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92 companions
أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيق
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq
First Caliph
Muhajir · Companion of the Hijrah
Exploreعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّاب
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Al-Faruq
Second Caliph · Muhajir
Exploreعُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّان
Uthman ibn Affan
Dhun-Nurayn
Third Caliph · Muhajir
Exploreعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِب
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Fourth Caliph
Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Early Muslim
Exploreعَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْر
Aishah bint Abi Bakr
Umm al-Mu'minin
Teacher · Great narrator · Daughter of Abu Bakr
Exploreأَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْر
Asma bint Abi Bakr
Dhat an-Nitaqayn
Early Muslim · Of the Hijrah
Exploreبِلَالُ بْنُ رَبَاح
Bilal ibn Rabah
The first mu'adhdhin
Early Muslim · Muhajir
Exploreمُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْر
Mus'ab ibn Umayr
First teacher sent to Madinah
Early Muslim · Fell at Uhud
Exploreخَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيد
Khalid ibn al-Walid
Sayf Allah
Commander · Accepted Islam before Makkah opened
Exploreالزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّام
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
Hawari
Early Muslim · Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Muhajir
Exploreأَبُو أَيُّوبَ الأَنْصَارِيّ
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Ansari
Host of the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah
Exploreطَلْحَةُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّه
Talhah ibn Ubaydullah
Shielded the Prophet ﷺ at Uhud
Early Muslim · Muhajir
Exploreعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَٰنِ بْنُ عَوْف
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf
Merchant of Madinah
Early Muslim · Muhajir
Exploreسَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاص
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
Commander at al-Qadisiyyah
Early Muslim · Muhajir
Exploreسَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْد
Sa'id ibn Zayd
Early Muslim
Cousin of Umar · Muhajir
Exploreأَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاح
Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah
Amin al-Ummah
Commander in Syria · Muhajir
Exploreسَعْدُ بْنُ مُعَاذ
Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
Chief of Aws
Ansari · Spoke for the Ansar at Badr
Exploreمُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَل
Mu'adh ibn Jabal
Sent to Yemen
Ansari · Teacher and judge
Exploreزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِت
Zayd ibn Thabit
Scribe of the revelation
Ansari · Gathered the Qur'an
Exploreأُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْب
Ubayy ibn Ka'b
Foremost of the reciters
Ansari · Scribe of the revelation
Exploreأَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِك
Anas ibn Malik
Served the Prophet ﷺ
Ansari · Teacher of Basra
Exploreأُمُّ سَلَمَة
Umm Salamah
Counsel at Hudaybiyyah
Of the Hijrah · Narrator
Exploreأُمُّ سُلَيْم
Umm Sulaym
Ansariyyah
Mother of Anas · Her dower was Islam
Exploreأُمُّ حَبِيبَة
Umm Habibah
Of Abyssinia
Daughter of Abu Sufyan · Early Muslim
Exploreأُمُّ عُمَارَة
Umm Ammarah
Ansariyyah
At Aqabah · Fought at Uhud
Exploreأُمُّ أَيْمَن
Umm Ayman
She raised him as a child
Early Muslim · Of the Hijrah
Exploreسَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيّ
Salman al-Farsi
The Persian
He looked for it for years · Of the Trench
Exploreخَبَّابُ بْنُ الْأَرَتّ
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt
Early Muslim
Enslaved in Makkah · Blacksmith
Exploreجَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِب
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Spoke before the Negus
Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Fell at Mu'tah
Exploreزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَة
Zayd ibn Harithah
He chose to stay
Early Muslim · Commander at Mu'tah
Exploreأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيّ
Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
Early Muslim
He went looking · Of Ghifar
Exploreأَبُو هُرَيْرَة
Abu Hurayrah
The largest narrator
Of the Suffah · Came late and stayed close
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاس
Abdullah ibn Abbas
Interpreter of the Qur'an
Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · A boy when he died
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَر
Abdullah ibn Umar
Exact in following
Son of Umar · Stayed out of the fighting
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُود
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
First to recite it aloud in Makkah
Early Muslim · Teacher of Kufa
Exploreجَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه
Jabir ibn Abdullah
Ansari
Narrator of the Farewell Hajj · Left with his sisters
Exploreخَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِد
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
The first to believe
Merchant of Makkah · Of the years before Madinah
Exploreفَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد
Fatimah bint Muhammad ﷺ
Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
Of the Hijrah · The first of his family to follow him
Exploreأَبُو مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيّ
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
A voice for the Qur'an
Governor of Basra and Kufa · Of Ash'ar
Exploreثُمَامَةُ بْنُ أُثَال
Thumamah ibn Uthal
Chief of Yamamah
Held in the mosque · Freed before he believed
Exploreسُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرو
Suhayl ibn Amr
Orator of Quraysh
Negotiated at Hudaybiyyah · Steadied Makkah
Exploreعِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي جَهْل
Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl
Son of Abu Jahl
Fought them for twenty years · Died in Syria
Exploreعَدِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِم
Adiyy ibn Hatim
Chief of Tayy
Came as a Christian · He lived to check it
Exploreأَبُو دُجَانَة
Abu Dujana
Ansari of Khazraj
The red band at Uhud · Shielded the Prophet ﷺ with his back
Exploreأَبُو الْعَاصِ بْنُ الرَّبِيع
Abu-l 'As ibn ar-Rabi'
Married to Zaynab, the Prophet's ﷺ daughter
Captured at Badr · Kept his word
Exploreأَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِث
Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith
Cousin and foster-brother of the Prophet ﷺ
Satirised him for years · Held firm at Hunayn
Exploreالْبَرَاءُ بْنُ مَالِك
Al-Bara' ibn Malik
Ansari of Khazraj
Brother of Anas ibn Malik · The garden of death at Yamamah
Exploreحَكِيمُ بْنُ حِزَام
Hakim ibn Hizam
Khadijah's nephew
Generous merchant before Islam · Never asked anyone for anything again
Exploreحُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَان
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
Keeper of the Prophet's secret
Alone in the enemy camp · Governor of al-Mada'in
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حُذَافَةَ السَّهْمِيّ
Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi
Emigrant to Abyssinia
Carried the Prophet's ﷺ letter to Persia · Held by Rome
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَحْش
Abdullah ibn Jahsh
Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ
First given a sealed command · Buried with Hamzah at Uhud
Exploreمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَة
Muhammad ibn Maslamah
Ansari of the Aws
Trusted with the hardest tasks · Stepped back when the community split
Exploreالنُّعْمَانُ بْنُ مُقَرِّن
An-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin
Of Muzaynah
Brought his people to Islam · Fell commanding at Nahawand
Exploreسَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْجُمَحِيّ
Sa'id ibn Aamir al-Jumahi
Governor of Homs
Lived as though he governed nothing · Explained himself plainly to Umar
Exploreثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْس
Thabit ibn Qays
Orator of the Ansar
The verse on raised voices · Killed at Yamamah
Exploreالطُّفَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدَّوْسِي
At-Tufayl ibn Amr ad-Dawsi
Poet and chief of Daws
Stopped his own ears, then changed his mind · Died at Yamamah
Exploreعُمَيْرُ بْنُ وَهْب
Umayr ibn Wahb
Plotted with Safwan to kill the Prophet ﷺ
Told a secret only the two of them knew · Became a caller
Exploreعُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِر
Uqbah ibn Aamir
Archer and reciter
A wide narrator of hadith · Later governor of Egypt
Exploreعُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَان
Utbah ibn Ghazwan
Among the earliest Muslims
Emigrated to Abyssinia · Founder of Basra
Exploreزَيْدُ الْخَيْر
Zayd al-Khayr
Chief of Tayy
Renamed by the Prophet ﷺ from al-Khayl to al-Khayr · Died on the road home
Exploreعَبَّادُ بْنُ بِشْر
Abbad ibn Bishr
Ansari of Aws
Kept praying through the arrows · Killed at Yamamah
Exploreأَبُو الدَّرْدَاء
Abu ad-Darda'
Ansari
Came to Islam later than his clan · Judge of Damascus
Exploreعَمْرُو بْنُ الْجَمُوح
Amr ibn al-Jamuh
Chief of Banu Salamah, of Khazraj
Gave up the idol in his house · Insisted on Uhud despite his lameness
Exploreحَبِيبُ بْنُ زَيْد
Habib ibn Zayd al-Ansari
Ansari of Khazraj
Son of Umm Ammarah · Sent as an envoy to Musaylimah, and killed for refusing him
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَام
Abdullah ibn Salam
A scholar of Madinah
Tested him with three questions · Asked to hear the truth first
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُوم
Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum
Blind Companion of Makkah
Called the second adhan · Left in charge of Madinah
Exploreنُعَيْمُ بْنُ مَسْعُود
Nu'aym ibn Mas'ud
Of Ghatafan
Came to the siege as an enemy · Broke the alliance from inside it
Exploreالنُّعَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَمْرو
An-Nu'ayman ibn Amr
Ansari of Khazraj
Present at Badr · Remembered for his practical jokes among the Companions
Exploreرَبِيعَةُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ الْأَسْلَمِيّ
Rabi'ah ibn Ka'b al-Aslami
Served the Prophet ﷺ by night
Offered anything · Asked for Paradise
Exploreعُمَيْرُ بْنُ سَعْد
Umayr ibn Sa'd al-Ansari
Governor of Homs
Austerity that outlasted a year in office · Gave away what Umar sent him
Exploreعَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاص
Amr ibn al-As
He asked to be forgiven first
Commander in Egypt · Of Banu Sahm
Exploreسَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَة
Sa'd ibn Ubadah
Chief of Khazraj
One of the twelve at Aqabah · Ansari
Exploreزَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْش
Zaynab bint Jahsh
She worked with her hands
Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ · Of the Hijrah
Exploreعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاص
Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As
Wrote down what he heard from the Prophet ﷺ
Among the largest transmitters of hadith · Son of Amr ibn al-As
Exploreجُوَيْرِيَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِث
Juwayriyah bint al-Harith
Her people were freed because of her
Daughter of a chief · Of Banu al-Mustaliq
Exploreصَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيّ
Safiyyah bint Huyayy
Of the house of Harun
Taken at Khaybar · Her freedom was her dower
Exploreأُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْد
Usamah ibn Zayd
Given command of an army while very young
Son of Zayd ibn Harithah and Umm Ayman · Called the beloved, son of the beloved
Exploreحَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَر
Hafsah bint Umar
Daughter of Umar
The Qur'an collection was kept with her · Widow of Khunays ibn Hudhafah
Exploreمَيْمُونَةُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِث
Maymunah bint al-Harith
The Prophet's ﷺ last wife
Married at the pilgrimage of 7 AH · Died at Sarif
Exploreسَوْدَةُ بِنْتُ زَمْعَة
Sawdah bint Zam'ah
Married after Khadijah died
Emigrant to Abyssinia · Gave her turn to Aishah
Exploreزَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ خُزَيْمَة
Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
Umm al-Masakin
Known before Islam for feeding the poor · A brief marriage
Exploreأَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْس
Asma bint Umays
Emigrated to Abyssinia with Ja'far
Later married Abu Bakr, then Ali · Narrator
Exploreفَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ الْخَطَّاب
Fatimah bint al-Khattab
Sister of Umar
Wife of Sa'id ibn Zayd · Early Muslim
Exploreخَوْلَةُ بِنْتُ ثَعْلَبَة
Khawlah bint Tha'labah
She pressed her case herself
Ansariyyah of Madinah
Exploreرُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad ﷺ
Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
Wife of Uthman · Emigrated to Abyssinia and Madinah
Exploreالشِّفَاءُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ اللَّه
Ash-Shifa bint Abdullah
Literate, and taught writing
Given a role connected to Madinah's market by Umar
Exploreسُمَيَّةُ بِنْتُ خَيَّاط
Sumayyah bint Khayyat
The first to be killed for this religion
Enslaved in Makkah · Early Muslim
Exploreأُمُّ الْفَضْل
Umm al-Fadl
Wife of al-Abbas
Among the earliest Muslim women in Makkah · Struck Abu Lahab after Badr
Exploreأُمُّ حَكِيم
Umm Hakim bint al-Harith
She went after her husband herself
Of Banu Makhzum · Opening of Makkah
Exploreأُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد
Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad ﷺ
Daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
Married Uthman after her sister Ruqayyah died
Exploreأُمُّ رُومَان
Umm Ruman
Wife of Abu Bakr
Mother of Aishah
Exploreزَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّد
Zaynab bint Muhammad ﷺ
Eldest daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
Wife of Abu-l 'As · Injured emigrating to Madinah
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