1 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:40,559 - Good morning, Abu Bakr. - Good morning. 2 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,759 Will you not come with us to Dar Al-Nadwah? 3 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,240 - We have missed you. - It is all right 4 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,599 but I am busy now. You don't need me. 5 00:02:57,439 --> 00:02:58,520 What is the matter with Abu Bakr? 6 00:02:58,599 --> 00:03:01,120 He has not been showing up in our gatherings, 7 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:05,919 as if he is preoccupied with something serious that he is keeping to himself. 8 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,800 He had always been very sociable. 9 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,319 Ah! Umar! 10 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,760 How are you today, Umar? 11 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,719 I am well, as long as my maternal uncles are well. 12 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,760 Then come with us, or are you also busy? 13 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,319 Also?! Nothing keeps me away from my people's affairs. 14 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:26,879 When they will something, it is my will too. 15 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:28,640 - Come on - Come 16 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,000 Abu Bakr! 17 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:41,359 Where are you going, Uthman? 18 00:03:41,439 --> 00:03:43,039 To the meeting place. 19 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:45,719 Anything new that needs to be sorted out? 20 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:47,400 No, it is the usual type of discussion. 21 00:03:47,479 --> 00:03:50,799 Had it been anything different, you would have been the first to know. 22 00:03:53,319 --> 00:03:55,439 You seem to be worried about something. 23 00:03:55,919 --> 00:03:58,239 If you care to tell me about it, 24 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:00,319 I will try to give you whatever help I can. 25 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:04,079 What I have is something that I hope will benefit you. 26 00:04:04,759 --> 00:04:07,759 I would not have kept it to myself without sharing it with those I love. 27 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,439 You are my best friend. 28 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:12,000 And so you are to me. But... 29 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,160 Leave the gathering today and come with me. 30 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:19,439 What do you think of your brother? 31 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,719 Who? You? 32 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,480 Have I ever told you a lie? 33 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,040 No, indeed. You are most truthful and kindly. 34 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:29,840 And the one who is more truthful is Muhammad Ibn Abdullah. 35 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,759 He is certainly as you describe: honest and truthful. 36 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,039 But what about him? Will you not speak out? 37 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,280 I will, provided you promise me that you will tell no one, 38 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,560 whether you like what I tell you or not. 39 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:49,119 You have certainly got me worried. I promise you, 40 00:04:49,199 --> 00:04:52,479 but what you ask me to conceal must be very serious. 41 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,400 Yes, it is indeed. 42 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,480 The Arabs never heard of anything similar before now. 43 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,680 Yet it sets them on the right course in this life and the next. 44 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,720 The next! What is the next? 45 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,840 How did you leave your cousin? I mean Muhammad... 46 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,600 He is fine, by the grace of his Lord. 47 00:05:32,639 --> 00:05:34,000 His Lord? 48 00:05:37,079 --> 00:05:39,639 I saw you today with him in that mountain path. 49 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:41,039 You did! 50 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:44,519 What were you doing? 51 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,400 You prostrated yourselves and then stood up. 52 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:50,640 It is not the prostration we do near our idols. 53 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,720 Then, I never saw him or you prostrating yourselves before our idols. 54 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,840 What you saw us do is prayer, 55 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,480 which God has ordained through His Prophet. 56 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,720 A Prophet? You mean... 57 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,240 Your nephew, Muhammad, (peace be upon him). 58 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:09,839 He is indeed a Prophet 59 00:06:10,399 --> 00:06:12,519 and revelations are given to him from on high. 60 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:18,640 That is the Qur'an, God's word. I follow his faith, Islam. 61 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:26,599 Prophet... revelations... Qur'an... Islam! 62 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,399 You have said much, my son. 63 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:36,480 Sit down and tell me all about this religion you have mentioned 64 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,079 and what it stands for. 65 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:41,560 Where are you going, Ammar? 66 00:06:41,639 --> 00:06:43,360 I have some business to attend to. 67 00:06:43,439 --> 00:06:45,759 You are often leaving me alone to stay away 68 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,000 when I know nothing about what you are doing. 69 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:50,479 When I ask you, you only say you are attending to some business. 70 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:54,040 What business? And you, Umm Ammar? 71 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,360 I am going to Abu Al-Hakam Ibn Hisham's home. 72 00:06:56,439 --> 00:06:58,639 His wife has sent for me concerning something. 73 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,440 You should say, "to serve her". 74 00:07:00,519 --> 00:07:03,359 - Is it not enough that she has a servant? - Her servant is unwell. 75 00:07:03,439 --> 00:07:06,079 Besides, we owe a duty to the Makhzooms. 76 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,320 Are we not their allies? 77 00:07:07,399 --> 00:07:10,359 Yes, their allies, but not their slaves. 78 00:07:10,439 --> 00:07:12,719 You might have been a slave woman belonging to one of them, 79 00:07:12,839 --> 00:07:16,159 but he set you free and gave you to my father in marriage before he died. 80 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,000 Why is it that the Makhzoom clan want you to serve them, 81 00:07:19,079 --> 00:07:21,519 - as if you were still... - No, son. 82 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:24,840 Don't be rash, or you will land us all in what we cannot stand up to. 83 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:26,720 We must not deny people's favours. 84 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:29,279 When I came from Yemen to this city, 85 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,319 the Makhzoom clan welcomed me and extended protection to me, 86 00:07:32,399 --> 00:07:36,279 making me their ally. They thus own my soul. 87 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,879 No one owns a soul other than its Creator. 88 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:41,399 What did he say? 89 00:07:45,959 --> 00:07:52,599 Son, he is calling us to righteousness, so stay with him 90 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:58,040 and don't tell anyone about the two of you until God's will is revealed 91 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,360 Welcome, Umar. Welcome to my nephew. 92 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,639 Sit here. 93 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,400 - How did you leave Al-Khattab? - He is well 94 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,520 Have you come just to visit your uncles, or for something else? 95 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:24,240 This and that. 96 00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:26,399 As for a social visit, you are welcome. 97 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,520 What other news do you have? 98 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,480 Some talk we heard and disliked. 99 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,039 I don't think my uncle Abu Al-Hakam is unaware of it. 100 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:38,840 You mean Muhammad. 101 00:08:42,519 --> 00:08:44,519 If what we heard be true, 102 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,039 we have nothing to hold against him until he comes out into the open. 103 00:08:49,759 --> 00:08:51,519 We do not know his objective. 104 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,279 Nor are we sure if something is the matter with him, 105 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,480 or he is starting a call aiming to raise a force against us 106 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:59,479 in which case we must stop him. 107 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,439 I am certain that Muhammad is advocating his faith in secret, 108 00:09:02,519 --> 00:09:04,919 approaching only those whom he can trust. 109 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,200 Why hasn't he, then, started with us when we are the chiefs of Quraysh? 110 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,800 He has judged rightly, then. 111 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:14,039 By Al-Lat we will not accept anything from him. 112 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,480 Even before you hear what he has to say? 113 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,400 We don't need to hear 114 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:24,240 more than what we have learnt already in order to oppose him. 115 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:29,360 It is bad enough that he disowned our faith which our forefathers upheld. 116 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,520 It has ensured for us mastery over all Arabs. 117 00:09:32,759 --> 00:09:34,919 When he claims to be a Prophet, 118 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:40,600 he is saying that we must follow and obey him if we want to obey God. 119 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:44,359 How can we accept that one of the Hashimites as our leader 120 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,200 and we his followers? 121 00:09:46,279 --> 00:09:48,240 Can we let this happen 122 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,240 when we have competed with them for honor and supremacy? 123 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,639 Were we to say that we don't accept the Hashimites as our leaders, 124 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,480 he would say: I am not asking you to accept the rule of the Hashimites, 125 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:02,759 but to accept the rule of God 126 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,680 who has sent me as His messenger to you and to all mankind. 127 00:10:10,519 --> 00:10:11,919 And to this one! 128 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:15,759 Isn't she one of the people? 129 00:10:16,919 --> 00:10:19,439 Aren't you one of the people, Sumayyah? 130 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:26,120 Yes... I mean... I don't understand what you are aiming at, Sir, 131 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,160 so that I give the right answer to please you. 132 00:10:29,519 --> 00:10:33,360 This is a sensible woman who wants to give a pleasing answer. 133 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,600 Do speak. Don't worry. 134 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:37,839 You are one of the people, aren't you? 135 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:40,759 Indeed, sir. I am one of the people. 136 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,720 Good! What are we, then? 137 00:10:43,799 --> 00:10:47,719 - And you also, sir. - Also? 138 00:10:49,279 --> 00:10:51,879 But people have different ranks, sir. 139 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,639 We are your allies and followers. 140 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,240 Haven't I told you that Sumayyah is a sensible woman? 141 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:04,400 Our late cousin, Abu Hudhayfah did well when he granted her freedom 142 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,360 and gave her in marriage to his ally Yassir Al-Ansi. 143 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,600 Don't worry. Don't worry. I don't need the milk. Thank you. 144 00:11:11,799 --> 00:11:14,120 Do you understand me, my nephew? 145 00:11:14,919 --> 00:11:17,879 Should Muhammad call on people to follow his faith, 146 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:21,360 he will be in fact asking us to accept his rule under the guise of prophethood, 147 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,240 and he will remain one of the Hashimites. 148 00:11:25,159 --> 00:11:27,679 By Al-Lat, if he calls on us to follow his faith, 149 00:11:27,759 --> 00:11:31,600 we will give him a very rude answer. Sumayyah. 150 00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:37,480 For dinner today, do prepare the food and the pans for whoever comes. 151 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,120 Prepare food in plenty. Do not economise. 152 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,000 Very well, sir. 153 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:49,159 Ikrimah, order our servants to invite people to our dinner. 154 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:54,360 They should invite every guest, passerby or poor person. 155 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,879 Let us be the first to invite them. 156 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,920 "The third year after the Prophet's mission" 157 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:10,319 Hello, women 158 00:12:10,399 --> 00:12:13,120 What are you doing among women, you boy? 159 00:12:13,519 --> 00:12:15,159 You have become a man. 160 00:12:16,879 --> 00:12:18,759 Hello, old man. 161 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,840 So, the reports are true; 162 00:12:42,919 --> 00:12:45,279 yet nothing is like seeing with your own eyes. 163 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,879 So, this is how you pray. 164 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,000 We have been hearing about Muhammad and his faith 165 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:57,920 as he abandoned our religion. 166 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,240 What came first in whispers has now become louder. 167 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,879 Some of us believed it; some did not. 168 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:12,120 How awful! I think that you are now in numbers, 169 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:16,640 while we were oblivious to what is happening, thinking it simple. 170 00:13:19,519 --> 00:13:23,600 Abu Sufyan, we have tried our best 171 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,720 not to let you see what may displease you, 172 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:28,679 and not to face your unpleasant reaction. 173 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,080 Hence, we come to this spot to pray. 174 00:13:32,519 --> 00:13:35,919 We do so in obedience to God's messenger (peace be upon him). 175 00:13:36,759 --> 00:13:38,639 God's messenger? 176 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,680 God has willed that you see us today. 177 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:44,639 Leave us alone, as we have left you and go back with our good wishes. 178 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,639 You do not ask about what we do, and we will not ask about what you do, 179 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,399 Well, well. Stranger things could happen. 180 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,279 Abdullah Ibn Massoud, or rather, Ibn Umm Abd, 181 00:13:56,639 --> 00:13:59,159 the shepherd employed by Uqbah Ibn Abi Muait, 182 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:01,960 speaks up to the chiefs of Quraysh. 183 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,080 You put yourself at our level. 184 00:14:04,159 --> 00:14:07,839 You want us not to ask you what you do, and you don't ask us what we do. 185 00:14:08,919 --> 00:14:13,959 And you Saad, are willing to be in company with these low people, 186 00:14:14,039 --> 00:14:17,519 while you belong to Zuhrah, a clan of Quraysh, 187 00:14:17,919 --> 00:14:19,079 They are better than me. 188 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:20,879 Nay. It is you who are worse than them. 189 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,840 Hold it, man. Leave us alone. 190 00:14:22,919 --> 00:14:24,319 No, by Al-Lat and Al-Uzza, we will not leave you alone 191 00:14:24,399 --> 00:14:26,480 until we have shown you our strength 192 00:14:26,559 --> 00:14:28,839 so that you will abandon this stupidity. 193 00:14:51,919 --> 00:14:54,919 - Who did this to you? - It is nothing. 194 00:14:56,759 --> 00:14:58,279 You must tell us. 195 00:14:59,879 --> 00:15:01,879 We gave them as much as we took from them. 196 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:04,680 I could never care less for them. 197 00:15:04,759 --> 00:15:06,919 Who are they? 198 00:15:07,559 --> 00:15:10,279 Abu Sufyan and his group! 199 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,879 - Whom did you say? - Abu Sufyan and his group! 200 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,960 Abu Sufyan? The chief of the Abd Shams clan? 201 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,639 Who are you to quarrel with one of the chiefs of Quraysh, 202 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:24,639 giving him as much as he gives you, as you have just said? 203 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,760 Have you gone mad? Don't you remember who we are? 204 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,320 I do, indeed. We do not belong to Quraysh, but to Ans, 205 00:15:32,399 --> 00:15:33,840 and we are allies to the Makhzoom clan. 206 00:15:33,919 --> 00:15:36,479 My mother was a slave woman belonging to Abu Hudhayfah of Makhzoom. 207 00:15:36,559 --> 00:15:39,799 I know all this, father. Had I ever forgotten it, 208 00:15:39,919 --> 00:15:42,000 the chiefs of Quraysh and its younger people would have reminded me. 209 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:48,360 - Then how dare you... - Sit down, father. Sit down 210 00:15:52,399 --> 00:15:54,519 And you too, mother. 211 00:16:05,039 --> 00:16:07,879 "I seek shelter with God against Satan, the accursed." 212 00:16:08,639 --> 00:16:11,120 "In the name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful." 213 00:16:12,519 --> 00:16:16,439 "By the bright morning hours, and the night when it grows still and dark," 214 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,000 "Your Lord has neither forsaken you, nor does He hate you." 215 00:16:21,279 --> 00:16:24,959 "Surely the life to come will be better for you than this present life." 216 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:27,720 "And, certainly, in time your Lord will be bounteous to you" 217 00:16:27,799 --> 00:16:29,399 "and you will be well pleased." 218 00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:33,120 "Has He not found you an orphan and given you a shelter?" 219 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,080 "And found you in error, and guided you?" 220 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,680 "And found you poor and enriched you?" 221 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,720 "Therefore do not wrong the orphan," 222 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,000 "nor chide away the beggar," 223 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:54,159 "but speak of your Lord's favours." 224 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,280 What is this news we have heard, Abu Sufyan? 225 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,680 Is it true that... 226 00:17:17,759 --> 00:17:19,960 Yes, indeed. As you have heard. 227 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:23,759 When you saw them at the mountain path, 228 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,920 why didn't you leave them alone? 229 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,279 Father, for how long will you continue to do like an ostrich? 230 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,200 Don't fan the fire, Hind. 231 00:17:34,279 --> 00:17:38,200 Then you agree that it is a fire, 232 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:40,800 and it starts with a spark. 233 00:17:41,519 --> 00:17:43,519 Unless you put it out straightaway, 234 00:17:43,599 --> 00:17:47,480 it will take off and may burn your homes. 235 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,000 They are relatives, Hind. 236 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,240 Are we to behave like one who cuts his own nose? 237 00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:54,679 Nay. It is like one with a decayed finger. 238 00:17:54,759 --> 00:17:57,279 If he leaves it, the decay will spread throughout his arm, 239 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,199 then the rest of his body. 240 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,359 Wisdom requires that he cuts it off to save himself. 241 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:04,840 Someone made a personal choice. What's that got to do with us? 242 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,720 Muhammad? Had he made a personal choice, as you say, 243 00:18:08,799 --> 00:18:11,879 he would have gone to some mountain to worship alone, that would be fine. 244 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,360 But he is advocating his faith. 245 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,200 People have followed him. Some of them we know, others we don't. 246 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,840 The ones we know include Abu Bakr, Uthman Ibn Affan, 247 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:31,560 Uthman Ibn Mazoun, Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas, Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Awf, 248 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,320 and a number of the low people. 249 00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:41,000 Whoever joins him is rebelling against you. 250 00:18:43,319 --> 00:18:46,799 They obey him in as much as they disobey you, 251 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:48,640 When Muhammad is the master, 252 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,240 then the Hashimites are masters with him. 253 00:18:51,319 --> 00:18:53,759 We, the Abd Shams clan, 254 00:18:53,839 --> 00:18:56,359 have been matching them like two horses in a race, 255 00:18:58,799 --> 00:19:01,960 but we led by virtue of our wealth. 256 00:19:02,039 --> 00:19:06,839 Now Abu Talib's foster son is claiming that he is a Prophet 257 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:08,279 and that your religion is worthless. 258 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,359 But he does not address himself to the Abd Shams clan only 259 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,640 Stop arguing now. 260 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,359 Here we are arguing about Muhammad 261 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,440 before he even speaks to us about his faith 262 00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:24,599 or criticizes anything we do. 263 00:19:26,559 --> 00:19:31,319 Only a small number of us have followed him. 264 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,360 We must not be the ones to sever relations with kinsfolk. 265 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,120 True, he belongs to Hashim, 266 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,960 but we and they join together as descendants from Abd Manaf. 267 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,360 They are our closest clan of Quraysh. 268 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,519 Then you intend to leave Muhammad and his companions alone 269 00:19:47,599 --> 00:19:49,079 until they represent a serious threat. 270 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,800 No, until they have overstepped their limits. 271 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,200 Then all the Qurayshi clans will join us 272 00:19:54,279 --> 00:19:57,039 if we find ourselves in conflict with them. 273 00:19:57,559 --> 00:20:00,000 The Hashimite clan will have a choice: 274 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:04,119 Either they give him up to us, and he will be without protection, 275 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,759 or they will protect him. 276 00:20:05,839 --> 00:20:07,319 In the latter case, they will bear the consequences, 277 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,040 as they will be abandoned by the rest of the Quraysh clans who will follow us. 278 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:16,640 This will give the Abd Shams clan undisputed mastery. 279 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:24,120 Patience! Wisdom! 280 00:20:25,039 --> 00:20:32,039 The claim of prophethood will ultimately be for us either a gain or a loss. 281 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:36,519 What determines either is good management. 282 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,440 This is what I have to say. 283 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,160 All of you listen and obey... 284 00:20:51,759 --> 00:20:54,519 By God, this is a fine word. 285 00:20:54,599 --> 00:20:56,919 It is certainly not a man's word. 286 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,480 It is as if I was blindfolded and now I can see. 287 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:05,639 One God having created us all from a single soul, 288 00:21:06,559 --> 00:21:11,200 which makes us all equal in creation, rights and duties. 289 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,360 No privilege is attached to wealth or lineage. 290 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:19,360 Turning to God, maintaining what is right, fair, benevolent 291 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,240 and good are the only criteria for reward. 292 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:29,799 But, if Abu Sufyan and his companions did what they did today 293 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,320 when Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas was with you, 294 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,759 what will they do to us 295 00:21:34,839 --> 00:21:38,039 if we were to abandon their ways and follow the Prophet? 296 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,440 Abu Ammar. You have committed yourself 297 00:21:41,519 --> 00:21:44,200 when you felt the truth in what your son has said 298 00:21:44,279 --> 00:21:46,639 and reported of God's messenger. 299 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,600 Whom should you fear: our allies, the Makhzooms 300 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,200 or God, our and their Master? 301 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,400 Yes, indeed, I was a slave woman in Abu Hudhayfah's home, 302 00:22:00,839 --> 00:22:02,720 and he was an honorable and kind man. 303 00:22:02,799 --> 00:22:05,200 He set me free and gave me in marriage to you. 304 00:22:05,279 --> 00:22:10,319 Yet, the women of Quraysh have always treated me as a slave. 305 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,920 When they see me, they say, "Abu Hudhayfah's slave girl." 306 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,319 If any of them calls me to go over to her, 307 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,680 she only wants me to serve her. 308 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:23,400 I am never allowed to sit with them. 309 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:27,560 Only now I learn that when I am God's servant, 310 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:34,560 no creature may have any authority over me, 311 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,160 Ammar, take me now to the Prophet 312 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,559 so that I embrace Islam, as you have done. 313 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,400 If your father prefers to stay behind, 314 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,640 fearing his allies of the Makhzoom clan, so be it. 315 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,079 I will remain dutiful to him in every way, 316 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,480 as long as I don't disobey God. 317 00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,279 Bilal! 318 00:24:01,319 --> 00:24:03,200 Show us what you can do. 319 00:24:03,799 --> 00:24:05,559 I have no need to fight him. 320 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:11,240 Who cares what you need? You do what I need. Go! 321 00:24:16,839 --> 00:24:18,039 Your father is unfair to him. 322 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,439 What can the son of Hamamah do with such a mighty fellow! 323 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,120 Come on you, son of Hamamah, 324 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,440 show us your strength. 325 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:32,920 If you beat him, I will give you a prize. 326 00:25:43,839 --> 00:25:47,879 This is Abu Dasamah. Blessed be your hand. 327 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,079 The Abyssinian has been sympathetic to his fellow Abyssinian. 328 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,160 I don't know why I pay for your food and drink. 329 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,599 You have the thickest skin and a sparrow's heart. 330 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:29,560 Go! Go! 331 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,240 - You! - How admirable you were today. 332 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:02,839 No one saw me. 333 00:27:07,839 --> 00:27:09,759 Haven't I told you not to visit me? 334 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,120 Do you fear your master, or what people may say? 335 00:27:13,599 --> 00:27:16,319 If I don't fear for myself, I fear for you. 336 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,080 Your master is very pleased with you today, 337 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,080 because you beat all your opponents. 338 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,680 People don't care when a slave meets a slave woman. 339 00:27:28,039 --> 00:27:30,920 Just as they don't care when an animal seeks another. 340 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,000 Then fulfill your promise and speak to your master. 341 00:27:34,079 --> 00:27:35,839 I don't think he would refuse. 342 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,600 The Arabs have always arranged marriages between their slaves 343 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,400 The time is not right yet. 344 00:27:43,519 --> 00:27:45,079 When will it be right? 345 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,400 I don't know. I don't know... Don't keep arguing with me. 346 00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:53,439 I thought that you would be kind to me today 347 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,680 Raihanah! 348 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,720 Don't you understand my feelings? 349 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,759 By God, I would love you to be my wife today, rather than tomorrow. 350 00:28:05,839 --> 00:28:07,839 But you are doing nothing about it. 351 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:09,920 This is because I don't want to bring into the world a child 352 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,319 who will belong to someone else, 353 00:28:13,519 --> 00:28:15,240 just like an animal fathering a cub. 354 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,720 I want my freedom first. 355 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,720 Can an animal fall in love and get married? 356 00:28:23,839 --> 00:28:28,679 They only take it to another animal, hoping to increase their animals. 357 00:28:28,759 --> 00:28:30,799 Why should I increase the number of their slaves? 358 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,960 Do you really hope that Jubair Ibn Mut'im would ever set you free? 359 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:36,559 He may do. 360 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,680 How miserable you are, Wahshi! And alas for my misery too. 361 00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:41,799 You can hope, but you will spend your life 362 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:43,800 looking for something that will never happen. 363 00:28:44,519 --> 00:28:48,119 The Arabs say: Despair is one of two forms of comfort. 364 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:57,119 The other comfort is death, and to me it is the one I prefer. 365 00:29:42,519 --> 00:29:45,279 "In the name of God, the Lord of Grace, the Ever-Merciful." 366 00:29:45,759 --> 00:29:49,279 "Warn your nearest kindred," 367 00:29:49,839 --> 00:29:55,079 "and spread the wing of your tenderness over all of the believers who follow you." 368 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,160 Speed up. 369 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,039 Muhammad has called on his people to come over 370 00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:04,919 only to make his call public. 371 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:10,119 What has so far been a report is about to become a tangible fact. 372 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,480 Such a fact is certainly unlike a mere report. 373 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,960 Such a fact is certainly unlike a mere report. 374 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:21,680 You Hashimites! You have heard my nephew, Muhammad, 375 00:30:21,759 --> 00:30:24,879 whom you have known to be the most truthful of people, 376 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,039 the kindest and the best-mannered. 377 00:30:28,559 --> 00:30:31,440 When he asked you whether you would believe him 378 00:30:32,079 --> 00:30:39,119 if he were to tell you that horsemen behind the mountain were about to attack you, 379 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:40,640 you answered that you would, 380 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,839 as you never experienced him telling a lie. 381 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:46,960 He then called on you to believe in his faith 382 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:49,159 and worship none other than God, 383 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,640 and to accept that he is God's Prophet and messenger. 384 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:55,480 You make your own choice. 385 00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:01,799 It is not for that I have called you today. 386 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,840 He is the one to put his argument and present his evidence. 387 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:10,960 However, I know that he has come up with something very serious, 388 00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:14,079 unprecedented in Quraysh's history. 389 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:26,920 I have seen grim faces, and others foretelling evil. 390 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,200 It is only a question of time before they make up their minds 391 00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:33,480 and devise their plot against Muhammad. 392 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:41,279 As for me, I will never give up my nephew. 393 00:31:41,359 --> 00:31:43,599 You heard me when I said to him: 394 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,920 Go ahead and do what you have been bidden. 395 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,200 By God, I will continue to look after you and protect you. 396 00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:53,199 Let me hear what you have to say. 397 00:31:55,759 --> 00:31:57,839 This is wicked. 398 00:31:59,319 --> 00:32:03,879 This is what I said and will say; this is wicked. 399 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,560 My Hashimite clansmen, take my view, 400 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,440 as I am also his uncle. 401 00:32:11,559 --> 00:32:15,879 By God, I have never known anyone bringing his own people 402 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,360 a worse catastrophe than Muhammad is bringing you. 403 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:25,960 He is deserting the faith of his forefathers and his people, 404 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,160 and denouncing your gods. 405 00:32:30,119 --> 00:32:34,919 What will you do when all Arabs are ranked against you? 406 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:38,519 Are we a match for all the Arabs? 407 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:45,440 It is better that his own clansmen should confine him. 408 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,720 It is much easier than letting the rest of Quraysh, 409 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,720 supported by other Arabs, attack us. 410 00:32:53,599 --> 00:32:57,599 Nay! By God, we shall protect him for as long as we survive. 411 00:32:59,279 --> 00:33:03,920 You have heard me, and heard him. 412 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,680 Who of you will uphold my position? 413 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,680 Abu Talib, you are our master. 414 00:33:08,759 --> 00:33:13,160 - All of us support your position. - Yes, indeed, all of us. 415 00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:16,039 We shall protect him with you, even if it means that we all perish. 416 00:33:17,799 --> 00:33:19,599 Then disperse. 417 00:34:01,799 --> 00:34:03,240 How do you feel about him? 418 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,840 Just as you should feel, 419 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,079 and as should be felt by anyone from Quraysh 420 00:34:08,159 --> 00:34:10,759 who wants his people to remain united, closing ranks, 421 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,079 and who hates to see them severing relations with their own kindred, 422 00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:15,839 becoming hostile to one another. 423 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:21,079 Should they do that, they will be overwhelmed by the rest of the Arabs. 424 00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:22,679 You think this will happen? 425 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,160 Oh! Do you think it is merely a word to be said, 426 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,799 accepted by some and rejected by others, 427 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:35,679 Zaid, we are the people of the Haram. 428 00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:39,759 The rest of the Arabs pay homage to us because of the Haram. 429 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,960 To them, obeying us is part of religion. 430 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:48,280 Anyone who goes against our wishes is violating the commands of his gods. 431 00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:00,320 Trade, Umar. It is through the Haram and trade 432 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,119 that the Quraysh gained their supremacy. 433 00:35:02,199 --> 00:35:05,199 By both indeed. No harm does Quraysh suffer 434 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,720 because God has assigned it the custody of the Haram, 435 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,600 bringing it benefits that help it to maintain and serve it, 436 00:35:11,679 --> 00:35:13,679 and to be hospitable to its pilgrims. 437 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:19,079 All this is fine. It is indeed through the Haram 438 00:35:19,199 --> 00:35:23,119 that the Quraysh people have become wealthy and strong. 439 00:35:23,199 --> 00:35:27,639 They then use their wealth to maintain the Haram and to be hosts to its pilgrims. 440 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,919 Thus, God has given them the privileges of religion and wealth, 441 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,760 By both, they gained supremacy among the Arabs and control over them. 442 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,400 How will things be if the Arabs discover that Quraysh has become divided, 443 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:42,879 with some people saying that Quraysh's religion has no true basis. 444 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,400 This means that they have no special sanctity. 445 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,119 We shall not follow its faith 446 00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:49,599 or do its rituals until Quraysh itself has changed. 447 00:35:49,679 --> 00:35:53,279 If Quraysh does not change, then we will worship God in our homes, 448 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,760 or else, we fight them over the Haram and take it away from them if we can, 449 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,880 so that we can perform our rituals according to the commands of our true faith. 450 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:04,240 Where will Quraysh go then? What will be left for it? 451 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,119 This is my view, 452 00:36:10,159 --> 00:36:15,879 and I shall ensure that the Adiy people, young and old, shall enforce it. 453 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,120 What is the matter? 454 00:36:25,199 --> 00:36:28,359 We must not be late for the elders of Quraysh 455 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,000 as they are meeting in Dar Al-Nadwah, discussing a serious matter. 456 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:36,519 As I have said; what do I have to do with the Quraysh elders? 457 00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:40,119 How do you say this? You know that they are meeting 458 00:36:40,199 --> 00:36:42,879 to discuss what to do about Muhammad and his religion. 459 00:36:43,599 --> 00:36:46,839 Every clan of Quraysh is represented in the meeting. 460 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,840 Is it appropriate that the Adiy clan be absent? 461 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,119 They will not be absent when you are in the meeting. 462 00:36:52,199 --> 00:36:53,759 You are the elder. 463 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,280 But Quraysh knows, as I do, 464 00:36:56,360 --> 00:37:00,680 that you are the one who is more resolute, eloquent, courageous 465 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:01,880 and held in awe by all people. 466 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,159 Hold it, hold it. I am not taken in by what you say. I only want... 467 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:07,759 By God I am only saying the truth. 468 00:37:09,159 --> 00:37:10,719 What is the harm if my brother takes a lead over me, 469 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,840 when his clear opinion gives him an edge? 470 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,679 Then, our father, Al-Khattab, chose you to replace him in the people's meetings, 471 00:37:17,639 --> 00:37:20,799 and the Adiy clan accepted that, taking your views with respect, 472 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,480 and then Quraysh has been happy with that, 473 00:37:22,559 --> 00:37:24,799 making you its ambassador who defends its case. 474 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,280 - I am perfectly happy with that. - But I am not happy with it. 475 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:32,320 Everyone is suited for the role assigned to him. 476 00:37:33,079 --> 00:37:35,880 If what you are meeting for is good, 477 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,079 it is sufficient that one man from Al-Khattab's family shares in it. 478 00:37:39,159 --> 00:37:40,920 If it is evil, 479 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,280 it is sufficient that one of us shoulders it on our behalf. 480 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:16,280 Are you playing and gambling, 481 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,039 when your elders are inside discussing a very serious matter, 482 00:38:20,119 --> 00:38:22,239 thinking what they should do about Muhammad. 483 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,079 Our elders can take care of the problem. 484 00:38:24,159 --> 00:38:26,639 They with their wise judgement and we with our swords when they wish. 485 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,319 Umar has become one of the elders, although he is younger than me. 486 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,400 He had better stay with us. 487 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,159 His father, Al-Khattab vacated his place for him, and the Adiy clan accepted him. 488 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,679 He is indeed a worthy choice, even though he has a touch of roughness. 489 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,920 Besides, he is a maternal relative of ours. So, watch what you say. 490 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,840 Khalid is right. 491 00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,879 Who says that I was about to speak ill of him? 492 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,199 I can see it in your eyes, Amr. 493 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,080 I know you too well. 494 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,000 Now, Umair, place a bet for me and Safwan for two camels. 495 00:39:02,079 --> 00:39:04,679 Two camels! Isn't one sufficient? 496 00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,240 It works for both of us. If you win, your pleasure is doubled. 497 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,440 And if I lose, my disappointment is doubled. 498 00:39:10,519 --> 00:39:13,960 Safwan Ibn Umayyah, the desert's most generous son, is worried about poverty, 499 00:39:14,039 --> 00:39:17,239 while he slaughters camels every night for his guests! 500 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,519 I don't mind slaughtering camels for the right purpose. 501 00:39:19,599 --> 00:39:21,920 - As to losing them... - What is the right purpose? 502 00:39:22,039 --> 00:39:24,119 - What did you say? - You feed the people 503 00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:27,759 so that they would call you the desert's most generous son! 504 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,039 Whoever says it is telling the truth. 505 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:33,480 What do people say about Amr Ibn Al-Aas? 506 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,400 When everyone is confused and cannot find the right way, 507 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,559 all resort to Amr. 508 00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,880 I am not sure whether they praise you for cleverness, 509 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,720 or condemn you for dodginess. It is confusing. 510 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,560 No confusion. If it is in our favour, it is valuable cleverness, 511 00:39:50,679 --> 00:39:53,960 and if it is against us, it is low behavior. 512 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:59,240 What do you say: shall he draw the lots for two camels? 513 00:40:00,119 --> 00:40:01,639 It is two, then. 514 00:40:02,559 --> 00:40:04,679 - With whom do I start? - With Safwan. 515 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,039 With Safwan. 516 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,080 He has lost consciousness! 517 00:40:17,559 --> 00:40:19,440 Al-Gharim, cousin! 518 00:40:20,119 --> 00:40:22,440 Is this what you do to your cousin and friend? 519 00:40:22,519 --> 00:40:25,639 What can I do when I only administer the game? 520 00:40:26,639 --> 00:40:30,159 It's all right, Safwan. You are wealthy, and so is your father. 521 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,439 If you lose some of it, he will help you. 522 00:40:32,519 --> 00:40:33,639 Neither my wealth, nor my father's, 523 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:36,959 is greater than your father's wealth, Al-Waleed Ibn Al-Mugheerah. 524 00:40:37,039 --> 00:40:38,960 He has subdued many people 525 00:40:39,039 --> 00:40:41,759 in Makkah and Taif by means of his wealth. 526 00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,280 I prayed to Al-Lat and Al-Uzza. Yes, indeed I did. 527 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,680 I even walked around them before coming to join you. 528 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,640 I continue to slaughter my sacrifice for them and feed people. 529 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:56,319 Perhaps they didn't hear you as you did not raise your voice. 530 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,760 Or probably because you do not sacrifice the best of your camels for them. 531 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,800 Would you like to have a game, Amr? 532 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:13,240 If your friend, Safwan, visited Al-Lat and Al-Uzza before joining us, 533 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,519 and he continues to sacrifice his money and camels for them, 534 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,679 yet they did not answer his prayers. 535 00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:22,960 What will they do to little Amr Ibn Al-Aas 536 00:41:23,039 --> 00:41:25,480 who did not pass by them for a month 537 00:41:25,559 --> 00:41:28,400 and only sacrificed a sickly sheep for them? 538 00:41:31,079 --> 00:41:33,360 - What about you, Abu Jandal? - Huh? 539 00:41:34,599 --> 00:41:37,400 Abu Jandal is more interested in the elders' discussions. 540 00:41:41,039 --> 00:41:43,880 When he has made all the gods into one God 541 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,519 and disowned our deities and idols, 542 00:41:46,599 --> 00:41:50,279 how can it be said that he did nothing we dislike? 543 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:54,280 Why should we care, if we persevere with our gods? 544 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:56,720 Or do you fear that Muhammad 545 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,200 might turn you away from your fathers' religion. 546 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,880 If so, then you are unsure of it. 547 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,880 Abu Al-Waleed, people are not the same in such a matter. 548 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,800 Some of us are no longer with us. 549 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:16,240 Where are Abu Bakr, Uthman, Abu Ubaidah or Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Awf? 550 00:42:16,639 --> 00:42:20,480 We only know of his followers those who belong to clans that protect them. 551 00:42:21,079 --> 00:42:23,719 Hence, they were prepared to declare their faith.