# Abbad ibn Bishr (ra): The Friend of the Qur’an | The Firsts

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam
**Published:** 2024-10-08
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/_UYg0u01M6k
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abbad-ibn-bishr-the-friend-of-the-quran-the-firsts
**Topics:** History, Life of the Prophet (seerah)

## Description
He stood guard over the Muslims’ camp in the middle of the night, praying qiyam. Three enemy arrows struck him as he prayed. But the Friend of the Qur’an wouldn’t stop praying. What happened next? The Firsts is a weekly video series that chronicles the lives of the Sahaba (the companions of the...

## Transcript
**[0:00]** I want to welcome you all back to The Firsts. We continue now with another companion whose life intersects with the battle of Al-Yamamah.

**[0:17]** May Allah be pleased with all the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, except the shuhada amongst them in Uhud and Yamamah and beyond, as well as our own shuhada. Allahumma Ameen. A question that I was asked is why are we talking about some of the firsts now?

**[0:33]** And the reality is that there are so many sahaba of the Prophet ﷺ that we could go on and on and we could dig into different episodes and highlight them. And so some of the people that we are speaking about in these few weeks are actually some

**[0:48]** of the first Muslims. But it gives us insight insha'Allah ta'ala into a very unique dimension of the seerah of the Prophet ﷺ. So last week we talked about Thabit ibn Qais (رضي الله عنه). Just a small note because I forgot to mention it last week in the story of Thabit ibn Qais

**[1:05]** (رضي الله عنه). As I mentioned that he and Abdullah ibn Rawaha (رضي الله عنه). Were actually brothers from the same mother. They had the same mother. May Allah be pleased with them both. And it's really subhanAllah something when you think about it. Abdullah ibn Rawaha (رضي الله عنه).

**[1:21]** Was also someone who was known for his eloquence. A poet of the Prophet ﷺ. And who died as a shaheed. And here you have his brother Thabit ibn Qais (رضي الله عنه). The spokesperson of the Prophet ﷺ. Who also dies with courage as a martyr.

**[1:37]** May Allah subhanAllah accept them. Allahumma ameen. But there's something about what was nurtured into those two men and the similar characteristics. And that's something very beautiful about the sahaba. Is that they rubbed off on each other in very beautiful ways.

**[1:53]** And the man that we are talking about today. He shows up very few times in the books of Sira. Because he was not survived by any children that would go on to narrate his story. And his story is often tied to another companion of the Prophet ﷺ.

**[2:10]** Meaning you rarely find him being discussed alone. But when you combine the virtues of this man. You would wonder subhanAllah what is his status with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And his name is Abbad ibn Bishr ibn Waqsh ibn Zughbah (رضي الله عنه).

**[2:30]** As Imam al-Dhahabi (رحمه الله) introduces him. Al-Imam Abu al-Rabee' the Imam Abu al-Rabee' al-Ansari al-Ashhali. Meaning from Banu Abdul Ashhal. Ahad al-Badriyeen. He was one of the people of Badr.

**[2:45]** Wa kana min sadat al-Aus. And he was one of the leaders of the Aus tribe. So by now this should come very natural to you. The two main tribes of the Ansar are Al-Aus and Al-Khazraj. So he is one of the leaders of Al-Aus.

**[3:03]** And he is from the tribe of Banu Abdul Ashhal (رضي الله عنه). So Abbad ibn Bishr. You might have only heard this name. Because Sheikh Muhammad al-Shinawi is Abu Abbad. So it's a shout out to him and to his family as well. So hopefully more people will name their sons Abbad after this lecture.

**[3:20]** Inshallah ta'ala. So we know of him. And he has a sister whose name is Umama bint Bishr. So him and his sister are both considered from the early Muslims. And his sister is married to Mahmoud ibn Maslama (رضي الله عنه).

**[3:40]** So a little bit of the tree again. Abbad ibn Bishr and his sister Umama bint Bishr. Umama bint Bishr is married to Mahmoud ibn Maslama (رضي الله عنه). Who is the brother of Muhammad ibn Maslama (رضي الله عنه).

**[3:57]** Okay. Hopefully inshallah ta'ala you can connect those things. So that would make him the brother-in-law of Mahmoud ibn Maslama. May Allah be pleased with him. And his brother Muhammad ibn Maslama (رضي الله عنه). We spoke about in great detail about a month or so ago.

**[4:14]** So how early is the Islam of Abbad ibn Bishr (رضي الله عنه). And what is his story? Where does he shine in the seerah most? First and foremost, he is one of those who converted at the da'wah of Mus'ab ibn Umair

**[4:29]** (رضي الله عنه). But his conversion is so early that he converted to Islam or he accepted Islam before Usaid ibn Hudair (رضي الله عنه). So if you go back to when we started this set of companions, we talked about the Ansar

**[4:48]** and the first Ansar. So he's actually in the first of the first Ansar before Usaid ibn Hudair and Sa'd ibn Mu'adh. And that's why Imam al-Dhahabi (رحمه الله) has his short entrance of him in Siyar A'lam an-Nubala in his collection before Usaid ibn Hudair (رضي الله عنه).

**[5:05]** And he was a far more famous Ansari from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ. So he's an early early Muslim. He witnessed the da'wah of Mus'ab ibn Umair and he fell in love with particularly the Quran through Mus'ab ibn Umair.

**[5:22]** So everything about the life of Abbad ibn Bishr has to do with the Quran. He saw Mus'ab ibn Umair, he heard him recite the Quran, he memorized everything that Mus'ab had taught him of the Quran and when the Prophet ﷺ made his way to Medina, Abbad already

**[5:39]** memorized everything of the Quran that was in Al-Medina. So it kind of gives you a bit of his personality. Anything of the Quran that was given to the people of Medina, Abbad was a hafidh of it up until that point before the Prophet ﷺ comes to Al-Medina.

**[5:56]** Now because I like to give some of the background just to help us understand Al-Medina a little bit more, the tribe that he's from, Banu Abd al-Ash'hal, Banu Abd al-Ash'hal, which is a sub-tribe of Aus. In one narration the Prophet ﷺ said, Khayru al-Ansar Banu Abd al-Ash'hal.

**[6:16]** The best of the Ansar is Banu Abd al-Ash'hal. This is considered the best tribe of the Ansar. In another narration the Prophet ﷺ seemed to privilege Banu Najjar, which are his uncles, his maternal uncle ﷺ.

**[6:33]** And the way the scholars reconcile the two narrations, they say that it may be that Banu Abd al-Ash'hal is the best of Aus, and Banu Najjar is the best of Khazraj. And the Prophet ﷺ was saying that the two of them make up the best tribes of the Ansar,

**[6:50]** and the Prophet ﷺ said, and all of the Ansar are khayr. All of the Ansar are great. So when he points to this, the Prophet ﷺ is merely saying that the most righteous of companions will be found amongst these two tribes.

**[7:06]** To get a little bit deeper, Aisha (رضي الله عنها) said, Thalathatun min al-Ansar, there are three men from the Ansar, Lam yakun ahadun ya'taddu alayhim fadlah. No one is equal to these three men in virtue.

**[7:25]** It's a heavy statement. Aisha (رضي الله عنها) says, three men from the Ansar that surpass everyone. And she said, kulluhum min Bani Abd al-Ash'hal. All three of them are from the same tribe of Bani Abd al-Ash'hal. Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, Abbad ibn Bishr, and Usaid ibn Hudair.

**[7:43]** Sa'd ibn Mu'adh, Usaid ibn Hudair, and Abbad ibn Bishr. In the words of Aisha, may Allah be pleased with them all, these are the three best men of the Ansar. Some of you are like, well, but you said this person is the best man of the Ansar.

**[7:59]** That's the point of fadha'il, in virtues. Sometimes when these people are praised, you think they're the most important companion of the Prophet ﷺ. And indeed, in their own rights, they occupy a certain place with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

**[8:15]** Now it's narrated, one last narration about Bani Abd al-Ash'hal, the superior tribe of the Ansar, is that it just so happens that their masjid is still preserved. And so if you can actually show it on the screen inshaAllah ta'ala, the remains of their masjid is still preserved.

**[8:31]** Oh, that's the wrong picture. That's the one. Okay. Their masjid is still preserved in Madinah al-Munawwara, subhanAllah. So this is the Musalla, the masjid of Bani Abd al-Ash'hal. And basically, the tribes used to have their own masjid, and oftentimes the Prophet ﷺ

**[8:51]** will go out to one of the masajid and lead the people in salah as he goes out to visit that tribe. You also would have sometimes a companion who would pray with the Prophet ﷺ in Masjid Nabawi, and then go back and lead their people in salah.

**[9:07]** So the imam of Bani Abd al-Ash'hal in this masjid is Abbad ibn Bishr (رضي الله عنه). anhu. So what is narrated is that the Prophet ﷺ once went out to pray Salat al-Maghrib with Bani Abd al-Ash'hal. So sometimes the Prophet ﷺ will go out to them and pray in

**[9:24]** their Musallas. And as he prayed with them Salat al-Maghrib, immediately afterwards the Prophet ﷺ, ra'ahum yusabbihuna ba'daha, the Prophet ﷺ saw them praying extra salawat after the Fard prayer, meaning they were praying some of

**[9:42]** their sunan and nawafil in the masjid after the Fard prayer. And the Prophet ﷺ said, hadhihi salatu albuyut, that these extra prayers are to be prayed at home. Which is one of the ways in which the Prophet ﷺ demonstrates the

**[9:59]** superiority of nawafil at home. The sunan and the nawafil, they're better to be prayed at home, unless of course you're staying in the masjid between Maghrib and Isha, and you're going to pray your sunan here and pray some of the nawafil here. But generally speaking, the superiority, because this is a sahih hadith, the superiority

**[10:16]** of the voluntary prayers at home over the masjid, this is one of the hadiths that's used to describe that superiority. So that's his reputation, he is the imam, he is from the favored tribe of the Ansar

**[10:33]** to the Prophet ﷺ, is one of the earliest Muslims, and he has an exquisite love for the Quran. So everything about him has to do with his love of the Quran. His title is either al-imam, so he's al-imam Abbad ibn Bishr, or what he's called as sadiq

**[10:56]** al-Quran, the friend of the Quran. What a beautiful name to have. He's sadiq al-Quran (رضي الله عنه). So the Prophet ﷺ paired him off with Abu Hudhaifa ibn Utbah ibn Rabi'a (رضي الله عنه) from the muhajireen, and their house was known to be

**[11:13]** a house in which the turns of qiyam were being taken. So the brothers are reading Quran throughout the night because Abu Hudhaifa is also distinguished by his love for the Quran. So they're reading their Quran throughout the night, and then of course you can factor in, though it's not explicitly mentioned, Salim Mawla Abu Hudhaifa, the best friend

**[11:32]** of Abu Hudhaifa, and who would become like his son, Salim (رضي الله عنه), and his love for the Quran as well. So it's a house of Quran, and he is sadiq al-Quran. He narrates a single hadith from the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said, Ya ma'shar al-ansar, antumu sh-shi'ar wa

**[11:52]** an-nasu dithar. That O people of the ansar, you are like the internal lining of a garment, wa an-nasu dithar, everyone else is like the outward part of the garment.

**[12:07]** What do you think that means by the way? What's that? That you are the closest people in the world to me. So O ansar, you are like the inner part of the garment, and everybody else is like the outward part of the garment. May Allah azawajal make us from the inner circle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

**[12:26]** alayhi wa sallam. So this is his single narration from the Prophet ﷺ. As we said, his name is al-imam, or his title is al-imam, sadiq al-Quran, the friend of the Quran. His name Abbad, for anyone that might want to name their sons Abbad, subhanAllah, fits him perfectly.

**[12:42]** So it is seegha mubalagha min abada, so it's an intense worshipper. So it refers to intense worship, and everything about him, every incident with him, and we're going to start going through them, has to do with his intense devotion to Allah azawajal, and his intense worship.

**[12:58]** So let's go through the narrations inshaAllah ta'ala, and every single story has something beautiful and miraculous about it as it relates to him. The first narration is narrated, an Abbad ibn Abdullah ibn Zubayr.

**[13:14]** Abbad, the son of Abdullah ibn Zubayr. So you already noticed something. Abdullah ibn Zubayr named his son Abbad, after Abbad ibn Bishr. And that son is narrating a story about Abbad ibn Bishr.

**[13:29]** So an Abbad ibn Abdullah ibn Zubayr, an Aisha, and she was the aunt of Abdullah ibn Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with them all. Qalat tahajjud rasoolAllahi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam fi bayti. The Prophet ﷺ was praying qiyam al-layl, he was praying tahajjud

**[13:46]** in my house at night. Fasami'a salta Abbad ibn Bishr. And the Prophet ﷺ heard while he was praying qiyam, the voice of Abbad ibn Bishr (رضي الله عنه), the implication is that he was praying in

**[14:02]** the masjid. And the Prophet ﷺ turned to me as he was admiring the voice of Abbad ibn Bishr. And said, Ya Aisha, oh Aisha, do you know whose voice that is? Because he had a beautiful voice of the Quran.

**[14:18]** So Aisha (رضي الله عنها) said, who is it ya RasoolAllah? The Prophet ﷺ said, this is the voice of Abbad ibn Bishr, this is the voice of my companion Abbad ibn Bishr, Allahumma arham Abbad, Allahumma ighfir lahu. That is Abbad ibn Bishr, oh Allah have mercy on Abbad, oh Allah forgive Abbad.

**[14:38]** So this is the first narration, the Prophet ﷺ impressed by his qiyam, loving the recitation of the Quran. When the Prophet ﷺ hears his recitation, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stops and pays attention to his recitation. Now again, subhanAllah, you pay attention to the narrator and we'll come back to this.

**[14:56]** Abbad ibn Abdullah ibn Zubayr, Abbad, the son of Abdullah ibn Zubayr, he says about him, ma sammani abi Abbadan illa bihi, my father did not name me Abbad except because

**[15:13]** of him. Meaning I was named after Abbad ibn Bishr by my father, Abdullah ibn Zubayr, may Allah be pleased with him. And we'll come back to this inshAllah at the end of the lecture because there's something special about that as well. So that's the first narration that we have about him. The second narration is a narration from Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه).

**[15:33]** That one night, two companions of the Prophet ﷺ came to sit with him at night. And after they sat with him, and the implication is that they prayed with him ﷺ, or they asked him for something, but the point is that they're with the Prophet

**[15:52]** ﷺ in the quiet of the night. They went out. Kharaja min ʿindi Rasulillahi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam fi laylatin muddala. ...wa ma'ahuma mitlul misbahayn. They left from the Prophet ﷺ on this extremely dark night,

**[16:08]** and they were accompanied by what appeared to be two lamps. So two lights that were in front of each of them. ...yudhi'ani bayna aydihima And they were lighting everything that was in front of them.

**[16:24]** So it was like there were two lights in front of each of them as they were leaving the house of the Prophet ﷺ, and each one of them had their own light. ...fa lamma iftaraqa saara ma'a kulli wahid minhuma wahidun hatta ata ahla And then once they parted from each other, the light went with each of them

**[16:43]** until they ended up at their family homes. Now obviously, subhanAllah, this is very much so resembling of what the Prophet ﷺ mentions of the Day of Judgment, give glad tidings to those who walk at night to the masajid binurin taamah

**[17:00]** with a long stretching light on the Day of Judgment. So the light on the Day of Judgment, may Allah Azawajal give us that light, the light of wudu, the light of qiyam, the light of walking to the masajid that night, which was their situation at that time. But in this situation, these two men, Anas (رضي الله عنه) said,

**[17:18]** were Abbad ibn Bishr and Usaid ibn Hudair, may Allah be pleased with them. And the implication is once again that the dhikr that they had in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, that light Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent,

**[17:33]** either an angel or a miracle otherwise, with each of them as they went to visit the Prophet ﷺ and as they came out with the Prophet ﷺ. And it was said that the light on the stick of Abbad, so he had a staff that he was using,

**[17:50]** never really went away. So they used to call him the possessor of al-asaa, the stick that is mudia, that is lit up. So whatever light that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala gave him, it stays with him either that night or slightly beyond.

**[18:08]** His most famous story, and this is my favorite story of Abbad and one of my favorite stories subhanAllah of the campaigns of the Prophet ﷺ in this regard. And it contains a miracle. There was an expedition that the Prophet ﷺ went out on called Dhatu'l-Riqa'

**[18:27]** And we could talk about this expedition in many ways because there are many miracles that happened on this expedition in different ways. Dhatu'l-Riqa' And it was a difficult expedition with the Prophet ﷺ and his companions. So one of the assassination attempts on the Prophet ﷺ took place in Dhatu'l-Riqa'

**[18:44]** And he was apprehended as he was laying under a tree by Ghawrath ibn Harith. And Allah azawajal gave him a miracle that prevented him from being assassinated on that particular journey. But the Prophet ﷺ was leaving Dhatu'l-Riqa'

**[19:00]** Leaving this particular expedition. And it was late night and the Prophet ﷺ said Man rajulan yakla'una layla Which amongst you is going to watch us for the night? Aw yahrisuna

**[19:15]** Who is going to be our guard for the night? Because it was time to sleep. So Abbad and Ammar ibn Yasir May Allah be pleased with them both They stood up and they volunteered to protect the Muslims that particular night.

**[19:32]** And some of the books say that Abbad and Ammar at some point there was mu'akha between them as well. So they were brothers as well from the Ansar of the Muhajireen. But these two men, both courageous, both loved the Quran. They said Ya Rasulullah we will do it. So the Prophet ﷺ said go to the tip of the valley

**[19:50]** And spend the night at the tip of the valley watching for any attackers at night. So Abbad and Ammar go to the tip of the valley. And Abbad says to Ammar let's split the night.

**[20:07]** Because we are going to need to sleep. We can't stay up all night. So he said Aturidu nisfa layla al awal wa akfika akhirahu Would you like the first half of the night? And then I will take care of the next half. Amturidu akhirahu wa akfika awalahu

**[20:23]** Or do you want to take the second half and I will take care of the first half. Meaning he is telling Ammar ibn Yasir choose which part of the night you would like to sleep. And I will take that shift inshallah ta'ala to protect us from any type of attackers.

**[20:39]** And it was still a very volatile situation. So an attack is likely. It is not an easy situation here. So Ammar ibn Yasir said you take the first half and I will take the second. Meaning you be on guard the first half. I will sleep and I will take the second.

**[20:56]** So Ammar ibn Yasir went to sleep right next to Abbad ibn Bishr. And Abbad ibn Bishr is in charge of watching through the night. And subhanallah it was a beautiful night and he is out in the valley and he is looking at these surroundings and the calmness of the night.

**[21:16]** And Abbad did what he always does. He went into his qiyam. So he started to pray. So just imagine the Prophet ﷺ and his companions are asleep away from the valley or further in. Abbad is all alone praying his qiyam and Ammar ibn Yasir is asleep next to him.

**[21:35]** And Abbad starts to recite. He reads Surat al-Fatiha. And then after Surat al-Fatiha he started to read some other parts of the Qur'an. And in particular what is narrated is Surat al-Kahf. So just picture the scene of this lonely companion.

**[21:54]** Ammar is asleep next to him and he is reading Surat al-Kahf. And then as he is reading Surat al-Kahf he gets struck by an arrow right in his midsection. So there is an attacker and it is a single attacker.

**[22:12]** He doesn't stop reading. He pulls the arrow out, puts it down next to him and he goes back to his salah. The man hits him from a distance with another arrow.

**[22:29]** And he is still reading and the blood is coming down from him. He pulls out the arrow, puts it down and he is a little weaker now but he keeps reading Surat al-Kahf. But then he goes into ruku'

**[22:45]** He gets up from his ruku' and he gets hit by a third arrow in his back. He pulls out the third arrow, puts it next to him and he goes into sujood. And when he goes down for sujood he puts his hand on Ammar to kind of wake him up,

**[23:01]** to shake him to get up and to pursue the man or to help out. And then as he is soaked in blood he finishes his salah and he shakes Ammar ibn Yasir

**[23:16]** and he says, Stand up and guard in my place because I was struck. Ammar ibn Yasir wakes up and he sees Abbad covered in blood and three arrows on the ground next to him.

**[23:31]** So Ammar ibn Yasir immediately goes to pursue the man that shot the arrows and by the time he went to pursue him the man had fled back to the camp of Dhat al-Riqa. When Ammar comes back to Abbad and he sees him covered in blood and trying to treat his wounds

**[23:51]** and the three arrows next to him, he says, He said, you know, why didn't you just wake me up the first time you were struck? SubhanAllah, why did you wait until you got hit with three arrows?

**[24:06]** And Abbad (رضي الله عنه) says, He said that,

**[24:22]** Wa wallahi lawla an udhayya thaghran amaranir rasoolu sallallahu alayhi wa sallam bihifdhi la aathartul mouta ala an aqtaa tilka al-ayatil lati kuntu atluha. He said, I swear by Allah that had I not feared giving up the position the Prophet ﷺ told me to hold,

**[24:44]** I would have continued to read the Quran until the man killed me. Basically, my idea of rushing the salah was to finish it a little bit quicker, but he said, I was enjoying my salah so much and I was enjoying the ayat I was reading so much from Surah Al-Kahf,

**[25:02]** that if the Prophet ﷺ would have allowed me, if I wasn't afraid of giving up the territory that the Prophet ﷺ had commanded me to hold, then I would have simply allowed myself to die and I would not have finished reading the Quran until Allah SWT took my life away from me.

**[25:22]** (رضي الله عنه). And so this is considered the most famous incident of two brothers. Two brothers who loved the Quran, two brothers who were watching and protecting the back of the Muslims on that particular night, and a man who truly was Sadiq Al-Quran, a man who truly was a friend of the Quran.

**[25:39]** (رضي الله عنه). On top of that, the Prophet ﷺ noted him for his courage. And so he was someone that participated in the Battle of Badr. He was someone that participated in the assassination of Ka'b ibn Ashraf.

**[25:55]** If you remember, in the story of Muhammad ibn Maslamah, (رضي الله عنه), who we now know as a relative of Abbad ibn Bishr, (رضي الله عنه), Abbad was one of the men who went with Muhammad ibn Maslamah, (رضي الله عنه), to kill Ka'b ibn Ashraf, who of course was one of the prime instigators against the Prophet ﷺ.

**[26:14]** He participates in Uhud, he participates in Khandaq, and he participates in every battle alongside the Prophet ﷺ. And he's one of the few companions that the Prophet ﷺ used in multiple capacities, all in terms of amanah and protecting the state.

**[26:31]** So Imam Al-Dhahabi says that the Prophet ﷺ used him ala sadaqati Muzayna wa Bani Sulaym. The Prophet ﷺ sent him as a charity collector, as the zakat collector from Bani Sulaym and Bani Muzayna.

**[26:46]** And in both situations, he stayed for 10 days and he carried out the mission as the Prophet ﷺ commanded him to carry out the mission. The Prophet ﷺ sent him to Bani al-Mustalaq to collect their charity, their zakat. He stayed for 10 days and he came back to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ appointed him as a distributor of the spoils of the Battle of Hunayn.

**[27:05]** So after the Battle of Hunayn, after Fath Mecca, he was the one that distributed the spoils, which requires a lot of trust from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and integrity. And the Prophet ﷺ made him his own guard, his own haris in the famous Battle of Tabuk.

**[27:23]** So for 20 days, he was watching the back of the Prophet ﷺ and watching the back of the Muslims, while the Prophet ﷺ engaged in that very difficult expedition of Tabuk, which we've spoken about many times. And then finally, where we find the story of Abbad (رضي الله عنه), is in the Battle of Yamama.

**[27:46]** So that's where we come to today, and it always becomes sort of that final point in the Battle of Yamama. After the Prophet ﷺ passes away, Abbad continues as an imam, he continues as a reciter of the Quran, he continues as a trustee of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (رضي الله عنه).

**[28:04]** And on that day, Abbad was leading a large group of the Ansar. And present as well was of course his brother Abu Hudhaifa ibn Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (رضي الله عنه). And he has a very particular dream.

**[28:21]** Now subhanAllah, before I share his dream, I'm going to remind you of someone else's dream on the Battle of Yamama. Because you start to see a connection here, where many of the companions dreamt of their martyrdom, before their martyrdom actually happened.

**[28:37]** And one of those dreams was the dream of Tufayl ibn Amr ad-Dawsi (رضي الله عنه). And if you remember, if you go back to his story, Tufayl (رضي الله عنه) had a dream, that he was basically re-entering the womb of a woman.

**[28:53]** Re-entering the womb of a woman. So subhanAllah, as if backward transition into life. And when he woke up and he had this dream, Tufayl (رضي الله عنه) interpreted that dream as a shahada.

**[29:09]** He interpreted it that he was going to be martyred, because the shaheed is hayy, the shaheed is alive. And indeed subhanAllah, Tufayl ibn Amr (رضي الله عنه) would be martyred. And so again the dream of Tufayl was going back into the womb of his mother.

**[29:28]** Like the womb closing in on him again, as if he has new life (رضي الله عنه). And you remember the dream of the father of Jabir ibn Abdullah the night before Uhud. So these dreams are significant that the companions would have before these battles. As for Abbad, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه), one of the great companions who we've spoken about,

**[29:51]** he narrates that the night before Yamama, the battle of Yamama, Abbad ibn Bishr said, Ya Abu Sa'id, I saw something interesting last night. Qala ra'aytu al-layla ka'anna as-sama'a qad furijat thumma utbiqat alayya.

**[30:12]** He said that I saw in my dream as if the heavens opened up, the skies opened up, and I was engulfed. Like imagine a door opening, a gate opening in the heavens, and I was engulfed in it,

**[30:27]** and then the door shut behind me, like the sky shut behind me. So imagine like a portal, subhanAllah. As if I elevated, I ascended into the skies, and then it closed on me. So Abbad is saying to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, Fahiyya insha'Allah shahada.

**[30:44]** Insha'Allah this means that I'm going to be martyred. So it shows you the mindset of these companions of the Prophet ﷺ. He's saying it with love, with devotion, and you can imagine, I mean a man who is haamil al-Quran, a man who holds the Quran so preciously, so beautifully in every way,

**[31:02]** imagine what it was like for him to read the ayat of shahada. If he's someone that contemplates upon every verse of the Quran and pushes himself the way that he does. So he said, insha'Allah it is shahada.

**[31:17]** So Abu Sa'id says, I said to him, khayran wallahi ra'ayt, that it is good that you have seen. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless you and give you what you have envisioned. So Abu Sa'id says, so I followed him with my eyes in the battle of Yamama.

**[31:35]** I wanted to see what he was going to look like in Yamama. I mean a man with that much conviction, certainty, what does he look like in Yamama? So he says that I saw Abbad ibn Bishr taking his horse going between the ranks

**[31:50]** and saying to the Ansar, ahtimu jufan al-suyuf, wa tamayyazu min al-nas, ya ma'shar al-ansar, break the hay. Break the handles of your swords and distinguish yourselves from the people, O Ansar. Break the handles of your swords and distinguish yourselves from the people, O Ansar.

**[32:08]** Push yourself. So he was reading the Qur'an, (رضي الله عنه), so you imagine a person in battle like this, and he's reading the Qur'an, and between reading the Qur'an he's telling the people to raise their morale. Break the handles of your sword, go forth, fight, distinguish yourselves from the people, O Ansar.

**[32:28]** And he said, and he would go forward, and anywhere there was a line or there was penetration in the army, Abbad ibn Bishr was at the front line. And he would say, akhlisuna, akhlisuna, send reinforcements, send reinforcements. And so he ended up with 400 men of the Ansar behind him, and they were cutting through the army,

**[32:49]** and he says, ma yukhalituhum ahad, that there is no group of people that would come in front of them or amongst them, they would not be in a situation except that Abbad ibn Bishr, (رضي الله عنه), would be in the front,

**[33:04]** and with him Abu Dujana and Al-Bara' ibn Malik, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala be pleased with them. So three companions that kind of led the way on that day, or that had penetrated very far, as Abu Sa'id is narrating, Abbad ibn Bishr, Abu Dujana, and Al-Bara' ibn Malik, hatta antahu ila baab al-hadiqah, until they got to the door of the garden.

**[33:24]** Of course, this is something that also would be familiar to you at this point, that Musaylimah al-Kadhdhab had a garden, the garden of death, which was his innermost circle. So Abbad was one of the people who got there. Faqatalu ashad al-qital, and so they fought with the most severe fighting.

**[33:43]** Waqutila Abbad ibn Bishr, rahimahullah, and Abbad ibn Bishr was killed. And this is what the narration says, he says that I saw that his entire face was struck. And this is something very relevant to the moment, by the way.

**[34:00]** Ma'araftuhu illa bi'alamatin kanat fee jasadihi, I did not recognize his body except by something like a mark that was there, like a birthmark or something else on his body. The bodies are mutilated, but the souls are sent.

**[34:17]** SubhanAllah, when we see the images from Gaza and other places of mutilated bodies, it's hard for us to try to imagine that other realm. But think about the dream that he saw the night before, it's all in the same narration. That he's ascending to the heavens and the heavens are closing on him.

**[34:35]** And then think about the image of this world where people are looking at his body and he's lost everything or he has been mutilated to a point that you could only tell him by something that was on his body, some sort of scab or some sort of birthmark that was on his body, (رضي الله عنه).

**[34:55]** And he was only 45 years old when he was martyred, (رضي الله عنه). So he's one of the youth of the Ansar, one of those people who embraced the Prophet ﷺ early on as a young man and who lived his life with the Qur'an, (رضي الله عنه). And as we said, he had no sons, he did have a daughter according to some narrations, but his line ended

**[35:18]** and the only hadith that he narrates, (رضي الله عنه), is the narration, Ya ma'shar al-ansar, O people of the Ansar, antumush shi'ar wal-nas al-duthar, that O ma'shar al-ansar, O people of the Ansar, you are the inner linings of the garment

**[35:35]** and the people are the outward part of the garment, (رضي الله عنه). Now the thing I wanted to come back to, subhanAllah, because this is the first and because we're talking about the image that these people have in our lives and how we model ourselves after them.

**[35:52]** Who was the companion that named his son after him? Abdullah ibn Zubayr. How would Abdullah ibn Zubayr die? Not just as a martyr. SubhanAllah, you have that incident of Abbad ibn Bishr getting struck by the arrows,

**[36:10]** removing the arrows but not breaking his salah. And the most famous thing about Abdullah ibn Zubayr, (رضي الله عنهما), who we haven't done our own full episode on, we've talked about him in the context of his parents, was that when he was martyred, (رضي الله عنه), as he was praying next to the Ka'bah,

**[36:28]** when he was firebombed and when they came and they struck him from every direction, he did not leave his salah, (رضي الله عنه). And so he was martyred, refusing to leave his prayer, (رضي الله عنه), in front of the Ka'bah.

**[36:43]** Doesn't it strike, subhanAllah, something very beautifully that the man that he loved from the sahaba was Abbad ibn Bishr to the point that he named his son Abbad. And here he was, and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala honoring him to leave the world in that same beautiful, momentous way in his salah as a martyr, (رضي الله عنهم).

**[37:04]** And so we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to be pleased with the companions of the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ, and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us that same certainty, to grant us that same ability to see the Quran through all things, to connect to the Quran through all things,

**[37:19]** and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to have mercy on our shuhada and to grant us as well the reward of a shahada. Allahuma ameen. InshaAllah ta'ala I'll go ahead and I'll take a few questions biidhnillahi ta'ala. And you can ask questions about Abbad or any other, one of the recent companions.

**[37:37]** Yeah. So the famous assassination attempt is Ghawrath ibn al-Harith.

**[37:54]** Ghawrath ibn al-Harith (رضي الله عنه), I say (رضي الله عنه) because the Prophet ﷺ spared him. It was in this journey that Ghawrath, basically the Prophet ﷺ was sleeping under a tree and his sword was hanging up in the tree, and Ghawrath grabbed the sword and stood on top of the Prophet ﷺ

**[38:13]** and said, Ya Muhammad man yamnauka minni, O Muhammad who will protect you from me? Who will protect you from me? So imagine the scene, the Prophet ﷺ was looking up at this man, he's got a sword standing over him and the Prophet ﷺ looks up at him with full certainty and he says, Allah.

**[38:30]** And Ghawrath was so stunned by the certainty of the Prophet ﷺ as he was holding the sword that he dropped the sword. Then the Prophet ﷺ got up, he threw him on his back and he picked up the sword. And the Prophet ﷺ was standing over him and he said,

**[38:46]** Who's going to protect you from me now? So Ghawrath said, Ya Muhammad kun khaira aakhid, be generous, let it go, please forgive me. And the Prophet ﷺ forgave him, he let him go.

**[39:02]** So this was the same journey subhanAllah, which the ambush happened on the Prophet ﷺ after the journey, after that to Riqa' and one of those other miracles. Just from the Prophet ﷺ looking up at him with full certainty, like not in any way moved or frightened, Allah, Allah is going to save me from you.

**[39:21]** But it shook the man. SubhanAllah, it's that same journey of yaqeen, that same journey of certainty that Abbad ibn Bishr is praying and he doesn't even feel the arrows that are striking him while he's reading the Quran. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala be pleased with them all and send His peace and blessings on our beloved Messenger ﷺ.

**[39:38]** Allahuma ameen. Yes. Good question, I'm glad you asked the question. So the narration about praying sunnah at home, is it permissible to pray in the masjid?

**[39:56]** If you don't think you're going to pray at home, pray in the masjid. It's permissible, there's nothing wrong with it. The Prophet ﷺ's preference was to pray them at home. But if a person knows that by the time they go home they're not going to pray their sunnah, then pray it in the masjid.

**[40:11]** So it's better to pray them at home, and it's better to pray them at the masjid than not pray at all. Does that make sense? JazakumAllah khair. I appreciate the clarification question. Yeah.

**[40:28]** Yeah, so in a situation, it's a good question. You see these videos, subhanAllah, of a missile hitting a masjid, a rocket hitting a masjid. Some people leave their salah and some people just stay as if nothing is happening. Or you see an earthquake hit, and you see some people just remain in their salah,

**[40:45]** and other people take shelter. Those that go to take shelter are not sinful at all. What they're doing is entirely permissible. So you can admire both the stillness and the calmness of those that remain in their salah, as if even if the whole world is crumbling around them, their jannah is in their heart,

**[41:03]** and there's nothing that can move them, while still saying there's absolutely nothing wrong with rescuing yourself, saving yourself, if there's fear, whatever it may be. So both of those things are true at the exact same time. And so a story like Abbad ibn Bishr, you can admire it,

**[41:19]** you could derive the blessing of it obviously in his attachment to the Quran, as the friend of the Quran, without in any way implying that you would have to do the same thing if you were in that situation. I saw one more question here maybe. Jazakum Allah Khayran. InshaAllah ta'ala.

**[41:35]** We'll see you all next week. SubhanAllah wa ta'ala wa alhamdulillah. Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa Allah wa ta'ala. Astaghfiruka wa atubu ilaik. Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

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- [Saeed ibn Amir (ra): Haunted by Murder | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/saeed-ibn-amir-ra-haunted-by-murder-the-firsts.md)
- [Khubayb ibn Addiy (ra): A Prisoner of Many Miracles | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khubayb-ibn-addiy-ra-a-prisoner-of-many-miracles-the-firsts.md)
- [Asim ibn Thabit (ra): Protector of Faith | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/asim-ibn-thabit-ra-protector-of-faith-the-firsts.md)
- [Abu Dujana (ra): The Red Bandana | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-dujana-ra-the-red-bandana-the-firsts.md)
- [The Amwas Plague | The Firsts Documentary Special](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-amwas-plague-the-firsts-documentary-special.md)
- [Burayda ibn al-Husayb (ra): An Unlikely Convert | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/burayda-ibn-al-husayb-ra-an-unlikely-convert-the-firsts.md)
- [Suraqa ibn Malik (ra): The Bounty Hunter |  The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/suraqa-ibn-malik-ra-the-bounty-hunter-the-firsts.md)
- [Umm Ma’bad (ra): The Description of the Prophet ﷺ |  The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-mabad-ra-the-description-of-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Abu Musa al-Ash‘ari (ra): A Voice Like No Other | Sahaba Stories (The Firsts)](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-musa-al-ashari-ra-a-voice-like-no-other-the-firsts-sahaba-stories.md)
- [Abu Huraira (ra): The Preserver of Hadith | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-huraira-ra-the-preserver-of-hadith-the-firsts.md)
- [Tufayl ibn Amr (ra): The Hidden Legend | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/tufayl-ibn-amr-ra-the-hidden-legend-the-firsts.md)
- [Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (ra): The Secret Keeper | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/hudhayfah-ibn-al-yaman-ra-the-secret-keeper-the-firsts.md)
- [Maymunah bint al-Harith (ra): A Blessed Wedding | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/maymunah-bint-al-harith-ra-a-blessed-wedding-the-firsts.md)
- [Safiyya bint Huyayy (ra): A Heart of Gold | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/safiyya-bint-huyayy-ra-a-heart-of-gold-the-firsts.md)
- [Juwayriya bint al-Harith (ra): A Blessing to Her People | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/juwayriya-bint-al-harith-ra-a-blessing-to-her-people-the-firsts.md)
- [Zaynab bint Jahsh (ra): The Longest Arm | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zaynab-bint-jahsh-ra-the-longest-arm-the-firsts.md)
- [Hafsa bint Umar (ra): Saved by Devotion | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/hafsa-bint-umar-ra-saved-by-devotion-the-firsts.md)
- [Aisha bint Abu Bakr (ra): Legacy and Life after Rasulallah ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/aisha-bint-abu-bakr-ra-legacy-and-life-after-rasulallah-the-firsts.md)
- [Aisha bint Abu Bakr (ra): Slander and Death of the Prophet ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/aisha-bint-abu-bakr-ra-slander-and-death-of-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Aisha bint Abu Bakr (ra): The Love Story | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/aisha-bint-abu-bakr-ra-the-love-story-the-firsts.md)
- [Aisha bint Abu Bakr (ra): The Early Years of Sacrifice | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/aishah-bint-abu-bakr-ra-the-early-years-of-sacrifice-the-firsts.md)
- [Kulthum ibn al-Hadm (ra) and Sa'ad ibn Khaythamah (ra): The Hosts of Masjid Quba | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/kulthum-ibn-al-hadm-ra-and-saad-ibn-khaythamah-ra-the-hosts-of-masjid-quba-the-firsts.md)
- [Jabir ibn Abdullah (ra): The Orphan With 7 Sisters | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/jabir-ibn-abdullah-ra-the-orphan-with-7-sisters-the-firsts.md)
- [Hanzala Ibn Abi Amr (ra) and Jameela (ra): When Angels Bathe You | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/hanzala-ibn-abi-amr-ra-and-jameela-ra-when-angels-bathe-you-the-firsts.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Ubayy (ra): The son of the Chief Hypocrite | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-abdullah-ibn-ubayy-ra-the-son-of-the-chief-hypocrite-the-firsts.md)
- [Amr ibn Al Jamuh (ra): No Limping in Jannah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/amr-ibn-al-jamuh-ra-no-limping-in-jannah-the-firsts.md)
- [Asma Bint Yazid (ra): The Orator of the Women | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/asma-bint-yazid-ra-the-orator-of-the-women-the-firsts.md)
- [Umm Waraqa bint Abdullah (ra): The Martyred Hafidha | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-waraqa-bint-abdullah-ra-the-martyred-hafidha-the-firsts.md)
- [Ubayy ibn Ka'b (ra): The Master of all Reciters | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ubayy-ibn-kab-ra-the-master-of-all-reciters-the-firsts.md)
- [Muadh Ibn Jabal (ra): Most Knowledgeable & Beloved | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/muadh-ibn-jabal-ra-most-knowledgeable-and-beloved-the-firsts.md)
- [Zayd ibn Thabit (ra): The Scribe of the Prophet ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zayd-ibn-thabit-ra-the-scribe-of-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (ra): The Woman Warrior | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/nusaybah-bint-kaab-ra-the-woman-warrior-the-firsts.md)
- [Hassan Ibn Thabit (ra): The Master of All Poets | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/hassan-ibn-thabit-ra-the-master-of-all-poets-the-firsts.md)
- [Ka'ab Ibn Malik (ra): The Greatest Story of Repentance | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/kaab-ibn-malik-ra-the-greatest-story-of-repentance-the-firsts.md)
- [Abdullah Ibn Rawahah (ra): The Warrior Poet | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-rawahah-ra-the-warrior-poet-the-firsts.md)
- [Abu Darda (ra): The Scholar Who Wouldn't Sleep | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-darda-ra-the-scholar-who-wouldnt-sleep-the-firsts.md)
- [Salman Al Farsi (ra): Back to Persia | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/salman-al-farsi-ra-back-to-persia-the-firsts.md)
- [Salman Al Farsi (ra): The Truth Seeker | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/salman-al-farsi-ra-the-truth-seeker-the-firsts.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Salam (ra): The Righteous Rabbi | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-salam-ra-the-righteous-rabbi-the-firsts.md)
- [Abu Ayyub Al Ansari (ra): The Host of the Prophet | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-ayyub-al-ansari-ra-the-host-of-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Al Bara' Ibn Malik (ra): The Underestimated Hero | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/al-bara-ibn-malik-ra-the-underestimated-hero-the-firsts.md)
- [Ubadah ibn al-Samit (ra): A Man Equal to a Thousand Men | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ubadah-ibn-al-samit-ra-a-man-equal-to-a-thousand-men-the-firsts.md)
- [Umm Haram (ra): When Dreams Come True | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-haram-ra-when-dreams-come-true-the-firsts.md)
- [Anas ibn Malik (ra): In Service of the Beloved | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/anas-ibn-malik-ra-in-service-of-the-beloved-the-firsts.md)
- [Umm Sulaym (ra): Her Dowry Was Islam | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-sulaym-ra-her-dowry-was-islam-the-firsts.md)
- [Sa'ad Ibn Ubadah (ra): The Generous Chief | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/saad-ibn-ubadah-ra-the-generous-chief-the-firsts.md)
- [Sa'ad Ibn Muadh (ra): The Man Who Shook The Throne | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/saad-ibn-muadh-ra-the-man-who-shook-the-throne-the-firsts.md)
- [Usayd Ibn Hudayr (ra): Transformed by the Quran | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/usayd-ibn-hudayr-ra-transformed-by-the-quran-the-firsts.md)
- [As’ad Ibn Zurara (ra): The First Convert of Madinah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/asad-ibn-zurara-ra-the-first-convert-of-madinah-the-firsts.md)
- [Loving the Ansar | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/loving-the-ansar-the-firsts.md)
- [Mihja, Umayr, and Ubayda (ra): The Martyrs of Badr | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/mihja-umayr-and-ubayda-the-martyrs-of-badr-the-firsts.md)
- [Umm Kulthum Bint Uqbah Ibn Abi Muayt (ra): The Enemy's Daughter | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-kulthum-bint-uqbah-ibn-abi-muayt-the-firsts.md)
- [Zinneera (ra) and Aflah (ra): The Tortured Ones | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zinneera-ra-and-aflah-ra-the-tortured-ones-the-firsts.md)
- [Amir Ibn Fuhayra (ra): The Guide on the Hijrah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/amir-ibn-fuhayra-ra-the-guide-on-the-hijrah-the-firsts.md)
- [Anisa, Al-Numan, and Amir (ra): On A Boat From Abysinnia | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/anisa-al-numan-and-amir-ra-on-a-boat-from-abysinnia-the-firsts.md)
- [Rayta Bint Al-Harith (ra): Poisoned on the Way | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/rayta-bint-al-harith-poisoned-on-the-way-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Khalid Ibn Sa’id Ibn al-'As (ra): A Dream of the Prophet | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khalid-ibn-said-ibn-al-as-ra-a-dream-of-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Subay'a Al-Aslamiyya (ra): The Iddah of a Widow | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/subaya-al-aslamiyya-ra-the-iddah-of-a-widow-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Nuaym Ibn Abdullah (ra): Redirecting History | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/nuaym-ibn-abdullah-redirecting-history-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Ukasha ibn al-Mihsan (ra): He Beat You To It | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ukasha-ibn-al-mihsan-ra-he-beat-you-to-it-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Zaynab Bint Khuzayma (ra): The Mother of the Poor | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zaynab-bint-khuzayma-ra-the-mother-of-the-poor-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Abu Ahmad Abd Ibn Jahsh (ra): The Other Blind Companion | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-ahmad-abd-ibn-jahsh-ra-the-other-blind-companion-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Jahsh (ra): An Accepted Prayer | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-jahsh-ra-an-accepted-prayer-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Shurahbil Ibn Hasana (ra): The Scribe and Commander | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/shurahbil-ibn-hasana-ra-the-scribe-and-commander-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Utbah ibn Ghazwan (ra) | The Humble Governor | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/utbah-ibn-ghazwan-ra-the-humble-governor-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah (ra) - The Guilt Trip That Led To Captivity | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ayyash-ibn-abi-rabiah-ra-the-guilt-trip-that-led-to-captivity-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Atika bint Zayd (ra) - The Wife of Many Martyrs | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/atika-bint-zayd-ra-the-wife-of-many-martyrs-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Hudhafah (ra): The Man Who Wouldn't Flinch | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-hudhafah-ra-the-man-who-wouldnt-flinch-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Khunais ibn Hudhafah (ra): The First Husband of Hafsa (ra) | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khunais-ibn-hudhafah-ra-the-first-husband-of-hafsa-ra-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Al-Shifa bint Abdullah (ra): The Healer and Scholar | The Firsts Shorts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/al-shifa-bint-abdullah-ra-the-healer-and-scholar-the-firsts-shorts.md)
- [Musab Ibn Umair (ra): The Man Who Gave It All | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/musab-ibn-umair-ra-the-man-who-gave-it-all-the-firsts.md)
- [Abdullah Ibn Umm Maktum (ra): After Abasa | The Firsts with Dr. Omar Suleiman](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-umm-maktum-after-abasa-the-firsts.md)
- [Abu Jandal, Abdullah, & Suhayl Ibn Amr (ra) : Switching Sides | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-jandal-abdullah-suhayl-ibn-amr-ra-switching-sides-the-firsts.md)
- [Omar Ibn Al Khattab (ra): His Leadership, His Legacy, His Death | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/omar-ibn-al-khattab-his-leadership-his-legacy-his-death-the-firsts.md)
- [Omar Ibn Al Khattab (ra): The Opening of Jerusalem | The Firsts with Dr. Omar Suleiman](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/omar-ibn-al-khattab-ra-the-opening-of-jerusalem-the-firsts-with-dr-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Omar Ibn Al Khattab (ra): 10 Unique Virtues | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/omar-ibn-al-khattab-10-unique-virtues-the-firsts.md)
- [Omar Ibn Al Khattab (ra) - The Convert Who Changed The World | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/omar-ibn-al-khattab-the-convert-who-changed-the-world-the-firsts.md)
- [Khawla Bint Hakim & Uthman Ibn Madhun: The Righteous Couple | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khawla-bint-hakim-and-uthman-ibn-madhun-the-righteous-couple-the-firsts.md)
- [Miqdad Ibn Aswad (ra) : Better Than A Thousand Men | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/miqdad-ibn-aswad-better-than-a-thousand-men-the-firsts.md)
- [Hamza Ibn Abdulmuttalib (ra): The Lion of Allah | The Firsts by Dr. Omar Suleiman](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/hamza-ibn-abdulmuttalib-the-lion-of-allah.md)
- [Abdurrahman Ibn Awf (ra): A Generous Soul](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdurrahman-ibn-awf-a-generous-soul.md)
- [Abu Ubaydah Ibn Al Jarrah (ra): The Trustworthy One](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-ubaydah-ibn-al-jarrah-ra-the-trustworthy-one.md)
- [Sawda Bint Zama’a (ra): The Prophet’s Joy](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/sawda-bint-zamaa-ra-the-prophets-joy.md)
- [Saalim Mawla Abu Hudhaifa (ra) : The Imam of the People of Quran](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/saalim-mawla-abu-hudhaifa-the-imam-of-the-people-of-quran.md)
- [Abu Hudhaifa Ibn Utbah (ra): Seeking Another Status](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-hudhaifa-ibn-utbah-seeking-another-status.md)
- [Talha Ibn Ubaydillah (ra): The Living Martyr](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/talha-ibn-ubaydillah-the-living-martyr.md)
- [Asma Bint Abi Bakr (ra) : The Possessor of Two Waist Belts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/asma-bint-abi-bakr-the-possessor-of-two-waist-belts.md)
- [Zubayr Ibn Awwam (ra): The Disciple](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zubayr-ibn-awwam-the-disciple.md)
- [Saffiyah Bint Abdul Mutallib (ra) : A Warrior Aunt](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/saffiyah-bint-abdul-mutallib-a-warrior-aunt.md)
- [Umm Habiba (ra) - Part 2: Royalty Redefined](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-habiba-ra-part-2-royalty-redefined.md)
- [Umm Habiba (ra): A Dream Come True (Part 1)](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-habiba-ra-a-dream-come-true-part-1.md)
- [Umm Salama (ra): A Legacy of Wisdom (Part 2)](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-salama-ra-a-legacy-of-wisdom-part-2.md)
- [Umm Salama (ra): A Separated Family (Part 1)](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-salama-a-separated-family-part-1.md)
- [Najashi - Ashama Ibn Abjar (ra): The Righteous King](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/najashi-ashama-ibn-abjar-the-righteous-king.md)
- [Jafar Ibn Abi Talib (ra): Flying in Paradise](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/jafar-ibn-abi-talib-flying-in-paradise.md)
- [Abu Dharr Al Ghifari (ra): Living and Dying Alone](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-dharr-al-ghifari-ra-living-and-dying-alone.md)
- [Abdullah Ibn Masood (ra): A Mighty Legacy of Qur'an](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-masood-ra-a-mighty-legacy-of-quran.md)
- [Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas (ra): His Prayers Always Answered](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/saad-ibn-abi-waqqas-his-prayers-always-answered.md)
- [Uthman Ibn Affan (ra) - Part 2: The Possessor of Two Lights](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/uthman-ibn-affan-the-possessor-of-two-lights-2.md)
- [Uthman Ibn Affan (ra): The Possessor of Two Lights](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/uthman-ibn-affan-the-possessor-of-two-lights.md)
- [Zaynab Bint Muhammad (saw): The First Daughter (ra)](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zaynab-bint-muhammad-the-first-daughter.md)
- [Lubaba Bint Al-Harith (ra): The First Woman After Khadijah (ra)](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/lubaba-bint-al-harith-ra-the-first-woman-after-khadijah-ra.md)
- [Al-Arqam Ibn Abil Arqam: The House of Islam](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/al-arqam-ibn-abil-arqam-the-house-of-islam.md)
- [Suhaib Ibn Sinan Al Rumi (ra): From Persia, to Rome, to Paradise](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/suhaib-ibn-sinan-al-rumi-from-persia-to-rome-to-paradise.md)
- [Bilal ibn Rabah (ra): The Voice of Certainty](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/bilal-ibn-rabah-the-voice-of-certainty-the-firsts.md)
- [Khabbab Ibn Al Aratt (ra) - Under Burning Hot Coals](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khabbab-ibn-al-aratt-under-burning-hot-coals.md)
- [Sumayyah (ra): The First Martyr](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/sumayyah-the-first-martyr.md)
- [Zayd Ibn Al Haritha (ra): Loved and Liberated](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zayd-ibn-al-haritha-loved-and-liberated.md)
- [The Plague that Killed Sahaba and the Coronavirus](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-plague-that-killed-sahaba-and-the-coronavirus.md)
- [Abu Bakr (ra) - Part 3: There Will Never Be Another One](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-bakr-part-3-there-will-never-be-another-one.md)
- [Abu Bakr (ra) - Part 2: Setting His Own Standards](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-bakr-al-siddiq-part-2-setting-his-own-standards-lecture.md)
- [Abu Bakr (ra): Second to None in the Pursuit of God](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-bakr-al-siddiq-second-to-none-in-the-pursuit-of-god.md)
- [The First Family - Part 2: From Love to the Pain of Death](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-first-family-part-2-from-love-to-the-pain-of-death.md)
- [The First Family: The Beautiful Marriage of Ali and Fatima](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-beautiful-marriage-of-ali-and-fatima.md)
- [Ali ibn Abi Talib (ra): Courageous & Steadfast](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ali-ibn-abi-talib-courageous-and-steadfast.md)
- [Umm Ayman (ra): The Woman Who Never Stopped Caring](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-ayman-the-woman-who-never-stopped-caring.md)
- [Khadijah (ra): His First Love, Our First Mother](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khadijah-his-first-love-our-first-mother.md)
- [Waraqa Ibn Nawfal: The First to Confirm Prophethood](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/waraqa-ibn-nawfal-the-first-to-confirm-prophethood.md)
- [Zaid Ibn Amr (ra): A One Man Ummah](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zaid-ibn-amr-a-one-man-ummah.md)
- [Trendsetters, Revivers, and Strangers](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/trendsetters-revivers-and-strangers-the-firsts-series.md)
- [The Firsts | The Forerunners of Islam](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-firsts-the-forerunners-of-islam.md)