Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I?

0:01 Pause.

0:03 Get to know the Companions, the scholars, and the prominent figures.

0:12 A new challenge: Who am I?

0:16 I am one of the knights of the Muslims.

0:21 And one of the famous archers of the Arabs.

0:23 And the fastest of people on foot.

0:26 To the extent that I could catch up to a gazelle.

0:28 And outrun horses.

0:30 I am among the bravest of people in the heat of battle.

0:34 I pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to fight to the death under the tree three times.

0:40 In what is known as the Pledge of Ridwan.

0:43 One day, I went out to the highlands of Medina.

0:49 With a horse belonging to Talha, may Allah be pleased with him.

0:52 Then ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Uyaynah raided the camels of the Prophet, peace be upon him.

0:58 He killed their shepherd.

1:00 And he took the camels, he and some men with him on horseback.

1:04 So I said to those who were with me:

1:06 "Take this horse."

1:08 "And get it to Talha."

1:10 "And inform the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."

1:14 Then I followed the group, running on foot.

1:18 I began shooting arrows at them and hitting them.

1:21 Whenever a horseman among them turned back toward me,

1:24 I would sit for him at the base of a tree.

1:26 Then I would shoot him and say:

1:29 "I am the son of al-Akwa’."

1:31 "And today is the day of the lowly."

1:33 And whenever the mountain passes became narrow,

1:36 I would climb the mountain.

1:38 And pelt them with stones.

1:40 This remained my way and theirs,

1:43 Until not a single one of the Prophet’s, peace be upon him, camels remained,

1:48 Except that I had rescued it from them.

1:50 And I left them behind my back.

1:53 Then I continued to shoot at them,

1:55 Until they dropped more than thirty spears.

1:59 And more than thirty cloaks to lighten their load.

2:04 And they would not drop anything,

2:06 But I would place stones on it.

2:08 And I gathered it all on the path of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

2:13 Then, when the morning advanced,

2:16 Reinforcements came to them.

2:18 So I climbed the mountain.

2:20 And four of them climbed up toward me.

2:22 I said to them:

2:24 "Do you know who I am?"

2:26 They said, "And who are you?"

2:28 I said:

2:29 "I am the son of al-Akwa’."

2:31 "By the One who honored the face of Muhammad, peace be upon him,"

2:35 "No man among you will pursue me and catch me,"

2:39 "And I will not pursue any of you and have him escape me."

2:42 I did not leave that spot,

2:44 Until I saw the horsemen of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

2:49 Passing through the trees.

2:51 The polytheists turned and fled.

2:53 And I went out running in pursuit of them.

2:56 Before sunset, they descended into a valley containing water,

3:00 Known as Dhu Qarad.

3:02 They saw me running behind them,

3:05 So they abandoned the water.

3:07 And they did not taste a single drink of it.

3:09 And they left behind two horses.

3:11 I drove them to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

3:16 He was at the water from which I had driven them away.

3:19 He was with five hundred of his Companions.

3:22 And Bilal, may Allah be pleased with him,

3:25 Had slaughtered a camel from what I had left behind me.

3:29 He was roasting it for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

3:33 I said, "O Messenger of Allah,"

3:36 "Let me take a hundred of your Companions,"

3:39 "And I will catch up with them,"

3:41 "And I will not leave a single one of them to tell the tale."

3:44 He, peace be upon him, said:

3:47 "Would you really do that?"

3:49 I said, "Yes."

3:51 The Prophet, peace be upon him, laughed,

3:54 Until I saw his molars in the light of the fire.

3:58 When morning came,

4:00 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said to me:

4:04 "You are the best of our foot soldiers."

4:07 And he gave me the share of both the foot soldier and the horseman.

4:11 Then he let me ride behind him on al-‘Adba’.

4:14 And we returned to Medina.

4:18 When there was a short distance between us and Medina,

4:22 There was a man among the people who could not be outrun.

4:25 He began calling out:

4:27 "Is there no man who will race to Medina?"

4:30 He repeated that several times.

4:32 And no one answered him.

4:35 I was silent out of respect for my place with the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.

4:40 But when he persisted,

4:43 I said to him:

4:44 "Do you not honor a noble person or fear a man of status?"

4:48 He said, "No,"

4:49 "Except for the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him."

4:53 So I said, "O Messenger of Allah,"

4:56 "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you,"

4:58 "Let me race him."

5:00 He said, "If you wish."

5:02 So I said to the man:

5:04 "Go ahead."

5:05 I let him get ahead until I could no longer see him.

5:09 Then I ran after him until I caught up to him.

5:13 I struck him with my hand between his shoulder blades.

5:16 And I said:

5:17 "I have beaten you, by Allah!"

5:19 The man laughed.

5:21 So, who am I?

5:23 Share your answers with us in the comments below the video.

5:31 We will pin the correct answer in the comments,

5:36 When the next episode is released, if Allah wills.

Learn about the companions, scholars, and notables | Who am I? | Episode No. (232)

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