# Zayd ibn al-Khattab (ra): The Quiet Brother of Omar (ra) | The Firsts

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam
**Published:** 2024-09-24
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/pMVFUD0vdBI
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/the-firsts/zayd-ibn-al-khattab-the-quiet-brother-of-omar-the-firsts
**Topics:** History, Life of the Prophet (seerah)

## Description
Siblings with very different personalities can serve Islam in their own ways. Omar ibn al-Khattab (ra) was outspoken and larger-than-life. What about his older brother Zayd (ra), the silent giant of this ummah? The Firsts is a weekly video series that chronicles the lives of the Sahaba (the...

## Transcript
**[0:00]** Who can remember the very first, first that we spoke about in this entire series? So we're on episode 145 or 146.

**[0:18]** Who was the very first person that we spoke about? Anybody know? A man with a single nation. Very good. What's his name though? A man who will be standing on the Day of Judgment as an Ummah by himself.

**[0:36]** Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl. Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was the very first person that we actually spoke about. And this was the man that recognized the truth even before the Prophet (ﷺ), and who Allah guided in so many different ways.

**[0:55]** And the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned that on the Day of Judgment, he would be standing as an Ummah all by himself because he died before the Prophet (ﷺ) received revelation. While he was waiting for the revelation. And he is, if anyone remembers, he is the cousin of Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[1:16]** Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl, Omar ibn al-Khattab ibn Nufayl. Omar (رضي الله عنه)'s father al-Khattab used to torture Zayd because Zayd was talking about the oneness of God, was speaking against the idols,

**[1:31]** was speaking against the evil practices in Mecca at the time. Okay, so it was a Zayd. And then of course, somewhere along the way we had Zayd ibn Haritha, we had Zayd ibn Thabit. There are other Zayds that we did not even cover. But the Zayd that we're covering tonight, SubhanAllah, has to be the most lost Zayd of them all.

**[1:51]** And that is Zayd ibn al-Khattab ibn Nufayl (رضي الله تعالى عنه). Zayd ibn al-Khattab ibn Nufayl (رضي الله تعالى عنه). The older brother of Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه). Now SubhanAllah, when you talk about someone being overshadowed,

**[2:06]** if you were to take a group of Muslims and sample them randomly and say, who's your favorite Sahabi? Usually the majority of them will say Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه). His personality is literally larger than life. As soon as you mention his name in the story of the Prophet (ﷺ),

**[2:22]** or in the story of another companion, everyone starts to smile because they know it's going to be interesting and amazing. Because his personality was so large, his voice was booming. When he spoke (رضي الله تعالى عنه), he shook literally the road. The shaitan would not be on the same road as Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[2:40]** The barber who was cutting Omar's hair and Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) just opened his mouth and the man faints from the strength of his voice, the boom of the voice of Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه). That's the man, Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه), and that's not even speaking about his virtues and what he represents. He's a larger than life personality.

**[2:57]** Imagine being his brother, right? And talk about getting lost and overshadowed and people not knowing anything about you and the history books glossing over you. On top of that, one thing SubhanAllah that's very interesting,

**[3:13]** and I happen to have one brother, I know a lot of people have, you know, siblings that look like them, that are somewhat like them, but they're the opposite of them in terms of personality. There are all types of differences. People make assumptions because you came from the same womb and you look the same that you might be the same.

**[3:30]** And in reality, SubhanAllah, Allah has given us ashkhas, Allah has given us unique personalities, unique qualities for which we all have a path back to Him. What if I told you that this one Ibn al-Khattab, other than Omar ibn al-Khattab, was one of the most quiet human beings around the Prophet (ﷺ)?

**[3:48]** It's like, wait, what? How is that possible? The sahabi that we're talking about today is a victim of his silence in that sense. Zayd ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه), the scholars refer to him as the silent giant because he doesn't open his mouth (رضي الله تعالى عنه),

**[4:06]** even though he's the brother of Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه). So what's the story of this man and how do we create this world around someone who's so quiet to understand his personality and understand his virtues? And he is a man of legendary virtue (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[4:22]** Let's first and foremost just take a step back and talk about Omar (رضي الله عنه)'s family. Omar (رضي الله عنه) has two sisters, right, that we know of. We know of Fatima bint al-Khattab (رضي الله عنها), and she is an amazing woman, one of the first that we covered as well,

**[4:40]** the wife of Sa'id ibn Zayd (رضي الله عنه), Sa'id ibn Zayd ibn Amr al-Nufayl, who of course was the reason for Omar (رضي الله عنه) to read the Quran and to embrace Islam. She was married to Sa'id ibn Zayd. So Omar has a sister named Fatima, and he has another sister named Safiyyah,

**[4:58]** Safiyyah bint al-Khattab. And she is married to a great companion by the name of Qudama ibn Mad'un (رضي الله عنه), Qudama ibn Mad'un. So Omar (رضي الله عنه) is married to Zaynab bint Mad'un, Fatima bint al-Khattab married to, his sister married to Sa'id ibn Zayd,

**[5:17]** one of the other Ten Promised Paradise. Then you have Safiyyah bint al-Khattab, who is married to Qudama ibn Mad'un. So Omar and his sister married from the same family, the siblings of the famous Uthman ibn Mad'un (رضي الله عنه). And then you get to his brothers.

**[5:34]** Now he has one brother, who's a half-brother from his mom, who never became Muslim, or at least we don't know of him ever embracing Islam. He may or may not have become Muslim. Most historians say he did not become a Muslim, and he's not the son of al-Khattab,

**[5:49]** he's Omar's brother through his mother. He's Omar's brother through his mother, and his name is Uthman ibn Hakim. The half-brother of Omar (رضي الله عنه) through his mother. And the reason why we even know about this brother

**[6:06]** is because there's a famous ruling of fiqh, a famous ruling of jurisprudence that we extract from the relationship of Omar and this man and his brother, that Omar (رضي الله عنه) gifted him a hulla, gifted him a suit after Islam. When he was in Al-Madinah,

**[6:24]** still kept a good relationship with his brother and gifted his brother a suit, perhaps that he could soften his heart or to maintain the ties of kinship. And so the books of fiqh will mention the permissibility and in fact the encouragement to be good to your non-Muslim family. And so that's why we learn about Uthman ibn Hakim,

**[6:41]** the brother of Omar (رضي الله عنه) through his mother. But there is only one other ibn al-Khattab, and it's this man that we're talking about today, and he is to Omar like Haroun is to Musa.

**[6:58]** He's one year older than Omar (رضي الله عنه), and SubhanAllah it just so happens that the Prophet (ﷺ) likened Omar (رضي الله عنه) to Musa (عليه السلام). He said, in my ummah, if there's anyone that resembles Musa (عليه السلام), it's Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[7:13]** And Musa has his brother Haroun (عليه السلام), who's a lot softer than him, right? Who is beloved to his people. He plays the gentle side to his people when Musa (عليه السلام) becomes frustrated with his people.

**[7:28]** And in this situation, very similar dynamic. The brother of Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه), one year older than him, is someone who doesn't have that booming personality of Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه), but he's one year older than Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[7:47]** And Imam al-Zahabi (رحمه الله تعالى) introduces him with the following title. As-Sayyid ash-Shaheed al-Mujahid at-Taqeed. Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Qurashi al-Adawi. Akhu Amir al-Mu'mineen Omar ibn al-Khattab.

**[8:02]** He is a Sayyid, our master, a Shaheed, the martyr, al-Mujahid, the warrior, at-Taqeed, a man of legendary piety. Abu Abd al-Rahman, the father of Abd al-Rahman, al-Qurashi al-Adawi from Quraish, from Banu Adi,

**[8:19]** like his brother Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه). Akhu Amir al-Mu'mineen Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه), the brother of the commander of the believers, Omar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه). So his name is Zayd ibn al-Khattab ibn Nufayl.

**[8:37]** We talked about Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl. Some of the scholars mention that this Zayd that we're talking about today is named after that Zayd. May Allah be pleased with him and be pleased with them all. SubhanAllah. So this Zayd is named after that Zayd

**[8:53]** and he indeed is an increase in the beauty of this family. And because he's the only brother of Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) through al-Khattab, then you can assume that he had a very difficult childhood because al-Khattab was famous for what?

**[9:11]** What was he famous for? It's okay, you guys can guess. What is al-Khattab famous for? Abuse. Horrible father. Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) hated him. He used to beat his son so badly. Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) literally would say,

**[9:28]** I didn't want to become like my father. SubhanAllah, there's a lesson in trauma here, right? That all he remembered al-Khattab with, that Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) remembered his father with, was bad qualities. The bad quality of abuse and beating him and mistreating him.

**[9:43]** And he wanted to be the opposite of his father. And SubhanAllah, we see that Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was the best father that you can imagine to his own kids, right? But that means that necessarily Zayd being the older brother of Omar,

**[9:58]** he ate that as well, right? Zayd being the firstborn of al-Khattab definitely incurred in the process much abuse and a very difficult childhood. How is he described? كان أسلم من أخيه عمر وأسلم قبله

**[10:15]** He was one year older than Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) and he became Muslim a year before Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه). So it gets very interesting. He became Muslim before Omar. سبق أخيه إلى الإسلام Which is really crazy, SubhanAllah, when you think about it, right?

**[10:30]** The quiet muhajireen around the Prophet (ﷺ). He looked exactly like Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) in his physical stature, except that he had a darker complexion (رضي الله تعالى عنه). So he had a dark complexion

**[10:45]** and he's described as كان طويل بائن الطول He was awkwardly tall. Huge human being. Physical stature was imposing. If Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) is tall, think of him as being the same height or perhaps even taller

**[11:02]** because in every biography of him, his height was so imposing that when he was far away with the people, he was the only one that you knew was approaching. So you think about the physical meaning of that, right? If a group of people are approaching from afar,

**[11:18]** the only person you could tell from them all was Zayd ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه). But with that, his height, with his posture, with his position, he's extremely quiet.

**[11:34]** An imposing physical presence, extremely quiet. And SubhanAllah, one thing about him that's really interesting, you only hear his voice in battle. Like the narrations about him, the only time he seems to open his mouth (رضي الله تعالى عنه)

**[11:49]** is in the battlefield. The person that I could liken him to in this regard is the brother of Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله تعالى عنه) and Al-Bara'a ibn Malik (رضي الله تعالى عنه), right? Remember Anas (رضي الله عنه), this prolific hadith narrator, Al-Bara'a (رضي الله تعالى عنه), throw me in the battlefield.

**[12:05]** Right? And he doesn't talk much. So he's the silent brother of Omar (رضي الله عنه), looks like Omar, slightly darker complexion, the same physical imposing presence, but a very quiet man

**[12:20]** who does as the Prophet (ﷺ) says. Listen to these manakib, listen to these virtues. He became Muslim before Omar, he made hijrah before Omar, he died shaheed before Omar. May Allah be pleased with them both.

**[12:35]** So his virtues are incredible. On top of that, he was the pride of Omar ibn Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه). What do I mean by that? You don't see a man praising his brother the way that Omar praises Zayd. And we're going to talk about that.

**[12:50]** So his entire biography is almost narrated by the way that Omar (رضي الله عنه) praised his brother. Like you don't know who he is. He's a victim of his silence, as we said, in terms of the documentation of the history books. But Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) praises Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه)

**[13:08]** in a way that demonstrates that he envied his silent righteousness. Remember Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) would regret often, he'd regret if he spoke, right? And he would say that I wish I could be a quiet believer that enters the gathering and leaves the gathering and no one notices that he is there.

**[13:24]** And that is one of the praiseworthy personalities that the Prophet (ﷺ) mentions. Not everyone who gets into Jannah has to be that leader. In fact, sometimes we overpraise the profile of a leader. Most of Ahlul Jannah don't fit that profile of on the front lines

**[13:41]** and speaking and loud and making your presence known. The Prophet (ﷺ) mentions the person who enters the gathering and leaves unnoticed. SubhanAllah, Salim, pure from the sins of the gathering, doesn't open their mouth to backbite, doesn't get on anybody's bad side,

**[13:58]** just puts their head down and worships Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) until the time they leave this world. That is a profile of a person of Jannah. And Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) fits this profile. So again, he became Muslim a whole year before Omar. He made hijrah before Omar (رضي الله تعالى عنه)

**[14:16]** and he was martyred before Omar bin Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه). So we start to create the world around him now in Al-Madinah based upon these things around him. And you have to do that because of how quiet he is (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[14:33]** So first and foremost, when he came to Madinah, the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to pair people off with Sahaba in Madinah, Ansar that had similar dispositions. It's from the hikmah of the Prophet (ﷺ), the wisdom of the Prophet (ﷺ),

**[14:49]** that you often can find that the Muhajir and the Ansari and the Muakha and the Brotherhood have the same type of personality. So the Prophet (ﷺ) paired him off with a man by the name of Ma'an ibn Adi. Ma'an ibn Adi al-Ansari (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[15:05]** And Ma'an ibn Adi, very similar personality. Quiet, warrior in the battlefield, someone who follows and obeys the Prophet (ﷺ) in all things, doesn't really say much. And SubhanAllah, the only narration that you find from Ma'an, it's a beautiful one that's worth mentioning here,

**[15:21]** is at the time of the death of the Prophet (ﷺ). Remember Umar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) standing up in the masjid, holding his sword, ready to kill someone for saying the Prophet (ﷺ) was dead because of his emotion. Ma'an ibn Adi, like his brother Zaid,

**[15:38]** Ma'an (رضي الله تعالى عنه), he saw the people crying. And he too of course was devastated, just like all of the companions. And when the people said, ليتنا متنا قبله, (ﷺ).

**[15:53]** We wish we died before the Prophet (ﷺ). نخشى النفتتنا بعده. Because we're afraid of the fitna that will come to us after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ). Ma'an (رضي الله عنه) said, لكنني والله ما أحب أني مت قبله.

**[16:11]** Very interesting. He said, I actually don't wish that I died before him. حتى أصدقه ميتا كما صدقته حيا. So I can believe in him when he's dead, (ﷺ), the way I believed in him when he was alive. Almost like projecting the fitna that's going to happen

**[16:28]** after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ), which is a huge fitna. A lot of people left Islam after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ). There's no sugarcoating it. Tens and thousands of people left Islam after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) and fell into these weird schisms of false prophets or returning to enmity with the Muslims.

**[16:46]** And he's saying, I want the reward, the أجر of believing in the Prophet (ﷺ) after he passed away, the way I believed in the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was still alive. So this is the brother of Zayd ibn al-Khattab in Medina and he's going to be at the hip with Ma'an for the rest of his life.

**[17:03]** (رضي الله تعالى عنهما) His wife, he marries Habiba bint Abi Amr, the sister of Hamdala. May Allah be pleased with them. Hamdala (رضي الله تعالى عنه) is the one who dies shaheed and he's called غسيل الملائكة.

**[17:19]** The angels washed his body as he was a martyr on the day of Uhud. That is his brother-in-law. Okay, so he marries Habiba bint Abi Amr (رضي الله تعالى عنها) who is the sister of Hamdala and the daughter of one of the great enemies

**[17:35]** of the Prophet (ﷺ) because the father, Abi Amr, was one of the staunch opponents of the Prophet (ﷺ). So what does he do now? How do you start to see Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) in these battles? In every battle, wherever you saw the Prophet (ﷺ), you saw Zayd.

**[17:53]** You looked anywhere where the Prophet (ﷺ) was, Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was close to him. He was a talented horseman. He's one of the few people who never fled the side of the Prophet (ﷺ), even on the day of Uhud.

**[18:10]** So on the day of Uhud, it's a small group of people that after Khalid (رضي الله تعالى عنه) who attacked the Muslims from behind, rushed to the side of the Prophet (ﷺ). Zayd is one of those blessed people who was with the Prophet (ﷺ) in Badr,

**[18:25]** who was next to the Prophet (ﷺ) in Uhud, who was with the Prophet (ﷺ) in Khandaq, and so he was digging next to the Prophet (ﷺ), near the Prophet (ﷺ), who was with the Prophet (ﷺ) on the day of Bay'at al-Ridwan, the pledge that was taken under the tree,

**[18:42]** where Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) mentions that he was pleased with those people, and never really makes his presence known except through that action. So he's always with the Prophet (ﷺ). So all of the virtues of serving in that battle, or in those battles and being next to the Prophet (ﷺ), Zayd ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه)

**[19:00]** has that position. On the day of Badr, Umar ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه) remembered, he recalled an incident with his brother. So Umar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said that, I saw him on the day of Badr, and he was fighting without armor.

**[19:17]** He wasn't wearing a coat of armor. He was just going through the battlefield and fighting. So I went to my brother, and I took off my armor, and I said, ألبس درعي I said, wear my armor. And Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه)

**[19:33]** responded to me, and he says, إني أريد من الشهادة ما تريد I seek martyrdom in the same way that you seek martyrdom. Like, you know what you're saying, and I know what I'm saying. I seek martyrdom the way that you seek martyrdom in this battle.

**[19:51]** So Umar (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said, so I left it in the battlefield, and we both fought side by side on the day of Badr without our armor, without our shahada. And of course Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) granted them victory. Which shows you by the way, SubhanAllah, that their ferociousness in battle

**[20:07]** and their desire to be counted amongst the shahada with Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), to be counted amongst the martyrs, did not lead them to like slacken in their fighting, right? Or to, you know, to just wish for someone to hurry up and strike them so they could die. I mean, they won multiple battles in this fashion.

**[20:23]** But Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was a man who said, I'm a man who seeks shahada the same way that you seek shahada, Ya Umar. And the only narration that we have from Zayd ibn Khattab outside of the battlefield is on Hajjatul Wada'a, the farewell Hajj with the Prophet (ﷺ),

**[20:43]** where he narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said that you should take care of those whom Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) has entrusted with you, you with. You should feed them of what you feed yourselves, and you should clothe them with what you clothe yourselves. So the Prophet (ﷺ) talking about the treatment of the Mamluk,

**[20:59]** the treatment of the slave in society and the goodness that they should be treated with, Zayd (رضي الله عنه) narrates just that hadith from the Prophet (ﷺ), and it's narrated from his nephew Abdullah ibn Umar (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[21:15]** So let's go to where he really shines in this regard, since he doesn't talk much. You just have the prototype of someone that's with the Prophet (ﷺ) all the time. Every Sahabi that we're going to cover from here on out intersects with the Battle of Yamama or عام الوفود or the Year of Delegation,

**[21:30]** because we've spoken so much about مسيلمة الكذاب and the fitna of the false prophets that it gives you an idea of how terrible this fitna actually was. So the Battle of Yamama takes place in Rabi' al-Awwal of the 12th year.

**[21:46]** We are of course in Rabi' al-Awwal in this year right now. So it takes place in Rabi' al-Awwal the 12th year after Hijrah. Zayd ibn al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه) is commissioned to go out in the war against the apostates حروب الردة

**[22:05]** by Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (رضي الله تعالى عنه). So he goes and he is actually the first one who was holding the banner of the Muslims. And of course that denotes a very special place amongst the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ).

**[22:21]** فكانت راية المسلمين معه يوم اليمامة as the scholars narrate. He is the flag bearer of the Muslims on that day of Yamama. And this was the fitna that was so severe that more companions were killed in this day

**[22:37]** than any other incident amongst all of the incidents that took place. Over 600 sahaba were going to be martyred in this particular battle. So you can find multiple sahaba that are going to be martyred on the day of Yamama. So he is the one who is holding the banner on the day of Yamama.

**[22:57]** Now Abu Hurairah (رضي الله تعالى عنه) gives us a very interesting narration about the man that Zayd will kill on the day of Yamama. The man that Zayd will kill on the day of Yamama to start off the battle.

**[23:12]** Abu Hurairah (رضي الله تعالى عنه) says, كنت يوما عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في راهة that I was once sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) with a group. So we're in Al-Madinah and we're sitting as a group around the Prophet (ﷺ).

**[23:32]** معنى الرجال ابن عنفوة. If you haven't heard his name, there's a reason why. So we were with this man named الرجال ابن عنفوة.

**[23:49]** And the Prophet (ﷺ) says to this group of sahaba, which shows you, SubhanAllah, never be too sure of yourself. He says (ﷺ), إِنَّ فِيكُمْ لَرَجُلًا ضِرْصُهُ فِي النَّارِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ

**[24:05]** That one of you, one of you who is sitting here, your tooth, your molar tooth in hellfire is the size of Jabal Uhud. This is very rare. The Prophet (ﷺ) talking to a group of sahaba

**[24:20]** and saying one of you is going to go to hell and your molar tooth will be bigger than Mount Uhud in hellfire. Why? Because the bodies are bigger in hellfire. The punishment is felt more as a result of that. May Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) protect us. Allahumma ameen.

**[24:36]** So if you look at Jabal Uhud with all of its size, think about that hadith of the Prophet (ﷺ). Your tooth would be the size of Uhud in hellfire. So naturally, Abu Huraira (رضي الله تعالى عنه) says that as we were sitting around,

**[24:51]** all of us were worried that it could be that person. Shows you, SubhanAllah, that idea of not feeling safe from fitna. That Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) could test you at any moment and Allah (عز وجل) could expose something about you in the process.

**[25:07]** And we ask Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) for حسن الختام. Allahumma ameen. So Abu Huraira (رضي الله تعالى عنه) says, I was counting the sahaba amongst us that day and one by one they were dying. Until he says, it was just me and this man.

**[25:24]** Ar-Rajal ibn Anfuwa. And he says, Ar-Rajal ibn Anfuwa was someone who used to read the Quran at night. Someone who was deeply pious and who appeared to be a very close man to the Prophet (ﷺ).

**[25:41]** But then he said, when the Prophet (ﷺ) died, he left Islam and he went and he joined Musaylima Al-Kadhab. And that was a fitna for the Muslims. SubhanAllah, why? Because this man could have been like Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari and some of those other,

**[25:58]** Ubaid ibn Ka'b, those young sahaba who memorized the Quran. May Allah protect us. This man left Islam. So Abu Huraira (رضي الله عنه) said, Alhamdulillah it's not me. Imagine Abu Huraira was like, we were five or six, everyone died and it was just us two and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, one of us is going to hell.

**[26:15]** And this man left Islam and he went and he joined Musaylima Al-Kadhab and he says his fitna was harder on the Muslims than Musaylima. Why? Because Musaylima, everyone knew he was an idiot. Everyone knew he was a liar. His people were moved by his fitna. Banu Hanifa were moved by his fitna because there was clearly a tribal, you know, aim here.

**[26:33]** But a sahabi, al-Rajal ibn Anfuwa, a sahabi to leave Islam, a sahabi who knew the Quran, to leave Islam and to go join the likes of Musaylima, it was a fitna for us. It was a fitna for the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ).

**[26:48]** So he says, as we went out to fight Musaylima, Zayd ibn Al-Khattab (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was looking for him. So Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه), his ghira for the deen, the way he felt his honor for the religion,

**[27:05]** Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) wanted to find him. And it just so happened that before the battle even flamed, Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) came into a duel with al-Rajal.

**[27:21]** And al-Rajal, supposedly, you know, Musaylima did his... When I say these people were weird, you have to understand they're very weird. He did like a ruqya on him, some sort of, he read on him, and blew on him in a way that no one's going to be able to hurt him. So when Zayd ibn Al-Khattab killed him to start the battle,

**[27:38]** it actually had a huge impact on demoralizing the troops of Musaylima. These are the little things in history that you don't pay attention to. So Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) killed him in the duel. And then as the battle started,

**[27:56]** and the Muslims were hugely, hugely overwhelmed in terms of numbers and forces and weaponry and tricks in the battle of Yamama. As the battle started, Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) never stopped moving forward.

**[28:15]** He never stopped moving forward until he ended up في نحر العدو, right in the middle of the army. And Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was shouting out while he was holding the banner. أما الرجال فلا رجال.

**[28:30]** As for the men, where are the men? Where are the men? So he's pushing the sahaba to move forward. He doesn't like that some people are moving backwards because Musaylima had all sorts of military preparations and an army that's ten times the size of the Muslims.

**[28:47]** And they're shooting them with, you know, from catapults. They've got the hadiqah, the garden of Musaylima, which is behind this huge fortress. It's not an easy battle. And so some of the Muslims are hesitant. And Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه), the only time you hear his voice is in battle.

**[29:03]** أما الرجال فلا رجال. And then Zayd (رضي الله عنه) even gets frustrated at some point. So you can almost, you can hear the Umar in him. The Umar (رضي الله عنه) in him. And Umar (رضي الله عنه) would be frustrated over people's hesitation towards the sunnah.

**[29:18]** Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) says, اللهم إني أعتذر إليك من فرار أصحابي. O Allah, I seek forgiveness from You, from the fleeing of my companions. وأبرأ إليك مما جاء به مسيلمة ومحكم اليمامة.

**[29:37]** And I free myself from the evil of what Musaylima and Muhakama, who is one of his disciples, of Yamama have called to. I free myself from them. So Zayd is frustrated with the pace of the Muslims.

**[29:53]** And he's saying, O Allah, I seek forgiveness from You for their fleeing. And I declare myself innocent of the evil of Musaylima and Muhakama. As he goes forward, he enters into, if you go back and you actually listen to

**[30:11]** Al-Baraa ibn Malik (رضي الله تعالى عنه). Remember Al-Baraa was literally catapulted into Hadiqat Musaylima, into the garden of Musaylima. Right? He got that close to Musaylima Al-Kaddhab and Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was killed.

**[30:26]** And the raya, the banner fell from his hand. And after the banner fell from his hand, Salim mawla Abu Hudhayfa (رضي الله تعالى عنه) picked up the banner and Salim (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was killed. And if you go back, SubhanAllah,

**[30:41]** the way the companions fell, Salim and Abu Hudhayfa, the two best friends, may Allah be pleased with them, the two best friends of the companions were laying next to each other in the battlefield. Zayd (رضي الله عنه), guess who he was laying next to in the battlefield?

**[30:57]** Ma'an ibn Adi (رضي الله عنه). His brother from the Ansar who said, I don't want to die before the Prophet (ﷺ) because I want to prove myself to Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) that I believe in him when he was alive (ﷺ) and I believe in him once again after he died (ﷺ).

**[31:13]** And so Zayd and Ma'an were next to each other and Salim and Abu Hudhayfa were next to each other and they were the two flag bearers of the Muslims that day. Now SubhanAllah, the story becomes more profound in lessons in grief.

**[31:30]** Lessons in grief. So Zayd, you could summarize this whole story, the quiet older brother of Umar ibn Khattab who became Muslim before him, who made hijrah before him, who was a shaheed before him. May Allah be pleased with them. But the story actually gets very interesting and profound

**[31:49]** when you look at the grief then. When the soldiers were coming back to Medina, the news had reached Medina that the Muslims won. That Khalid (رضي الله عنه) had gained victory but after a difficult battle.

**[32:05]** So the messenger had already reached Medina to let Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) know that the Sahaba won the battle. But the messenger told him that hundreds of Sahaba were killed. So I want you to actually think of the scene in Al-Madinah

**[32:23]** where all the families of the Sahaba are coming out and waiting to see who made it back. It's a very difficult moment to actually try to think about, you know, like it's not Uhud. It's the first experience that they really have like this. It's not Uhud where it all happened in Medina.

**[32:40]** It happened all the way in Najd, modern-day Riyadh, right? And all the families are out there, mothers, fathers, spouses, children, waiting to see who made it back. And we said that the description of Zayd (رضي الله عنه) was what?

**[32:58]** That he was so awkwardly tall that from a distance you only would see him. And so Umar (رضي الله عنه) was out there and he was nervously pacing over Zayd. He wants to see his brother Zayd.

**[33:13]** Now SubhanAllah, something very interesting here about Umar. Umar's son Abdullah was one of those people that went out to fight. But Umar was more nervously pacing over Zayd. So he was pacing, waiting for the news.

**[33:28]** And then when they came back, Umar (رضي الله عنه), as he saw the group approaching and he didn't see Zayd, Umar (رضي الله عنه) immediately fell into grief. Like he knows he's about to get that news. So as Ibn Hajar (رحمه الله) says,

**[33:44]** فلما أُوتِ عُمَرُ قَتْلَهُ حَزِنَ حُزْنًا شَدِيدًا He fell into grief. He started to cry. And SubhanAllah, you find this conversation with him and his son. Abdullah ibn Umar (رضي الله عنه) May Allah be pleased with them both.

**[34:01]** Abdullah comes to his father. Almost ashamed that I let my uncle die. I didn't do enough to save my uncle. So he says to Abdullah ibn Umar (رضي الله عنه) And this shows you again a human side of them, but still it shows you the virtue

**[34:16]** or what Zayd meant to Umar. This man who is virtually unknown in the books. Umar (رضي الله عنه) When he sees his son Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) He's not embracing him and celebrating. He looks to me and says, أَلَا هَلَكْتَ قَبْلَ زَيْدٍ هَلَكَ زَيْدٌ وَأَنتَ حَيٌّ

**[34:34]** How could you not have died before Zayd? Zayd was killed and you're still alive. And he even tells him أَصْرِفْ وَجْهِكْ عَنِّي Don't let me see your face. Like I'm upset with you for not doing more. You know the virtue of Zayd. You know who he is, your uncle Zayd.

**[34:50]** وَالْعَمُّ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْوَالِدِ As the Prophet (ﷺ) said, the paternal uncle is like your father. How could you let Zayd be killed? How could you not stand up and defend him when the enemies came towards him? And Abdullah ibn Umar (رضي الله عنه) says to his father,

**[35:07]** he says, يا أبتي, Oh my father, قَدْ حَرَسْتُ عَلَىٰ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَكُونُ He said, look, I actually was hoping that I would be a shaheed before him. وَلَكِنْ نَفْسِي تَأَخَرَتْ فَأَكْرَمَهُ اللَّهُ بِالشَّهَادَةِ

**[35:25]** He said, but my nafs, my self, my lower self, it pulled me back a bit. But as for my uncle Zayd, he never stopped going forward. So Allah honored him with shahada and he didn't grant me that honor. SubhanAllah. So think of the grief of Umar (رضي الله عنه)

**[35:42]** over Zayd (رضي الله عنه), his older brother, the quiet older brother. To the point that he's telling his son, I don't want to see you because you should have stood up and protected your uncle. Why didn't you protect your uncle? And the way Abdullah, and we know how righteous Abdullah and Umar (رضي الله عنه) is. The copy of Umar (رضي الله عنه),

**[35:59]** the man who loved the Prophet (ﷺ), he says, no one kept the pace of Zayd in the battle of Yamama. Listen to what Umar says. Umar (رضي الله عنه) said, رحم الله أخي زيد سبقني إلى الحسنيين

**[36:15]** أسلم قبلي واستشهد قبلي. May Allah have mercy on my brother Zayd. He beat me to the two good things, to the two beautiful things. He became Muslim before me and he was granted shahada before me. As if you can remember that conversation

**[36:30]** between them and Badr, where Umar is trying to give him an armor and Zayd is saying, I'm seeking the same thing that you're seeking, get it away from me. And Umar knew that the bushra of shahada, the glad tidings of shahada was there for him because the Prophet (ﷺ) told him on that day when Uhud shook,

**[36:46]** أثبت يا أحد, be firm, أحد, because you have upon you a Prophet, a Siddiq, أبو بكر, وشهيدين, and two martyrs, Umar and Uthman. So Umar (رضي الله عنه) would say, رحم الله أخي زيد, may Allah have mercy on my brother Zayd. He beat me to Islam and he beat me to shahada.

**[37:01]** And another narration, رحم الله أخي زيد, may Allah have mercy on my brother Zayd. Everything I tried to do, he did it first. سبقني إلى الإسلام وسبقني إلى الهجرة وسبقني إلى الجهاد في سبيل الله. SubhanAllah, may Allah have mercy on my brother Zayd. He beat me to Islam,

**[37:17]** he beat me to the hijrah, and he beat me to that martyrdom. Go on, and this is where the story gets even richer. Umar (رضي الله عنه) was that man who you don't really associate

**[37:32]** grieving over the dead with. Right, like he's not the type that you would expect great grief over the dead. In the sense that, in fact, Umar (رضي الله عنه) condemned a woman who was crying at the death of her husband because he thought crying was haram.

**[37:48]** Right, and then the Prophet (ﷺ)'s hadith, of course, overcame, where the Prophet (ﷺ) banned an-niyaha, which was wailing, to tear the clothes and to smack yourself and to scream, but not the tears. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not condemn the crying, did not condemn the tears.

**[38:04]** Umar (رضي الله عنه) thought at first it was haram to cry. So he's not someone that you associate grief over the dead. However, the description of Umar (رضي الله عنه) is that he did not grieve over anyone

**[38:21]** the way he grieved over his brother Zayd. And in fact, he would never stop talking about him, he would never stop missing him. And Umar (رضي الله عنه) has a beautiful line, كان يقول, so he used to say on a regular basis, he used to say, ما هبت الصباء إلا وأنا أجد ريح زيد.

**[38:40]** The wind does not blow from the east, except I can smell the scent of Zayd. وإني لأجد ريح يوسف. I can smell Yusuf (عليه السلام). Right? When Yaqub said that about his father, Umar (رضي الله عنه) was saying,

**[38:56]** I still smell Zayd. Every day when the wind blows, I smell him. I smell my brother Zayd. (رضي الله تعالى عنه وأرضاه). So beautiful, so powerful. Because if a man like Umar (رضي الله عنه) can grieve that way, what does it tell us about our situation?

**[39:12]** And you say, well, how come he didn't grieve this way over someone else or this person or this person? SubhanAllah. There's something between these two brothers and there's something about the virtue and the righteousness of Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه) in this regard. And it shows you as the ulama mention as well,

**[39:29]** the permissibility, right? Of remembering. And the fact that he remembered for years and years to come despite his righteousness shows you, SubhanAllah, that a deep connection truly can carry something supernatural. Remember Umar (رضي الله عنه) was the one who said, يَا سَارِيَةُ الْجَبَلِ

**[39:45]** He felt an army approaching a group of people from far away. And so some of the ulamas say it could be from the miracles of Umar (رضي الله عنه), the karamat of Umar. That Umar (رضي الله عنه) actually kept the scent of Zayd (رضي الله تعالى عنه). And of course, many people. In the Quran, they describe remembering the scent of their loved ones.

**[40:02]** And may Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) gather us all with our loved ones. Allahumma ameen. It continues. The story of grieving over Zayd. And we learn about Zayd through the grief of Umar (رضي الله عنه). May Allah be pleased with them.

**[40:17]** Ahmed ibn Ammar العبدي, he narrates from his father. He narrates from his grandfather. He says, صليت مع عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله تعالى عنه الصبح that I once prayed Salatul Fajr with Umar بن الخطاب (رضي الله تعالى عنه).

**[40:32]** So he says, فلما انقضى من صلاته when he finished his prayer إذا هو برجل قصير أعور. He saw a man who was short and he had one eye basically. That's the description of him in this regard.

**[40:49]** So Umar (رضي الله عنه) said من هذا? Who is this man? So they said, متمم بن نويرة. متمم بن نويرة (رضي الله تعالى عنه). And متمم is the brother of مالك بن نويرة

**[41:05]** who خالد (رضي الله تعالى عنه) was blamed for being too quick to kill that tribe. Because he assumed them to have apostated. So متمم is the brother of مالك بن نويرة And مالك بن نويرة is a character that we really don't know what his state was when he died.

**[41:22]** We know خالد (رضي الله عنه) was blamed for being too quick, right? In marching with the army. But we don't know much about him. But متمم is a good Muslim. And متمم missed his brother a lot.

**[41:38]** So متمم used to author... Umar (رضي الله عنه) asked ما شأنه? What's his situation? So متمم authors poetry about his brother all day long. He misses مالك بن نويرة. And he's a poet so he writes poetry about how much he misses him.

**[41:57]** So عمر بن الخطاب (رضي الله عنه) says to متمم بن نويرة ما أشد ما لقيت على أخيك من الحزن Like what incredible grief you have over your brother. What happened to you as a result of that grief?

**[42:14]** SubhanAllah, he says... كانت عيني هذه قد ذهبت So he points to the eye that's no longer there. Now whether it's there, whether it's defective or he went blind in that eye, all of it could be implied. But the point is he can't see out of one eye. And he says that my sadness literally caused me to lose sight in one eye.

**[42:31]** و أشار إليها and he pointed to it. قال فبكيت بالصحيحة He said so I cried with the good eye. And he said و كثرة البكاء That the amount of crying that I did with the good eye,

**[42:48]** it basically watered... It watered العين الذاهبة It watered the eye that is gone. Like he's basically saying that I cry so much out of the good eye that I have that it kind of nurtures the other eye.

**[43:03]** I mean he's using poetry again. He's a very poetic man but he's conveying to عمر (رضي الله عنه) that I'm in deep pain. And عمر (رضي الله تعالى عنه) said إن هذا الحزن شديد He says that this grief is indeed severe.

**[43:19]** ما يحزن هكذا أحد على هالكه So he goes on to say that this type of حزن is so difficult on a person that it could literally do away with a person.

**[43:34]** And then عمر (رضي الله عنه) says يرحم الله أخي زيد May Allah have mercy on my brother زيد إني لأحسب أني لو كنت أقدر على أن أقول الشعر لبكيته كما بكيت أخاك

**[43:52]** سبحان الله He said I think that if I could come up with the words of poetry the way that you come up with words of poetry about your brother that I would cry for him in the same way that you cry for him. You imagine عمر (رضي الله عنه) saying that

**[44:08]** like that's how much this man who cried himself blind عمر (رضي الله عنه) was saying I think if I had the words that you have I would cry myself blind over زيد And then متمم says to عمر (رضي الله عنه)

**[44:23]** قال لو أن أخي مات على ما مات عليه أخوك ما رثيته He said but if my brother died the way that your brother died I would not be grieving him. And عمر (رضي الله عنه) said ما عزاني أحد عن أخي مثل ما عزاني به متمم

**[44:40]** No one gave me more happiness and peace over the death of my brother than متمم when he said that. Like he had to remind me your brother died شهيد Right? You're grieving over your brother but your brother died شهيد

**[44:55]** So you shouldn't feel that type of pain. Basically saying that my pain over my brother is also not knowing what became of him in the hereafter. It's not just missing him in this world but it's also what may have become of him in the hereafter. And عمر (رضي الله عنه)

**[45:11]** is saying no one gave me more peace of mind than that man, than متمم when he said that to me because I realized الحمد لله my brother died شهيد And سبحان الله this is a lesson for us in the people of Gaza as well. May Allah (عز وجل) accept them all as شهداء That we hate what we're seeing

**[45:27]** and we can cry over the grief that we feel over them while still being at peace over what we know that Allah will do with them. That it's not the same as someone who just loses their loved one to a gruesome accident.

**[45:42]** That there is that peace of heart and that peace of mind and knowing that these are people that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) loves and that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will take care of. May Allah (عز وجل) accept them all as شهداء. Allahumma ameen. But there is another dimension.

**[45:57]** عمر (رضي الله عنه) one day is in المدينة and someone points out a man to him. And he says يا أمير المؤمنين you know who that man is? Who can guess? What do you all think?

**[46:14]** That's the guy that killed your brother. He's Muslim now. SubhanAllah, like you talk about layer upon layer upon layer all this grief, all this pain and the people point to him

**[46:29]** and they say that that is أبا مريم الحنفي He's the one that killed your brother on the day of Yamama. تاب إلى الله و رجع He repented to Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) and he came back

**[46:44]** and he's here in المدينة. This is a whole another dimension here. عمر (رضي الله عنه) is the خليفة right now. He could say you come here smack him, chop off his head. I mean like think about

**[46:59]** what do you think a ruler back in that day would do like in the 7th century would do? Even just the tribalism that people used to have. Do away with him, right? Or at least punch him in the face. Spit on him, curse him. And this is عمر (رضي الله عنه)

**[47:15]** There's no lack of strength here. But the Prophet (ﷺ) mentions that strength is not a person who can overcome the other. الذي يملك نفسه عند الغضب but the one who controls himself in anger. عمر (رضي الله عنه) goes up to him and he says وَيْحَكَ

**[47:30]** Woe to you! لَقَدْ قَتَلْتَ لِي أَخًا You have killed a brother of mine. مَا هَبَّتِ الصَّبَاءُ إِلَّا ذَكَرْتُهُ The wind does not blow except that I remember him. Woe to you! What pain you caused me.

**[47:46]** سبحان الله This is like a deja vu of what we said last week with Tulayha (رضي الله عنه) when عمر (رضي الله عنه) confronted him in hajj. The one who killed Uqasha. Kills noble sahaba. But here this is his brother.

**[48:02]** It's personal. And عمر (رضي الله عنه) grieves over his brother like he doesn't grieve over anyone else. And what do you think the response of Abu Maryam and Hanafi was? The same response Tulayha gave. قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ O commander of the believers!

**[48:17]** أَكْرَمَهُ اللَّهُ بِيَدِي وَلَمْ يُهِنِّي بِيَدِهِ He said, O commander of the believers! Allah honored him through my hand and Allah did not disgrace me through his hand. And عمر (رضي الله عنه)

**[48:32]** I mean, it's not the most satisfying answer. Right? But he's saying to him at the end of the day, again, your brother died shaheed. And Allah honored him and I just happened to be the hand in the qadr of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). Allah gave him the position that he was seeking anyway.

**[48:48]** But Allah did not disgrace me with his hand. عمر (رضي الله عنه) wants to ask him now questions about Yamama. So he says to him, كَمْ تَرَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَتَلُوا مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَ إِذٍ How many people do you think

**[49:03]** the Muslims killed from amongst you on the day of Yamama? قَالَ أَلْفًا وَأَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ يَزِيدُونَ قَلِيلًا He said about a thousand, four hundred and maybe a little bit more. عمر (رضي الله عنه) said بِئْسَ الْقَتْلَى What evil people they are.

**[49:19]** What losers they are to have died that day and to be killed by the likes of Zayd and Al-Bara and Abu Dujana and Salim. Like what horrible people they are. Just like قَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلَاكُمْ فِي النَّارِ Our dead are in paradise and your dead are in hellfire.

**[49:34]** عمر (رضي الله عنه) is still looking at him and he's kind of talking to him like you're from the enemy. So he says بِئْسَ الْقَتْلَى And Abu Maryam says to him الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَبْقَانِي حَتَّى رَجَعْتُ إِلَى الدِّينِ الَّذِي رَضِيَ لِنَبِيهِ

**[49:50]** صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَمَ وَلِلْمُسْلِمِينَ Abu Maryam said الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ Allah let me live until He guided me back to the religion that He was pleased with for His Prophet (ﷺ)

**[50:05]** and for the Muslims and Umar (رضي الله عنه) found closure in that he felt he was sincere And you want to know how it goes? That Ibn Abdul Bar actually narrates that Umar (رضي الله عنه) appointed him as a judge

**[50:21]** in Basra as a qadi in Basra Not only did he not penalize him or hurt him even though he loved Zayd (رضي الله عنه) but he felt him to be sincere in his tawbah and he still has the best interests of the Muslims at heart

**[50:37]** and so Umar (رضي الله عنه) appoints him as a judge Some of the scholars debated with Ibn Abdul Bar's assessment they said it was another Abu Maryam al-Hanafi that Umar (رضي الله عنه) appointed So that's another discussion altogether So you see another dimension here

**[50:53]** of the justice of Sayyidina Umar (رضي الله عنه) that we praise so much Now who was left behind from Zayd al-Khattab this amazing luminary this silent giant Zayd al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه) He had two kids Abdur-Rahman and Asma

**[51:09]** As for Asma (رضي الله عنها) we don't know anything about her As for Abdur-Rahman Abdur-Rahman was six years old when the Prophet (ﷺ) passed away so technically he's a companion too Abdur-Rahman ibn Zayd (رضي الله عنه) and he became a hadith narrator

**[51:25]** and Umar (رضي الله عنه) raised Abdur-Rahman Abdur-Rahman with his own kids So Abdur-Rahman ibn Zayd was raised with Abdullah ibn Umar and with Asma and with the rest of the children of Umar al-Khattab (رضي الله عنه)

**[51:40]** and again that idea العم بمنزلة الوالد the uncle is like the father that Umar (رضي الله عنه) truly assumed the position like a father to him and one of the most beautiful narrations that I found from Abdur-Rahman that's narrated in al-Isabah

**[51:57]** Abdur-Rahman ibn Zayd he says كنت أنا وعاصم بن عمر بن الخطاب في البحر that Aasim and I were swimming in the ocean and he said that this was a time of Umrah or Hajj

**[52:12]** so we were in Ihram so it would have been along the coast on their way to Mecca that they were swimming in the ocean قال يغيب رأسي وأغيب رأسه he was dipping my head into the water and I was dipping his head into the water and this brings me to another dimension

**[52:27]** وعمر بن الخطاب (رضي الله عنه) ينظر بالساحل and Umar (رضي الله عنه) was watching from the shore Umar taking the kids out to swim it's the closest thing that you get to that human moment of his nephew of his beloved brother who he loved so much

**[52:42]** and it shows you that side of these companions and these great people that you can imagine Aasim and Abdur-Rahman that they were dipping their heads into the water and playing together and Umar (رضي الله عنه) watching them as they did so however another interesting fact is that Abdur-Rahman actually says

**[52:58]** my name was actually Muhammad so my father named me Muhammad but he said one time there was a man that got mad at me and so he started to insult me with the name Muhammad so he started to say

**[53:13]** فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَفَعَلَ وَفَعَلَ so he's yelling at me and he's using the name Muhammad so Umar (رضي الله عنه) says يَا بْنَ زَيْدٍ أُدْنُ he said come here O son of Zaid he says

**[53:29]** أَلَا أَرَى رَسُولَ الله (ﷺ) أَوْ قَالَ مُحَمَّدًا يُسَبُّ بِكَ I can't stand to see the name of the Prophet (ﷺ) insulted because of you so he says وَاللَّهِ لَا تُدْعَى مُحَمَّدًا مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا you're not going to be called Muhammad anymore

**[53:44]** وَسَمَّاهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ I'm going to call you Abdurrahman instead because I don't like seeing people insult the name of Muhammad and the Prophet (ﷺ) received that on account of you and so he actually named him Abdurrahman and this was common of course

**[53:59]** because Umar (رضي الله عنه) is the narrator of the hadith أَحَبُّ الْأَسْمَاءِ إِلَى اللَّهِ the two most beloved names to Allah are Abdurrahman and Abdullah and Umar (رضي الله عنه) named three of his kids Abdurrahman so he just added his nephew to Abdurrahman as well

**[54:15]** and Abdurrahman (رضي الله عنه) lived a long life and he died in the life of Abdullah بن عمر (رضي الله عنه) and Abdullah بن عمر was actually the one his cousin who washed him who shrouded him, who buried him and who led his janazah and what an amazing

**[54:31]** honor that actually is may Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) be pleased with them all so we get back to Zayd (رضي الله عنه) in the short entry it's literally less than a page of سير أعلام النبلاء الإمام الذهبي (رحمه الله) he mentions him and his fadila and his virtue

**[54:47]** of being من شهداء اليمامة and as I said we're going to talk about the martyrs of Yamama and he starts to list out the names of the people that have been killed in Yamama and they were over 600 companions and there's a note on his grave in this regard

**[55:03]** so SubhanAllah it's actually, I've never had the chance to visit but if any of you are ever in Riyadh this graveyard is actually there شهداء الصحابة the شهداء from the صحابة, the battle of Yamama 600 companions of course they used to build

**[55:19]** domes and they used to build huge structures on top of some of the graves of the صحابة Zayd (رضي الله عنه) what you'll note in the history books is they say that he had the largest قبّة if you remember when we talked about عباس (رضي الله عنه) we actually showed a picture of it

**[55:35]** so Zayd (رضي الله عنه) had the largest structure built on his grave in معركة اليمامة, in the battle of Yamama so when people would come to visit his grave was the one that stood out and of course that's not the case anymore and if you could just put this picture I don't know why this picture

**[55:51]** made me very emotional, SubhanAllah that's the grave of Zayd الخطاب (رضي الله عنه) and I'm looking at that and I'm thinking to myself, SubhanAllah where is this man going to be standing in terms of the people who enter into Jannah

**[56:07]** if Abu Bakr and Umar may Allah be pleased with them will be entering with the Prophet (ﷺ) to his sides where is Zayd (رضي الله عنه) the quiet brother of Umar (رضي الله عنه) Umar testifies was more virtuous than him

**[56:25]** and that tells you something that it's not about the structures on the grave, it's about the station with Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) on the day of judgment and entering into Al-Jannah may Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) be pleased with him

**[56:41]** and may Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) accept him (رضي الله عنه وعن أخيه) may Allah be pleased with his brother أمير المؤمنين عمر الخطاب (رضي الله تعالى عنه) may Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) gather us with them all, with our beloved Prophet (ﷺ) في الفردوس الأعلى اللهم آمين

**[57:03]** Thanks for watching!

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- [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)