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• The Rightly Guided Caliphs

  الخلفاء الراشدون

  The four Companions who led the Muslim community in turn after the Prophet ﷺ died.

  4 companions →

• The Ten Given Glad Tidings

  العشرة المبشرون بالجنة

  Ten Companions named together in a well-known report as having been given glad tidings of Paradise.

  10 companions →

• The Early Muslims

  السابقون الأولون

  Those who accepted Islam in the first years, in Makkah, when doing so was dangerous and the community was very small.

  26 companions →

• The Muhajirun

  المهاجرون

  The Emigrants — those who left Makkah and migrated to Madinah for the sake of their faith.

  40 companions →

• The Ansar

  الأنصار

  The Helpers — the people of Madinah who received the emigrants and shared what they had with them.

  22 companions →

• Great Narrators and Teachers

  رواة الحديث

  Companions through whom a great deal of what later generations learned was transmitted.

  16 companions →

• Those Who Opposed Him First

  مَنْ أَسْلَمَ بَعْدَ عَدَاوَة

  Companions who fought, mocked or plotted against the Prophet ﷺ before accepting Islam.

  14 companions →

• The Mothers of the Believers

  أُمَّهَاتُ الْمُؤْمِنِين

  The wives of the Prophet ﷺ, whom the Qur'an calls mothers of the believers.

  11 companions →

Read a Moment

• He did not ask for proofAbu Bakr as-SiddiqMakkah, in the earliest days of Islam, when the Muslims could still be counted on your fingers.
• The day Umar changed sidesUmar ibn al-KhattabMakkah, during the years when being a Muslim meant being in danger.
• He bought a well and gave the water awayUthman ibn AffanMadinah, in the years after the Hijrah, when the town's water was privately owned.
• He slept in the bed they were watchingAli ibn Abi TalibMakkah, the night the Prophet ﷺ left for Madinah, with the house under watch.
• The questions kept comingAishah bint Abi BakrMadinah, in the decades after the Prophet ﷺ died.
• The two waistbandsAsma bint Abi BakrMakkah, during the three nights the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr were hidden in the cave of Thawr.
• One wordBilal ibn RabahMakkah, in the years when enslaved Muslims had nobody to protect them.
• Sent ahead to MadinahMus'ab ibn UmayrYathrib, in the year or two before the Hijrah.

Make the connections visible

Follow a story thread

Read a few connected Moments in sequence. Each one carries its own Sources & review notes, with recall where the evidence supports a single-answer question.

• 3 connected MomentsThe road to MadinahThree people, one dangerous journey, and the small acts of trust that carried it forward.Follow the thread →
• 3 connected MomentsWhen circumstances shiftMeet three turning points: a first step, a change of course and a word held onto under pressure.Follow the thread →
• 3 connected MomentsVoices that carried knowledgeSee how knowledge was remembered, heard, taught and carried from one generation to the next.Follow the thread →