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The Firsts
Yaqeen Institute
150 episodes
1 month ago
How beautiful would you be if an angel wiped your face? It happened to Jarir ibn Abdullah (ra), a Yemeni companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He was called “the Yusuf of this ummah.” But he had another special gift—the power of persuasion.
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How beautiful would you be if an angel wiped your face? It happened to Jarir ibn Abdullah (ra), a Yemeni companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He was called “the Yusuf of this ummah.” But he had another special gift—the power of persuasion.
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Islam
Religion & Spirituality,
History
Episodes (20/150)
The Firsts
Adi ibn Hatim al-Tai (ra): From Christian King to Companion
The son of Hatim al-Tai, one of the most famous figures in Arab history, walks into the Prophet ﷺ’s room in Madinah. What happened next transformed the heart of this Christian king. How did the son of Arabia’s most famous man become one of Islam’s closest companions?
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4 weeks ago
48 minutes

The Firsts
Jarir ibn Abdullah (ra): The Yusuf of This Ummah
How beautiful would you be if an angel wiped your face? It happened to Jarir ibn Abdullah (ra), a Yemeni companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He was called “the Yusuf of this ummah.” But he had another special gift—the power of persuasion.
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4 weeks ago
53 minutes

The Firsts
Abbad ibn Bishr (ra): The Friend of the Qur’an
3 months ago
41 minutes

The Firsts
Thabit ibn Qays (ra): Promised Jannah After A Sin
3 months ago
43 minutes

The Firsts
Zayd ibn al-Khattab (ra): The Quiet Brother of Omar (ra)
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 ibn al-Khattab (ra), the silent giant of this ummah?
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3 months ago
57 minutes

The Firsts
Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid (ra): From False Prophet to Shaheed
Is your faith journey complicated? Wait until you hear this story. He embraced Islam. Then he left it. Then he committed the worst sins. He thought he could repent again. After so many twists and turns, you might be surprised at how his story ended.
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6 months ago
57 minutes

The Firsts
Ka’b ibn Zuhayr (ra): The Story of the First Burda
Prior to his conversion, Ka’b ibn Zuhayr (ra) is responsible for the latest diss tracks coming out about Islam. He’s insulting the Prophet ﷺ, the Muslims, and making implications about Muslim women. But as the Prophet ﷺ’s power grows, the world is closing in on the poet. Where will he go?
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6 months ago
51 minutes

The Firsts
Muhammad ibn Maslama (ra): The Knight of Rasulullah ﷺ
He was named Muhammad before Islam. He was the knight of the Messenger ﷺ. He was the guardian of Madinah. He was the caliph's investigator. Who was he?
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6 months ago
1 hour 9 minutes

The Firsts
A Foiled Conspiracy: Umayr ibn Wahb (ra) & Safwan ibn Umayyah (ra)
After the Battle of Badr, two cousins secretly conspired to kill the Prophet ﷺ. Neither of them could have predicted where this conspiracy would eventually take them.
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6 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

The Firsts
Thumama ibn Uthal (ra): The most powerful Muslim of his time?
The Quraysh abuse a man who is performing umrah. But they quickly realize the consequences, because he may have been the most powerful Muslim in the world at the time.
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6 months ago
55 minutes

The Firsts
Abu Mahdhura (ra): The Kid Who Mocked Adhan
As the Prophet ﷺ left the siege of Ta’if, a group of youth were making fun of the adhan. The Prophet ﷺ saw past their mockery and stuck to his hope of their becoming Muslim. In one of the most beautiful stories of the Prophetic lens, we gain new insight into how he brought the best out of people even in the worst of times.
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6 months ago
16 minutes

The Firsts
The Children of Ta’if Who Stoned the Prophet ﷺ
Imagine having stoned the Prophet ﷺ as a child, only to realize who he was as an adult. How do you even become Muslim on that day? Were any of the children even listening to what he was saying while they carried out the brutal order to stone him? Since the Prophet ﷺ had hope in their Islam, did he get to see the fruit of that hope in his lifetime?
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6 months ago
20 minutes

The Firsts
Abu Bakra (ra): The Freed Slave of Allah
So often confused for Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (ra), this prolific narrator of hadith escaped Ta’if in such a unique way that he was named after this incident. After this lecture, you will never read his name as a typo again.
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7 months ago
28 minutes

The Firsts
The Jinn Who Became Muslim
Imagine the first Muslims, but amongst the Jinn. Who were the first converts amongst them, and how did that happen? When did Allah send them? And what was the connection of the Jinn Muslims to the rejectors of Ta’if?
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7 months ago
25 minutes

The Firsts
Addas (ra) of Ta’if: The Brother of Yunus (as)
As the Prophet ﷺ lay battered and beaten in the garden after Ta’if, Allah sent him this one special slave who would be the only known human convert on the worst day of the Prophet ﷺ’s life.
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7 months ago
39 minutes

The Firsts
The Prophet ﷺ’s Bodyguard: Mughira ibn Shu‘ba (ra)
He came to Islam after a severely checkered past, but never let his flaws stop him from assuming his place in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ. He used his strength and sense of movement to monitor the Prophet’s every move, and came back to Ta’if with the command to destroy their idol.
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7 months ago
31 minutes

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The Most Honored Man By The Prophet ﷺ
If you saw him in Madinah, you would be taken aback by how he was honored by the Prophet ﷺ and the companions like no other human being, and if you heard him speak then you would know he was special. The last uncle of the Prophet ﷺ and a blessed connection for this Ummah.
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10 months ago
1 hour 19 minutes

The Firsts
Hakim ibn Hizam (ra): When Money Stops Mattering
The nephew of Khadijah (ra) and a core figure in the decade prior to the Prophet ﷺ receiving revelation. He held out on Islam because of his worldly focus, yet eventually embraced Islam and a new focus on the hereafter.
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10 months ago
1 hour 3 minutes

The Firsts
Urwa ibn Masud (ra): The Chief Who Resembled Isa (as)
A noble leader with a striking presence, he initially resisted the call of Islam and was a chief negotiator from Quraysh to the Prophet ﷺ in Hudaybiyyah. But when Islam entered his heart, he sought to lead his people to faith and lost his life in the process.
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10 months ago
46 minutes

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When Allah Guided the Children of Abu Lahab
The only enemy of the Prophet ﷺ mentioned by name in the Quran, yet his own children became Muslim and would read about their father’s punishment. The incredible story of the believing children of the Prophet ﷺ's uncle and how he received them.
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10 months ago
1 hour 6 minutes

The Firsts
How beautiful would you be if an angel wiped your face? It happened to Jarir ibn Abdullah (ra), a Yemeni companion of the Prophet ﷺ. He was called “the Yusuf of this ummah.” But he had another special gift—the power of persuasion.