 00:44:33.170 --> 00:44:35.170 I said: "No." 00:44:35.170 --> 00:44:36.170 He said: 00:44:36.170 --> 00:44:39.170 "When we receive captives, come to us." 00:44:39.170 --> 00:44:43.199 So two youths were brought to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:45.199 So I came to him. 00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:48.199 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:51.199 "Choose one of them." 00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:53.199 I said: "O Prophet of Allah, 00:44:53.199 --> 00:44:55.199 choose for me." 00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:58.199 So the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:44:58.199 --> 00:45:01.199 "Indeed, the one consulted is entrusted. 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:03.199 Take this one, 00:45:03.199 --> 00:45:05.199 for I saw him praying. 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:08.199 And treat him kindly." 00:45:08.199 --> 00:45:11.260 So I went with him to my wife. 00:45:11.260 --> 00:45:16.260 And I informed her of the Messenger of Allah's, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, words. 00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:18.260 So she said to me: 00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:24.260 "You will not be able to fulfill what the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, commanded of kindness, 00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:26.260 except by freeing him." 00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:28.260 So I freed him. 00:45:28.260 --> 00:45:32.219 And I was a man with many date palms. 00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:37.219 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, used to send me to Khaybar. 00:45:37.219 --> 00:45:39.219 To estimate their fruits. 00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:42.219 And extract the Muslims' share from them. 00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:47.349 When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away, 00:45:47.349 --> 00:45:52.349 Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, asked me to perform the same task. 00:45:52.349 --> 00:45:54.349 So I excused myself to him. 00:45:54.349 --> 00:45:56.349 He said: 00:45:56.349 --> 00:45:58.349 "You used to estimate for the Messenger of Allah." 00:45:58.349 --> 00:46:00.420 I said: 00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:06.420 "Indeed, when I used to estimate for the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and returned, 00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:08.420 he would supplicate and ask forgiveness for me. 00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:11.420 So who will ask forgiveness for me now?" 00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:15.420 So Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, excused me. 00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:17.800 So, who am I? 00:46:17.800 --> 00:46:25.619 The answer: 00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:30.619 Abu Al-Haytham Malik ibn Al-Tayhan, may Allah be pleased with him.