Episode 2

Omar Suleiman - The Firsts (Episode 2): Zaid Ibn Amr (ra): A One Man Ummah

About this lecture

In this episode of "The Firsts," Sheikh Omar Suleiman tells the remarkable and moving story of Zaid ibn 'Amr ibn Nufayl — the first cousin of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab and one of the four pre-Islamic Meccan monotheists known as the Hanifs. Standing alone against paganism, Zaid refused idolatry, saved girls from being buried alive, and spent his life seeking the pure religion of Ibrahim (AS) — ultimately dying before the Prophet ﷺ even received prophethood. The lecture explores the prophetic narrations confirming Zaid's extraordinary station in the Hereafter, including the hadith that he will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment as an Ummah unto himself, standing alone between the Prophet ﷺ and 'Isa (AS), and that Allah reserved two levels of Paradise for him.