# Thumama ibn Uthal (ra): The most powerful Muslim of his time? | The Firsts

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam
**Published:** 2024-09-03
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/pv0KY-ZH8RY
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/thumama-ibn-uthal-the-most-powerful-muslim-of-his-time-the-firsts-omar-suleiman
**Topics:** History, Life of the Prophet (seerah)

## Description
The Quraysh abuse a man who is performing umrah. But they quickly realize the consequences, because he may have been the most powerful Muslim in the world at the time. The Firsts is a weekly video series that chronicles the lives of the Sahaba (the companions of the Prophet ﷺ) during and after the...

## Transcript
**[0:00]** The Prophet's Assassins So alhamdulillah, last week we spoke about someone who was an important insert in the story of assassins or attempted assassins of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

**[0:17]** And he is the only man who you could call the assassin of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam because the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam dispatched him of course to kill Ka'b ibn Ashraf after all of the difficulty that he caused the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. But as we said, the majority of those that sought to assassinate the Prophet

**[0:37]** sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam forgave them and they ended up becoming Muslim. Now we talked about Muhammad ibn Maslama radiyaAllahu anhu because he is important to the story of the man that we are covering today. And subhanAllah, the man that we're covering today is one of those people in Islamic history who you get a piece

**[0:54]** of his story and everyone knows the piece but no one knows the whole or very few people know the whole. It's a small piece that constantly is cited as an example of how to show mercy to someone and that is the story of Thumama ibn Uthal radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu. But just

**[1:14]** to give you a little bit of a road map of what we're going to be doing. So Thumama is the last full story of an attempted assassin of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Next time we're going to cover two sections either as one or two. All of the assassination

**[1:29]** attempts on the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam that ended up with repentance so everything we haven't covered thus far and then a very interesting section and I'm going to give you an assignment false prophets who repented. And inshAllah I'm going to give you an assignment

**[1:46]** if you can find who is a false prophet who died a shaheed. Very interesting man. False prophet who died a shaheed. So inshAllah ta'ala today we're going to speak about Thumama ibn Uthal or ibn Athal radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu. And there's a lot of historical context to

**[2:04]** this man. He's known as the man who boycotted Mecca. So when this entire episode of genocide unfolded one of the questions that was asked was can we boycott? Where do boycotts come from? Do they have a place, a precedence in our Islamic history? And you might have

**[2:23]** heard the story of Thumama radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu cited as an example of someone who actually did place the enemy under boycott as a means of getting them to reduce their oppression of the Muslims. But the history of this man. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam initiates

**[2:39]** the treaty of Hudaybiyyah with Quraish in the year 628, six years after hijrah. And after the treaty of Hudaybiyyah the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sends letters to the kings of the world because this is an opportunity to do da'wah. And the messenger

**[2:57]** of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sent these letters with the intention of showing that the Muslims were now in a place of strength that he could enter into the arena of global diplomacy but more importantly da'wah, calling them to Islam. So it wasn't just forming treaties

**[3:13]** with all of these surrounding leaders from near and from far but also calling them to Islam and calling their people to Islam. Some of the governors and some of the smaller regional heads did embrace Islam but by and large the kings gave the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa

**[3:31]** sallam very negative answers, right? Of course the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam called Najashi to Islam and Najashi radiallahu ta'ala anhu embraced Islam and there is a story that is there. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sent a letter to Heraclius of Rome,

**[3:47]** the Caesar of Rome and invited him to Islam. The Caesar of Rome, Heraclius knew that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was the Prophet, alayhi salatu wa salam. He saw a dream where he understood that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam had come but he was not in a place yet or he did not feel ready to lose his kingdom over embracing the Prophet sallallahu

**[4:07]** alayhi wa sallam. So the famous conversation between him and Abu Sufyan where he asked Abu Sufyan honest questions about the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sends to Misr, to Egypt, to Muqawqis. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sends to Kisra of Persia and of course Kisra, so Muqawqis tries to bribe the Prophet

**[4:26]** sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Kisra tears the letter of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and threatens him with assassination and the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam of course said, may Allah tear his kingdom and his kingdom fell apart. Now when you look

**[4:41]** at some of the other regions and this is where Thumama comes into play. There are regions around the Hijaz, Makkah and Medina. So it wasn't called Saudi Arabia 1400 years ago, I hope everyone knew that right. There is the region of Hijaz and there are regions

**[4:57]** around that don't just have tribal heads but they have what resembles a king. So for example Oman, the region of Oman, the region of Bahrain, not necessarily referring to the country of Bahrain today or the borders of the country of Bahrain but it is generally in that area

**[5:15]** as is generally the case with Oman. You have towards Asham which led to the battle of Mu'tah. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam sends a letter in that direction and Shurahbil ibn Amr al-Ghassani, not Shurahbil ibn Hassanah radiyallahu anhu, Shurahbil murders the ambassador

**[5:34]** of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, right, the one who is carrying the letter to the Ghassani king in the area of Jordan. He murders the ambassador of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam which is a declaration of war and that's what actually led to the battle of Mu'tah. Now in the case of Yemen and Bahrain and Oman and those areas around and Egypt,

**[5:53]** it's understood. But the closest man to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who fits the mould of a king and who actually subhanallah ironically might have been the most powerful Muslim in the world when he became Muslim and that's not an exaggeration is this man

**[6:09]** Thumama ibn Uthal radiyallahu ta'ala anhu. So if you could look at the map, Thumama is the chief of a tribe known as Banu Hanifa and if you look at that middle region, he's different because he's not just the chief but he's also Malik al-Yamama, he's the king

**[6:28]** of Yamama. Yamama basically envelopes Mecca and Medina, okay, it envelopes the entire region. Who can tell me what's north? You all know your maps now, right? North is Asham,

**[6:45]** so you have all the region towards Jordan and Syria and Palestine and Lebanon, right, that's towards the north and Yamama controls the trade routes to Asham because they easily form like little checkpoints and they can border that area there and they can make things very difficult on Mecca in the middle and Medina in the middle. Towards the, is that

**[7:06]** east or west? My east, your west, alright? But that's where you have the region of Iraq and you have the region, you know, where the Prophet ﷺ mentions that Qarnash Shaitan, right, the devil's horn comes from that direction, so Iraq and all the fitan that come from there,

**[7:23]** from that direction, right? So that's on that side. So you're interrupted on the way to Iraq, alright? And then south, you're interrupted on the way to Yemen and of course the Meccans and the people of Medina relied upon the trade route of Yemen and the trade route

**[7:39]** of Asham. So this man is a very dangerous man to the Prophet ﷺ and he's so dangerous that some of the historians, they say that the strategy with him and with Malik al-Yamama and that area was to just not poke them. You want to kind of leave them alone so that Medina

**[7:57]** and Mecca continue and the Prophet ﷺ continues his da'wah but with a person like that, you don't want him to get involved and you don't want his people to get involved. On top of that, Thumama, the bigger tribe that they're intermarried into, Banu Bakr, are known for

**[8:15]** being desert bandits. So he doesn't just envelope the entire region with his kingdom, alright, and you don't want to mess with him. Strategically, politically, economically, you want to avoid his wrath but he also could hurt you if he dispatches some of his bandits in the desert,

**[8:32]** you really can't move from the area of Al-Hijaz, from Mecca and Medina. So that's Yamama, the barrier to the Persian Gulf and to Iraq, engulfing Mecca and Medina, interferes with the southern trade with Yemen, interferes with the northern trade of Asham, northwest of Asham and the

**[8:50]** Prophet ﷺ sends him a letter now because he's in a position where he can do da'wah to these kings and it's not a hostile letter. The king, Thumama ibn Uthal, he doesn't just murder the ambassador, he murders the entire mission, alright. So he responds the way that

**[9:09]** Kisra responded to the letter, the way that the Ghassanis responded to the letter leading to Mu'tah, which means essentially a declaration of war. He killed all of the Sahaba that came to the Prophet ﷺ, that came from the Prophet ﷺ with that letter. So the Prophet ﷺ has

**[9:28]** a dilemma on his hand, right. How do I deal with a man this dangerous, right? Do we go to war with him? Do we try to capture him? Do we engage in a different way? But this is a very dangerous man to upset. Along the way, the Prophet ﷺ dispatches Muhammad ibn

**[9:47]** Maslamah radhiAllahu anhu, we spoke about last week, the Knight of the Prophet ﷺ. Muhammad ibn Maslamah has an interesting job. He takes 30 horsemen and Muhammad ibn Maslamah was the most skilled horseman and they basically go and they fight all of the mercenary tribes

**[10:06]** that were hostile to the Muslims to clean that area out. So remember, Hudaybiyyah meant the Muslims and Quraysh were in a treaty and there were some ally tribes but there are little mercenary groups and bandits that are attacking people. So Muhammad ibn Maslamah's job was to basically

**[10:24]** fend all of them off and so he literally goes around cleaning the desert. What a man, subhanAllah, cleaning the desert with the 30 Sahaba that were with him. One of these knights, he's close to a Najd. By the way, the easiest way for you to know Yamama, Riyadh, alright. I should have just

**[10:46]** said that from the very start. I know using modern names is easier sometimes. So Yamama is basically Riyadh. If you wanted to see the graveyard of the Sahaba who died in Hurub al-Ridha, it is in Riyadh, right. That's at the centre of where Yamama is. So Muhammad ibn Maslamah got far away from Medina,

**[11:02]** okay. He's pretty distant away from Medina at this point and he's hunting a group known as Banu Bakr. I'm going to give you a tangent on Banu Bakr which is really amazing, subhanAllah. These men were known to be mercenaries and they used to call them the shadows of the desert because

**[11:23]** they attack you, they disappear, they attack you, they disappear, you want them on your side. They had a strategy to intermarry with all of the powerful tribes, alright. So they kind of got in with all the powerful tribes and so they're intermarried or Banu Hanifa is actually a part

**[11:39]** in some way. So he's hunting these mercenaries, these groups and basically cleaning the desert from them. The cool tangent of history, subhanAllah, these people were people of Hurub, people of war before Islam and then after Islam. In Jahiliyya, Harw al-Basus, the whole war for 40

**[11:58]** years was incited by them. It shows you who they are. When they became Muslim, they became a skilled battalion of the Muslim army all the way up until the Ottoman Empire. In the Ottoman Empire, Banu Bakr

**[12:14]** still had their own battalion in the Khilafah, subhanAllah, because of how skilled and organized they were in battle. So Muhammad ibn Maslamah radiyAllahu anhu is going around and he's fighting them off. He comes upon this group and he was about seven nights away from Medina and he captures a

**[12:33]** group of Banu Bakr. He manages to kill ten of them and then he takes in the rest as prisoners to come to the Prophet ﷺ, to bring them to the Prophet ﷺ. Now subhanAllah, he did not realize that one of the people he captured was Thumamah, who the Prophet ﷺ had said, we're at war with

**[12:53]** him, right? So if he finds him, he could be killed technically because he's waged war on the Muslims and he's a dangerous man. Why was Thumamah traveling with Banu Bakr? One of two possibilities, either Banu Bakr were like his bodyguards or there was intermarriage and Banu Hanifa is a part of Banu

**[13:09]** Bakr in this regard. But for whatever reason, he was with them. Muhammad ibn Maslamah doesn't know who he is, but he's a big man. He's clearly a powerful man. He has the robes of a king and he comes back to Medina with Thumamah amongst his captives and over 150 camels and over 3,000 sheep

**[13:30]** to Al-Madinah. So he's walking into Medina with his horsemen. I clearly got a powerful group of people. He comes to the Masjid of the Prophet ﷺ. Thumamah is tied up and Thumamah was tall,

**[13:46]** intelligent, a very handsome, awe-inspiring, strong mind, strong body. He looks like an important man and he was dressed in a certain way. The Prophet ﷺ looks up at him and goes, is that Thumamah ibn Athal? Did you really bring Thumamah in this Sariyya? Thumamah was on his way

**[14:08]** to Umrah as a non-Muslim and obviously he does important business as well when he goes to Mecca. Right? He controls the trade routes, he goes for the idols, he goes for the political relationships, but Thumamah was going to Umrah as a non-Muslim and Muhammad ibn Maslamah, radiAllahu anhu,

**[14:26]** accidentally captured him and he brings him to the Prophet ﷺ. When the Prophet ﷺ saw him, he recognized him right away and Muhammad ibn Maslamah was like, wait, that's Thumamah? Prophet ﷺ says, that's Thumamah. What's he going to do with him? Now we know, most of us know this

**[14:43]** story, but subhanAllah, what would you do in that point? Crucify him? Make an example? Killing Thumamah would send a chilling message to the leaders of Quraysh, to some of the other leaders in the region. We killed what might have been the most powerful man in the region in this moment,

**[15:01]** right? Which sends a message that you too might be next. Instead the Prophet ﷺ says, tie him to one of the pillars of the masjid and the Prophet ﷺ said, bring to him the best food that you have and the best laban, the best milk that you have. Spoil him with his food and

**[15:21]** milk. Treat him well. So he comes into the masjid, he gets tied into the pillar of a masjid. Imagine being tied in Masjid al-Nabawi, he killed the mission of the Prophet ﷺ, meaning the

**[15:38]** ambassador and those that were sent with him, and he's tied to the masjid. Now subhanAllah, you stop here and you think, like Abdullah ibn Ubaid bin Salul sat in the masjid of the Prophet ﷺ for nine years almost, listening to his khutbas and observing the sahaba. But Allah did not guide him.

**[15:57]** His heart remained diseased with hypocrisy. All of the images did not change him. But if Allah عز و جل wants to turn the heart of a person, just a few hours of witnessing the Muslims can change them. What is he doing? He's tied in the masjid, the salah goes on, the Muslims come to him,

**[16:14]** they treat him well, they give him good words, they give him good food. He's like, who are these people? They're extremely nice to him. There's also another element, subhanAllah, to this that the masjid of the Prophet ﷺ did not used to do open houses. It was always an open house.

**[16:32]** And how do you know that your masjid has arrived and may Allah عز و جل make our masjid as such that if a non-Muslim could walk in at any time, their hearts would be moved towards Islam, bi-idhnillah. That we have that protocol, we have that process. As soon as anyone walks into the masjid, they see the beauty of the character, they are amazed by the beauty of the worship,

**[16:51]** they're going to be treated in a certain way, they're not going to be looked at suspicious and weirdly like, what are you doing here? They're going to be treated that way. Like the Prophet ﷺ did not have a Ramadan iftar for non-Muslims once a year and then the rest of it stay out of masjid al-Nabawi. People walked, all types of people walked into the masjid of the Prophet ﷺ. The Bedouin who came

**[17:08]** and urinated and then the most powerful man in Arabia, one of the most powerful men tied up to the pillar. The masjid of the Prophet ﷺ was a place where Muslims were always observed in their natural element. You ask yourself if a non-Muslim was tied and please don't go tie up a non-Muslim to the pillar of Valley Ranch Masjid. But let's just say that a person was tied to the pillar

**[17:29]** and again disclaimer, do not go tie up a non-Muslim to that pillar. But was watching us pray five times a day and was watching us in our natural element, do you think their hearts would be moved to Islam? That's a question. So the Prophet ﷺ said leave him. The hadith is in the chapter of

**[17:46]** Al-Bukhari, Baab Wafti Bani Hanifa. وَحَدِيثِ ثُمَامَةِ ابْنُ أَثْءُثَالَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ The chapter of the delegation of Bani Hanifa and subhanAllah some of the scholars said in the Sharh of Bukhari that even though, like in the explanation of Sahih al-Bukhari, even though he

**[18:03]** was one man, his Islam would be so significant it was like an entire kingdom entering into Islam. So it's like a waft, it's like a delegation or it started the process of Bani Hanifa coming to Islam.

**[18:18]** Abu Huraira (رضي الله عنه) narrates it that the Prophet ﷺ sent some of his soldiers towards a Najd and they captured this man from Bani Hanifa who was the king of Yamama and his name was Thumama ibn Uthal and they fastened him to one of the pillars of the Masjid and the Prophet ﷺ

**[18:39]** came up to him. فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَنِهِ وَسَلَمَ فَقَالَ مَا عِنْدَكَ يَا ثُمَامَةِ Prophet ﷺ said, what do you have to offer O Thumama? ما عندك يا ثُمَامَةِ ما عندك could mean so many different things.

**[18:56]** It could mean, what do you have to say for yourself? Or, look, you're a really powerful man, you can finance the entire Muslim army, what's in your pockets, what can you go and bring us back? ما عندك, what do you have O Thumama? What do you think?

**[19:12]** And he responds, and he says عِنْدِي خَيْرِ يَا مُحَمَّدِ I have a lot of good to offer you O Muhammad. He said, إِن تَقْتُلْنِي تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمْ He said, listen, first of all, if you kill me, you're going to kill a man

**[19:28]** for whom his blood will be avenged, meaning people will come and shed blood in Medina. You're in trouble if you kill me. So it wouldn't be smart for you or wise for you, and that shows you the dignity or the ego or a mixture of the two. Of Thumama tied to the pillar of the Masjid, he's speaking with a lot of pride,

**[19:45]** right, for a man tied up to the pillar of a Masjid, he's still talking big. Says, you kill me, a bunch of people are going to kill your people. تَقْتُلْ ذَا دَمْ وَإِن تُنْعِمْ تُنْعِمْ عَلَى شَاكِرِ If you show me a... favor, you're showing your favor to a man who is very grateful.

**[20:04]** So, the شُكُر that will come, a little more ambiguous, right? The way that I'll help you, you'll see. You do me a favor, and some of your political problems, some of your economic woes, some of that will go away. And he says, وَإِن كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْمَالِ فَسَلْ مِنْهُ مَا شِئْتْ

**[20:20]** And he said, if you want money, this is all about finances, just tell me what you want. Ask, give me the amount, I can get you that amount. If you want a billion dollars, the equivalent of it, I'll get you the money. Prophet ﷺ simply smiles at him and walks away.

**[20:36]** So, he observes another day of Fajr and Dhuhr and Asr and Maghrib. Prophet ﷺ leads the Muslims in Maghrib. Prophet ﷺ walks up to him again, and he says, ما عندك يا ثمامة؟ What do you have, O Thumamah? He asked him the same question.

**[20:51]** Said the same thing as yesterday. You kill me, blood will be shed. And if you show me goodness, you will show goodness to a grateful man. And if you want money, name the price. Prophet ﷺ smiles at him and leaves him again.

**[21:07]** He comes to him the third day. ما عندك يا ثمامة؟ What do you have, O Thumamah? He says the same thing to him. And the Prophet ﷺ says to him, in fact, he says, عندي ما قلت لك. I have what I already told you. I'm not going to repeat my sentences to you again.

**[21:24]** I already told you the three options when it comes to me. Now, SubhanAllah, the Prophet ﷺ says to him, after three days of being in the masjid, he just says to the Sahaba, أطلقوا ثمامة. Let him go. This is a strange way to deal with the situation in the moment.

**[21:43]** Like if you don't know where this is going. No money. It's halal to get some money from him. The spoils of war, you just, and this man just killed some of the companions. No revenge. You're not going to take him out. You're not going to, you know,

**[21:58]** send a message by hurting him in some way, maiming him in some way, which was very common for the Arabs, right? And very common in war, right? You're not going to send him back with something like a cut off ear or some cut off fingers or something like that for killing after receiving your letter.

**[22:14]** Nothing. You're not going to ask anything from him, Ya Rasulullah. No prisoner exchange. Nothing. Just go. أطلق ثمامة So no price, no money, no vengeance, no conditions.

**[22:30]** If Umama leaves the masjid, then people are looking around like, what just happened here? How did we just let go of such a powerful man? But subhanAllah, maybe that Allah revealed something to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, or the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam saw something in him, right?

**[22:45]** But clearly the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam knew that something had changed. Thumama, being the proud man that he is, Thumama had already decided to become Muslim while he was in captivity. But he didn't want to become Muslim in captivity

**[23:01]** so that his people did not say that he became Muslim because he was a hostage. He became Muslim as a captive. So he goes to the area of Al-Baqi' and he finds a tree, and he takes some water, and he does ghusl under a tree outside of Al-Baqi'.

**[23:21]** Then he walks into the masjid and without introduction, he says, Everyone looks at him like, what? What just happened? No, as-salamu alaykum. No, I want to talk to you about Islam now.

**[23:36]** He walks into the masjid and in a loud voice, he says his shahada. Ash-hadu an la ilaha illallah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan rasool Allah. I bear witness that there is only one God and that you are his messenger. Prophet ﷺ so pleased,

**[23:53]** Prophet ﷺ tells him to come forward. He comes to the messenger of Allah ﷺ and embraces him now as a Muslim. And then he says to the Prophet ﷺ, Ya Muhammad, wallahi ma kana ala al-ardi wajhun abghada ilayya min wajhik.

**[24:09]** SubhanAllah, it's a very descriptive part of his conversation. He says there was no face on the face of the earth that I hated more than your face. I hated the look of you. I hated your face.

**[24:25]** I hated you when I saw you ﷺ. Faqad asbaha wajhuka ahabbal wajuhi ilayya. And now your face is the most beloved face in the world to me. Wallahi ma kana min deenin abghada ilayya min deenik.

**[24:40]** He said out of all the religions in the world, I hated your religion the most. He's an idol worshiper. He said I did not hate a religion more than I hated your religion. Faasbaha deenuk ahabbal deeni ilayya. And now your religion is the most beloved religion to me.

**[24:57]** And he says, wallahi ma kana min baladin abghada ilayya min baladik. Faasbaha baladuka ahabbal biladi ilayya. And I did not hate a land more than I hated your land. And now your land, al-Madinah, is the most beloved land in the world to me.

**[25:13]** Which shows you, by the way, some of the scholars mentioned this and saying loving Madinah is a sign of iman. When faith enters the heart, hubb al-Madinah enters the heart. Loving the Madinah, the city of the Prophet ﷺ enters the heart. And some of the scholars said this is one of the proofs that you gauge the state of your iman by your love of Madinah.

**[25:33]** SubhanAllah. So imagine for now, I wanted to kill him ﷺ, I wanted to end his religion, and I wanted to choke off that territory of al-Madinah. It was the most hated place. I look at it on earth, and it resembles to him what a certain illegal settler colonial state resembles to us.

**[25:52]** I hated it. But now, it's the most beloved place in the world to me. And then he says to the Prophet ﷺ, he says, وَإِنَّ خَيْلَكَ أَخَذَتْنِي وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةِ He said, now I have a dilemma. Your battalion, he points to Muhammad ibn Maslamah,

**[26:10]** they caught me when I was on my way to Umrah. فَمَاذَا تَرَى؟ So what do I do now? Do I go to Umrah? Do I go back to Yamamah? Do I stay in Madinah? Now I'm Muslim, what do I do? I embraced Islam so that no one would say I did it under compulsion.

**[26:25]** And subhanAllah, this shows you by the way, that every story is so unique. Like look at Safwan ibn Umayyah, who we talked about. Safwan ibn Umayyah, who even in that time says, give me two months to think about it. Even when he's done it all. And the Prophet ﷺ gives him so much to soften his heart to Islam.

**[26:41]** Here, this man, he was risking death. The Prophet ﷺ could have said, I'm gonna kill you because of what you did. You're not reasoning with me. But he wanted to have that independent entrance into Islam, so he could be sincere for the sake of Allah. He says, فَمَاذَا تَرَى؟

**[26:57]** So the Prophet ﷺ told him, اِعْتَمَرْ Go and do Umrah as a Muslim. This makes him, by the way, subhanAllah, the first Muslim to do Umrah as a Muslim.

**[27:12]** Because Umrah tul Qadha was the next year, the make up Umrah. So he's the first Muslim to go with the Umrah of Islam. SubhanAllah. This hostile king is now gonna go perform Umrah.

**[27:28]** So he goes to Dhul-Halaifah. He takes his instructions from the Prophet ﷺ, his how to do Umrah, right? As a Muslim now. He enters into his Ihram. And he makes his way to Mecca.

**[27:43]** He enters into Mecca, and it's not an unfamiliar sight to see Thumamah entering into Mecca. Everybody knows Thumamah, everyone knows the king of Yamamah is here. So seeing Thumamah walking in and doing Umrah, okay, not so unfamiliar. But his Talbiya,

**[27:59]** he's the first person to do the Talbiya of Islam. Because the Talbiya, the chant in Jahiliyyah was, لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَيْكِ إِلَّا شَرِيكًا هُوَ لَكَ تَمْلِكُهُ وَمَا مَلَكُ That's what they would say.

**[28:15]** That there is no God besides you, except for a God that you own, and that which he possesses, meaning the idols. So there's no shirk except for shirk. That was basically Talbiya before Islam. That's how they ruined the religion of Ibrahim (عليه السلام). They took the monotheism of Abraham, and they modified it.

**[28:30]** So they added idols around the Kaaba, which was built for the worship of one God by Abraham, by Ibrahim (عليه السلام). And then they modified the Talbiya to say, the fine print, there is no shirk except for shirk. Our shirk is still okay, because the idols are still inferior to the God

**[28:47]** that's in the heavens. So he walks into Mecca. And imagine the sight. He comes in by himself. لَبَيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَيْكَ لَبَيْكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ لَبَيْكِ إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ لَا شَرِيْكَ لَكَ لَبَيْكَ اللَّهُ

**[29:03]** Imagine the one man, the first Muslim walking in, and everyone in Mecca is looking at him like, wait, what is happening here? Is he doing what we think he's doing? Now some of the youth, who were going to regret this, they immediately went and they jumped on him

**[29:19]** to roughen him up. And then some of the elders of Mecca were like, back off! That's Thumama. If he severs the trade routes, we're done. Don't mess with him. So they said to Thumama, Abu Sufyan and some of the elders, they said,

**[29:34]** يَا ثُمَامَ أَسَبَوْتْ يَعْنِي تَرَكْتَ دِينَكْ Did you become a Sabian means did you leave your religion? The same thing they asked Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله تعالى عنه. He said, لا ولكني أسلمت مع محمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

**[29:49]** He said, no, but I became Muslim with Muhammad, the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم. And they were like, wow, now we have to deal with the guy who envelopes Mecca and Medina, the king is a Muslim.

**[30:05]** What do we do? Do we kill him? Do we back off? These people are hypocrites at the end of the day, you know, in terms of the political sense, some of them became Muslim and Muslim, of course later on, but they have to be diplomatic here. They've got to do the political stuff, right? So apologies and you know,

**[30:21]** we didn't know and go ahead and finish your Umrah. We don't want to mess with Thumama ibn Uthal. But Thumama said, you guys mistreated me. I don't like the way you're acting. Those young people, one of them pulled an arrow out on me and they're trying to calm the situation down.

**[30:37]** Like no, no, you're okay. You're one of the good Muslims or the only good Muslim will tolerate you. And Thumama says to them,

**[30:55]** said, listen to me. I swear by Allah that not a grain of barley will reach you people until you get permission or until Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasalam gives me permission. They're hoping he's exaggerating.

**[31:11]** They're not dumb enough to kill him and then have Yamama descend upon them. Right? They're hoping, they're hoping that he's exaggerating. But subhanAllah, he goes back and you know, this isn't just words.

**[31:27]** He cut off all the trade routes to Mecca. So barley did not reach them. Grain did not reach them and nothing grows in Mecca. So what happened to them? They actually started to starve. It actually had an impact.

**[31:44]** Pause for a moment and talk about BDS and no, we should, you know, boycotting the occupation and we should, we should strive for peace. You put a bully in his place. You put a bully in his place because if a bully

**[31:59]** in this situation, right, does not fear accountability, you have what you have today. And so subhanAllah, even the global peaceful protest of boycott is being cracked down upon because of the impact that it's having. Say no, no, but it doesn't mean anything.

**[32:15]** Then why did Starbucks just fire its CEO? Why is it emptying out in different parts of the world? That's to the head of or that's to a criminal state punishing the political leadership of a criminal state. Thumama places Mecca under boycott and you cannot underestimate

**[32:33]** the politics of this in Hudaibiyah because now we're not in a state of active war here. We're in a treaty and the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam seemingly was humiliated in Hudaibiyah because he accepted terms that were unfavorable to him and they they've been persecuting and oppressing the Muslims all this time.

**[32:51]** And how bad did it get in Mecca? It actually did have an effect as the narration goes on that they had to eat al ilhiz. Does anyone know what al ilhiz is? Anybody? You read this in the Hadith? It's very interesting. I went down a rabbit hole.

**[33:07]** All right, al ilhiz is when you take blood and you wrap it in a skin, you wrap it in fur. It's it's it sounds gross because it's supposed to sound gross, but you put blood in some sort of a cover fur and you fry it so that it can keep you hydrated and you don't starve.

**[33:22]** It's an anti starvation tactic. So things got extremely difficult in Mecca to the point that they started to starve and they had to start to eat things. Now, subhanAllah, when they boycotted the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam and they threw him and his family into the valley, what did they have to eat?

**[33:39]** They ate skins, they fried, they fried whatever they could find. They, you know, Sa'd radiyaAllahu anhu gives that painful memory where he says that I urinated and I realized there was a hard surface and there was a bone there and you had to turn the bone into powder. You see what hunger does to people?

**[33:55]** And that's why al ju' is such a crime. Starvation is a crime in Islam. It is a crime to put people in starvation intentionally. It's a crime to put an animal in starvation intentionally. That could put you in hellfire forever, right? What a crime, right? So Mecca starts to starve.

**[34:13]** And then what happens? Everything they did to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. Abu Sufyan sends a letter to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. SubhanAllah, full circle moment. And what does Abu Sufyan say? He says,

**[34:32]** He said, I'm pleading to you in the name of Allah and our family ties. Come on, like basically and the gist of it is, like it's one thing when we do this to each other, but we can't let anyone else do this to us. Like, yeah, we starved you and we put you through some difficult times and we fought and we've traded blows.

**[34:48]** But are you really going to let someone do this to your cousins and to your family back in Mecca? Who of course ran you out and killed your family and put you in boycotts and has been subjecting you to torture for almost two decades. Now, are you really going to do this to us?

**[35:04]** And Abu Sufyan even tries to guilt trip the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. And he says to him in this letter, You say that you were sent as a mercy to the world. And he says to him,

**[35:23]** SubhanAllah, the nerve. You killed the fathers with the swords and you're killing the children with starvation. Everything they did to him, they did to the Muslims. Right? But he's trying to guilt the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam. And he's saying, please, for our family ties,

**[35:40]** can you talk to Thumama to end the embargo and the boycott? And you know what? The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam says, yes, I will. Now, the dynamics here, of course, he is rahmatan lil'alameen,

**[35:55]** salallahu alayhi wasalam, he is a mercy to the world and the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam does not want to harm people who have nothing to do with this. That's one. The scholars talk about the benefits of this. Number two, the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam is softening people's hearts here. So he's softening the hearts of the likes of Abu Sufyan.

**[36:11]** The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah offers an opportunity to finally bring da'wah back to them. Right? So while the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam is doing da'wah to the world, look, I'm not going to do to you what you did to us. And this is the lesson in Islam. They are not our teachers. It's the lesson of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam when he came back to Mecca,

**[36:29]** not with vengeance, doing to them what they did to him, but forgiving them. It's the lesson of Salahuddin when he entered into Jerusalem, not doing to the Crusaders what they did to the Muslims. They are not our teachers. We don't learn our ethics from them. We don't learn our manners from them. So the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam writes a letter to Thumama radiyallahu ta'ala anhu

**[36:48]** and he says, stop disrupting the route to Mecca. Let them be. Fafa'ala. Thumama said, okay. Thumama informs Mecca that I'm letting the grain continue to you because of Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam.

**[37:04]** Like you better thank him. Because I would have starved you to death. Thumama is a political leader. He's like, I would have done to you what you did to him. You're lucky I'm letting it go. But I'm letting it go because the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam let it go. By the way, there is an ayah of Quran, subhanAllah, interestingly,

**[37:21]** that some of the scholars say that is related from the tafsir. In Surah Al-Mu'minoon, وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اَسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ Verse 76 of Surah Al-Mu'minoon. Some of the scholars say this was actually the reason for its revelation. That we have seized them with punishment,

**[37:37]** but they still didn't humble themselves to their Lord, nor did they submissively appeal to Him. Like that would have been a perfect opportunity for them to think about what they did to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam and what they did to the Muslims, and that Allah was humbling them and putting them in their place. But still, at this point, it's still politics.

**[37:54]** It's appeal to the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam on the basis of family. Let it go. Do not hurt us any further than we've been hurt. Al-Hafidh ibn Hajar rahimahullah says, and of course, subhanAllah, as I said, you can't underestimate how much this facilitates

**[38:12]** the eventual Fatih of Mecca. And all of that goes to the Ajr of Musayl ibn... Not Musayl, Muhammad ibn Maslama, radiAllahu ta'ala anhu, who caught Thumama, radiAllahu ta'ala anhu. All the Ajr goes back to him, right? And what the events that followed.

**[38:28]** Al-Hafidh ibn Hajar rahimahullah, he comments on this Hadith with eight benefits, or several of them. The first one, he says, رَبْتُ الكَافِرُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ So at that time, obviously, to tie the disbeliever, to tie the enemy in the Masjid when they attack you,

**[38:43]** to tie them in the Masjid so that they could see the way the Muslims are. So the permissibility of that. He says, الْمَنُّ عَلَى الْأَسِيرِ الْكَافِرِ وَتَعْظِيمُ أَمْرِ الْعَفْوِ عَنِ الْمُسِيءِ لِأَنَّ ثُمَامَةَ أَقْصَمَ أَنَّ بُغْضَهُ إِنْ قَلَبَ حُبًّا فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِبَةٍ

**[39:00]** Very powerful. He said to show goodness to the prisoner and to extol the virtue of forgiveness and pardon because Thumama by his own admission said that his heart changed in a matter of an hour to the Prophet ﷺ. Went from hatred to love.

**[39:17]** And he continues and he says وَفِيهِ الْإِخْتِسَالُ عَنْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ He said and in it is that you should do ghusl that a person showers when they become Muslim. وَفِيهِ أَنَّ الْإِحْسَانَ يُزِيرُ الْبُغْضَ وَيُثْبِتُ الْحُبِّ And in it, it shows that when you show excellence to a person it removes anger and it replaces it with love.

**[39:35]** And he says وَفِيهِ أَنَّ الْكَافِرَ إِذَا أَرَادَ عَمَلَ خَيْرٌ ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ شُرِعَ لَهُ أَن يَسْتَمِرَّ فِي عَمَلِ ذَٰلِكِ الْخَيْرِ And it shows that if a person was not a Muslim and they intended to do something good and then they become Muslim they should continue doing that good.

**[39:50]** Like the Prophet ﷺ lets it go on. And he continues with multiple things. He says and it shows that if there is a maslaha to Islam if there is a goodness towards Islam that a person should choose to show the virtue, the beauty of Islam

**[40:07]** not always the power, right, of might but the power of pardon and forgiveness because he said look how many people became Muslim because of Thumama رضي الله تعالى عنه Like if the Prophet ﷺ made an example out of him

**[40:22]** from the power of might, the story is so different. This takes an entirely different term. Could there have been a political benefit? Yeah, you could say so. Maybe so. But look at the benefits that were reaped instead. And he continues to mention many different things.

**[40:38]** So what happens after? This is usually where the story stops but it doesn't stop. Allah tested these people with the sincerity of their Islam when they had opportunities to turn back on the Prophet ﷺ as it would be politically convenient to do so in certain moments.

**[40:54]** In the case of Thumama رضي الله تعالى عنه the worst fitna came from right under his nose. The worst early fitna of Islam. And that was the fitna, the trial of Musaylimah الكذاب

**[41:09]** Musaylimah, the false prophet. So Thumama comes back, he is Muslim and many of his people embrace Islam with him. But there is still a lot of like why would we in Yamama accept the religion of this man here?

**[41:27]** Mecca and Medina, like we control this area, we control these people, the tribal arrogance that got to them. And they didn't see the Prophet ﷺ, they didn't know the Prophet ﷺ. Why are we accepting that religion? Why are we submitting ourselves to a person like this?

**[41:44]** And so Musaylimah الكذاب rises as the first false prophet in Islam from that region. Now that you saw the map of how encompassing Yamama is, now you can understand the fitna of it.

**[41:59]** When that man claims I'm a prophet and starts to spread through that region that actually I'm a prophet of Allah and I'm going to control this area, that danger is not a small danger. So how did Yamama end up in his control

**[42:16]** and not in Thumama رضي الله تعالى عنه who is actually the king? And subhanAllah the narration says that Thumama, his skin used to crawl. يَكْشَعِرُ جِلْدُهُ مِن ذِكْرِ مُسَيْلِمَةٍ His skin would crawl when you'd mention Musaylimah,

**[42:31]** like he'd shudder out of anger and disgust towards Musaylimah and what Musaylimah did, the fitna of Musaylimah. Of course Musaylimah, the Prophet ﷺ when he sent him, someone, what did he do? He crucified the man, right? Who brought him the letter.

**[42:48]** Musaylimah sent the first letter to the Prophet ﷺ when he was still alive. And it was من مسيلمة رسول الله إلى محمد رسول الله From Musaylimah, the messenger of Allah to Muhammad, the messenger of Allah ﷺ.

**[43:04]** And he says to the Prophet ﷺ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَنِي نَبِيًّا كَمَا بَعَثَكَ نَبِيًّا Allah has sent me as a prophet as he sent you as a prophet. فَإِذَا وَصَلَكَ كِتَابِي هَذَا فَاقْصِمِ الْأَرْضَ بَيْنَنَا نَصْفَيْنَ So when my letter gets to you, let's divide the land by two.

**[43:21]** Like this is the declaration to the Prophet ﷺ. Hey, I'm a prophet, you're a prophet. And he's implying we could do this the easy way. Because he knows the political dynamics that he has the power of that region to turn on the Prophet ﷺ. I'm a prophet, you're a prophet.

**[43:37]** Let's go ahead and divide the land in two. And we can get this over with. Okay? And unfortunately, took the region by storm. Even though Musaylimah was not an impressive person.

**[43:54]** But you know what? Musaylimah starts to gather the troops. He goes and he starts the fitna. And Thumamah essentially loses his relevance. رضي الله عنه إِن يَمَامَ Now Thumamah, if he wasn't sincere in his Islam, he could have said, you know what?

**[44:10]** We can do this, let's run it back. Actually, I can take this man. And so many people are believing in him. He may have preserved his kingdom if he supported Musaylimah. SubhanAllah, look at the sincerity. He might have preserved his kingdom. He essentially loses all control and all authority

**[44:26]** because Musaylimah is taking over the region by storm. Right? With his fitna. So Thumamah, رضي الله عنه, stands up. And he says to them, إِيَّاكُمْ وَأَمْرًا مُظْلِمًا لَا نُورَ فِيهِ

**[44:41]** He was a poetic man. He said, beware of a dark affair. There is no light in it. وَإِنَّهُ لَشَقَاءُ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ أَخَذَ بِهِ مِنكُمْ And it will be deprivation.

**[44:56]** That Allah will write on you, upon you, if you accept this man's message. وَبَلَاءٌ عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ يَأْخُذْ بِهِ مِنْكُمْ يَا بَنِ حَنِيفَةٍ So this is going to end in two ways. Those that follow him

**[45:11]** are going to suffer from deprivation and punishment from Allah that they don't understand. And those, if we continue with this, those that oppose him are going to also be put to a severe trial. This isn't good for us. So beware of it, O Banu Hanifa. And he continued to them,

**[45:28]** and he said, إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا لَا نَبِيَّ مَعَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ He said, as for Muhammad (ﷺ), there is no prophet with him or after him. كَمَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ فِي الْأُلُوهِيَةِهِ

**[45:43]** Just like Allah has no partner in his lordship. فَلَا شَرِيكَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نُبُوَّتِهِ There is no partner with the Prophet (ﷺ), in his prophethood. Wake up people, he's a prophet of Allah. Now subhanAllah, when this is happening,

**[45:59]** what does he then start to quote? Musaylimah had a Quran. His Quran was ridiculous. Some of the verses actually came down, right? Meaning in history, he got passed down in history. It's Quran about food, right?

**[46:15]** And just strange poetry that doesn't even follow proper grammatical schemes. You know when Allah SWT says, وَإِن كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِّمَّا That if you are in doubt about what we have sent upon our servant, فَاتُوا بِسُورَةٍ Bring forth a surah or bring forth an ayah, anything, right?

**[46:32]** To challenge it and they were unable to. So he brought these strange surahs that rival the claims. So, Thumama is like trying to reason with his people. And he says to them, أَيْنَ قَوْلُ مُسَيْلَمَا يَادُفْدَعُ نَقِّي مَاتِ نَقِّينِ

**[46:51]** نِصْفُكِ فِي الْمَاءِ وَنِصْفُكِ فِي الْطِينِ لَا الْمَاءُ تُكَدِّرِينَ وَلَا الشَّارِبُ تَمْنَعِينَ He had a surah called Surat Ad-Dhifda, the surah of the frog. And the surah was, Oh frog, croak and croak as you wish.

**[47:07]** Half of you is in water and half of you is upon land. You do not pollute the water, nor do you prohibit the drinker from being able to drink. Like you don't take enough water. So some poetic nonsense. He says, where is this from?

**[47:42]** He reads some ayat from the Quran, Surah Ghafir, what he knows. He says, are you really comparing Surat Ad-Dhifda to that? Are you really making the claim that this is Quran too and that this fits? And you know, subhanAllah, like he says,

**[47:58]** what an audacious claim for you to accept a liar like this. And you know, he says, that this is not from, which is saying Allah, like it was their dialect. This is not from God.

**[48:13]** There is no way that you people actually think this is from God. Do you remember when Amr ibn Aas (رضي الله عنه) met Musaylimah? If you go back to the Amr ibn Aas lecture. Amr ibn Aas meets him and he says, Musaylimah, I hear that you're a prophet. So what's going on with your prophethood? He said, you know, it's going well. He said, you have some Quran?

**[48:29]** He said, yeah. So he recited to him these words. And Amr ibn Aas said to him, You know that I know that you know, or you know that I know that you know,

**[48:44]** that I know you're a liar. Like we're not, you're not fooling anybody. You know that I know, or I know that you know that I know you're a liar. Actually, I got it now. You know that I know,

**[48:59]** or I know that you know that I know you're a liar. Somewhere around there. Right. But the point is like, we know you're making it up. Right. And he had, he gave to Amr ibn Aas surat al-feel. But his feel was,

**[49:14]** Complete nonsense. That the elephant, let me tell you about the elephant. It has a long trunk. And how little are the creation of Allah that have long trunks. Right. So, so Mama's talking to his people. He's like, what is wrong with you people?

**[49:30]** Because as crazy as it is, cults are not actually sensible. I mean, if you think about the cults of today, like sometimes you look at what a cult leader says, and it's ridiculous. How did you really believe that nonsense?

**[49:47]** Right. You ask someone who follows a cult leader. Did you really believe that? No, but I like the message that, you know, he was giving to, you know, the people of my region or my color. And like, I liked his overall message, but no, I didn't believe in, you know, some octopus that was going to come

**[50:03]** and establish the day of judgment or spaceships or that we're going to. I don't, I didn't believe in all that, but I liked his message. Right. So what did they say about, about him? So Mama is lecturing his people and they responded to him and they said,

**[50:18]** and this is very, very powerful. They said to him, Kaddhabu Rabi'a ahabbu ilayna min sadiqi mudar or the Kaddhabu Bani Hanifa, the liar of Bani Hanifa, ahabbu ilayna min sadiqi Quraysh. The liar of Bani Hanifa is more beloved to us than the truthful one of Quraysh.

**[50:33]** We get it. We know this is Quran and we know that what we have is garbage, but you know what? He's one of us. This religion thing seems to be working for him. His cult is growing. And unfortunately it grew and it grew and it grew and it grew until Musaylimah

**[50:51]** was able to form a formidable force against the Muslims. That was a deep threat, right, to the entire region and to Islam. So Mama (رضي الله تعالى عنه), what he did was at some point he said,

**[51:06]** I'm leaving you all. So he saw the situation. And so he gathered a few of the Muslims that were with him and he went and joined another sahabi by the name of Al-Alaa ibn al-Hadrami (رضي الله تعالى عنه), who was nearby in the Bahrain area. Al-Alaa (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was the commander to Bahrain

**[51:23]** and he joined them. And he says about that, he says, inni wallahi maa araa anuqeema maa haa ulaa waqad ahdathu, I don't see myself staying with these people after they've innovated in this way. wa inna Allaha ta'ala laa dhaaribuhum bi baliyatin

**[51:38]** laa yaqoomoona bihaa walaa yaqaudoon Allah is surely going to strike these people with a test that there's no way they're going to recover from. So he left them and he joined the forces of Al-Alaa ibn al-Hadrami (رضي الله تعالى عنه) to basically fight against his people.

**[51:54]** Right, and that's subhanAllah the way that this all changes. This is only by the way four years after. Right, four years later. And he has to join the forces on the outside. And he has some poetry that he said, da'ana ila tarkid diyanati wal huda musaylamatu al-kathab idh jaa yasja'u

**[52:11]** faya ajaban min ma'sharin qad tataya'u lahu fee sabeelil ghayyi wal ghayyu ashna'u that, you know, he called us to, he's talking about Musaylama. He said he called us to abandon religion and guidance.

**[52:26]** What a liar he is. And he called us and how strange is it that people follow error knowing that the path that follows is far more destructive. Meaning that they're in trouble. Why are they doing this? I can't understand the logic of my people of doing this. And Thumama (رضي الله تعالى عنه)

**[52:42]** waited on the outside of Yamama and when Khalid ibn al-Walid (رضي الله تعالى عنه) arrived, he was introduced to Thumama. Fashakara lahu and he thanked him. Wa'arafa bihi sihhata Islamihi and he knew the goodness of his Islam.

**[52:57]** He thanked him for his sincerity and his honesty and gathering, right, some of the Muslims, those that choose to stay Muslim and fleeing from the fitna Musaylama and then basically joining the forces to fight against this brutal false prophet who was wreaking havoc on the region.

**[53:14]** All of this to say and subhanAllah, really interesting here. I think part of the story and I'll end with this is that where did Thumama (رضي الله عنه) die? We have no idea. How did he die? We have no idea. You could scrape the books of Siyar

**[53:31]** looking for where the man passed away and you cannot find him. This man was that powerful just a few years before that and he left it for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. He left it for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

**[53:47]** and when the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wasalam said to flee fitna if you have to because your religion is more important to you than anything else, that if you've got to flee with everything, then flee. It shows you the sincerity of that man that though he lived a life of kingdom his entire life

**[54:04]** and wealth his entire life and the man could snap a finger and turn the entire region into a region of fear and paralyze it with his might, he'd rather meet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala as an unknown slave somewhere in the mountains

**[54:19]** and that's how he dies (رضي الله تعالى عنه). We don't know where he is. There is no grave of Thumama (رضي الله تعالى عنه) but he goes down in history as this companion of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wasalam who at some point was the most powerful

**[54:37]** or one of the most powerful Muslims in the world, the first Muslim to do Umrah in the time of the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wasalam and the man who placed Mecca under boycott and changed the dynamics of the power and the treaty between the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wasalam

**[54:53]** and his oppressors (رضي الله تعالى عنه) may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala be pleased with him and have mercy on him and allow us to learn from that Allahumma ameen. InshaAllah ta'ala as I said next time we will cover all of the assassination attempts what's left of those who tried to assassinate the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wasalam

**[55:09]** and the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wasalam forgave them as well as others like Musaylima but those that had left their call to false prophethood after the Prophet salAllahu alaihi wasalam InshaAllah ta'ala we will see you all next week Wasalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

## Other Episodes in "The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam"
- [Safina (ra): The Prophet’s ﷺ “Ship” | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-firsts-safina-the-prophets-ship.md)
- [Julaybib (ra): The Most Beautiful Story | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/julaybib-unattractive-but-beautiful-the-firsts.md)
- [Zahir ibn Haram (ra): Low Self-Esteem Until He Met the Prophet ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zahir-ibn-haram-low-self-esteem-until-he-met-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Umm Mahjan (ra): The Woman Who Cleaned the Masjid | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-mahjan-the-woman-who-cleaned-the-masjid-the-firsts.md)
- [Bishr ibn al-Baraa (ra): The Story Behind the Poisoning of the Prophet ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/bishr-ibn-al-baraa-story-behind-poisoning-of-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Al-Baraa ibn Ma’roor (ra): He Made Two Good Mistakes | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/al-baraa-ibn-maroor-he-made-two-good-mistakes-the-firsts.md)
- [Al-Baraa ibn Aazib (ra): With the Prophet ﷺ In the Trenches | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/al-baraa-ibn-aazib-with-the-prophet-in-the-trenches-the-firsts.md)
- [Umayr ibn Sa’d (ra): The Young Man Who Exposed His Father | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umayr-ibn-sad-the-young-man-who-exposed-his-father-the-firsts.md)
- [Zayd ibn al-Arqam (ra): Exposer of Hypocrites | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zayd-ibn-al-arqam-exposer-of-hypocrites-the-firsts.md)
- [Fatima bint Qays (ra): She Preserved Hadiths About Dajjal and Divorce | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/fatima-bint-qays-she-preserved-hadiths-about-dajjal-and-divorce-the-firsts.md)
- [Usama ibn Zayd (ra): The Prophet ﷺ’s Chosen Grandson  | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/usama-ibn-zayd-the-prophets-chosen-grandson-the-firsts-2.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Amr (ra): The One Who Preserved The Sunnah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-amr-the-one-who-preserved-the-sunnah-the-firsts.md)
- [Urwa ibn az-Zubayr (ra): The First Muslim Historian | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/urwa-ibn-zubayr-the-first-muslim-historian-the-firsts.md)
- [Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr (ra): The Defender of Mecca | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-zubayr-the-defender-of-mecca-the-firsts.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Umar (ra): The Prophet’s ﷺ Shadow | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-umar-the-prophets-shadow-the-firsts.md)
- [Qutham ibn Abbas (ra): The Prophet’s ﷺ Lookalike | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/qutham-ibn-abbas-the-prophets-lookalike-the-firsts.md)
- [Ubaydullah ibn Abbas (ra): The Rich Little Brother | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ubaydullah-ibn-abbas-the-rich-little-brother-the-firsts.md)
- [Fadl ibn Abbas (ra): How The Prophet ﷺ Made Him Lower His Gaze | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/fadl-ibn-abbas-how-the-prophet-taught-him-to-lower-his-gaze-the-firsts.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Abbas (ra): The Ocean of Knowledge | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-abbas-the-ocean-of-knowledge-the-firsts.md)
- [The Four Abdullahs (ra) Every Muslim Should Know | Dr. Omar Suleiman](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-four-abdullahs-every-muslim-should-know.md)
- [Abdullah ibn Ja’far (ra): The Story of My Mother’s Ancestor | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abdullah-ibn-jafar-story-of-my-mothers-ancestor-the-firsts.md)
- [Umm Kulthum bint Ali (ra): Daughter of Nobility and Tragedy | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/umm-kulthum-bint-ali-daughter-of-nobility-and-tragedy-the-firsts.md)
- [Zaynab bint Ali (ra): A Voice of Courage | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zaynab-bint-ali-a-voice-of-courage-the-firsts.md)
- [Loving Husayn (ra) and Hating Yazid](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/loving-husayn-and-hating-yazid.md)
- [Husayn ibn Ali (ra): Redefining Victory in Karbala | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/husayn-ibn-ali-redefining-victory-in-karbala-the-firsts.md)
- [Hasan ibn Ali (ra): The Beloved Grandson of the Prophet ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/hasan-ibn-ali-beloved-grandson-of-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [Ammar ibn Yasir (ra): A Legacy of Sacrifice | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ammar-ibn-yasir-a-legacy-of-sacrifice-the-firsts.md)
- [Tamim al-Dari (ra): The Palestinian Sahabi That Met Dajjal | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/tamim-al-dari-the-palestinian-sahabi-that-met-dajjal-the-firsts.md)
- [Jarir ibn Abdullah (ra): The Yusuf of this Ummah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/jarir-ibn-abdullah-the-yusuf-of-this-ummah-the-firsts.md)
- [Adi ibn Hatim al-Tai (ra): From Christian King to Companion | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/adi-ibn-hatim-al-tai-from-christian-king-to-companion-the-firsts.md)
- [Abbad ibn Bishr (ra): The Friend of the Qur’an | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abbad-ibn-bishr-the-friend-of-the-quran-the-firsts.md)
- [Thabit ibn Qays (ra): Promised Jannah After A Sin | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/thabit-ibn-qays-promised-jannah-after-a-sin-the-firsts.md)
- [Zayd ibn al-Khattab (ra): The Quiet Brother of Omar (ra) | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zayd-ibn-al-khattab-the-quiet-brother-of-omar-the-firsts.md)
- [Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid (ra): From False Prophet to Shaheed | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/tulayha-ibn-khuwaylid-from-false-prophet-to-shaheed-the-firsts.md)
- [Ka’b ibn Zuhayr (ra): The Story of the First Burda | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/kab-ibn-zuhayr-the-story-of-the-first-burda-the-firsts.md)
- [Muhammad ibn Maslama (ra): The Knight of Rasulullah ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/muhammad-ibn-maslama-the-knight-of-rasulullah-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [A Foiled Conspiracy: Umayr ibn Wahb (ra) & Safwan ibn Umayyah (ra) | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/a-foiled-conspiracy-umayr-ibn-wahb-and-safwan-ibn-umayyah-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [The Children of Ta’if Who Stoned the Prophet ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-children-of-taif-who-stoned-the-prophet-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Abu Mahdhura (ra): The Kid Who Mocked Adhan | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-mahdhura-the-kid-who-mocked-adhan-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Abu Bakra (ra): The Freed Slave of Allah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-bakra-the-freed-slave-of-allah-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [The Jinn Who Became Muslim | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-jinn-who-became-muslim-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Addas (ra) of Ta’if: The Brother of Yunus (as) | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/addas-of-taif-the-brother-of-yunus-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [The Prophet ﷺ’s Bodyguard: Mughira ibn Shu‘ba (ra) | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-prophet-bodyguard-mughira-ibn-shuba-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Urwa ibn Masud (ra): The Chief Who Resembled Isa (as) | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/urwa-ibn-masud-the-chief-who-resembled-isa-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [The Most Honored Man By The Prophet ﷺ: Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (ra) | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-most-honored-man-by-the-prophet-abbas-ibn-abd-al-muttalib-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [When Allah Guided the Children of Abu Lahab | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/when-allah-guided-the-children-of-abu-lahab-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Hakim ibn Hizam (ra): When Money Stops Mattering | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/hakim-ibn-hizam-when-money-stops-mattering-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Mothers of the Prophet ﷺ: Amina and Halima al-Sa’diyya | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-mothers-of-the-prophet-amina-halima-al-sadiyya-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [The Prophet ﷺ’s Brother: Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith (ra) | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/the-prophets-brother-abu-sufyan-ibn-al-harith-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (ra): Forgiving the Enemy | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-sufyan-ibn-harb-forgiving-the-enemy-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl (ra): The Pious Son of Pharoah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/ikrimah-ibn-abu-jahl-the-pious-son-of-pharoah-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Amr ibn al-As (ra): The Conqueror of Egypt | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/amr-ibn-al-as-the-conqueror-of-egypt-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Amr ibn al-As (ra): His Wicked Father and “Better” Brother | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/amr-ibn-al-as-part-1-his-wicked-father-and-better-brother-the-firsts-omar-suleiman.md)
- [Khalid ibn al-Walid (ra): The Legendary Military General | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khalid-ibn-al-walid-ra-the-legendary-military-general-the-firsts.md)
- [Khalid ibn al-Walid (ra): Becoming the Sword of Allah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/khalid-ibn-al-walid-ra-becoming-the-sword-of-allah-the-firsts.md)
- [Abu Saeed al-Khudri (ra): The Jewel of Madinah | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/abu-saeed-al-khudri-ra-the-jewel-of-madinah-the-firsts.md)
- [Rabiah ibn Kab (ra): Falling in Love with the Prophet ﷺ | The Firsts](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/rabiah-ibn-kab-ra-falling-in-love-with-the-prophet-the-firsts.md)
- [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)