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The last Prophet and Messenger of Allah, central figure of Islam who received the Quran and established the Islamic state

The fifth grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ who reclaimed Mecca for Quraysh and organised the service of the Kaʿbah.

Great-grandfather of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and progenitor of the Banu Hashim clan, known for his generosity and establishing Quraysh's trade ro…

First Caliph of Islam, first male convert to Islam, and closest companion of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

First wife of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, first Muslim, and mother of his children; the businesswoman of Makkah who chose him for his ho…

A noble chief of Banu Salima known as a 'Faqih al-Nafs' (scholar of the soul), Al-Bara' Ibn Ma'rur was the very first companion to give bay'…

The father of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, known as 'The Sacrificed' (Adh-Dhabih), who died before the Prophet's birth.

The grandfather of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, who rediscovered Zamzam and led Mecca during the Event of the Elephant.

The first to hold the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم at birth; the last to bid him farewell at death. The only person to have known him for his…

The freed servant and adopted son of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who chose him over his own father; the only companion named in the Quran…

Daughter of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم; she and her husband Uthman migrated to Abyssinia and later to Madinah, where she died during the…

Son of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb and ʿĀtikah bint Zayd.

An Ansari companion of unknown lineage, poor and mocked for his appearance, whom the Prophet ﷺ loved, married off himself, and buried with h…

Companion of the Prophet ﷺ from the tribe of Aslam and the narrator of the story of Julaibib.

The Abyssinian viceroy of Yemen who marched on the Kaʿbah with elephants and was destroyed in the Year of the Elephant.

The Arab who guided Abraha's army to Mecca, his name becoming a proverb for treachery.

A companion born before the Prophet ﷺ who witnessed the aftermath of the Year of the Elephant.

Daughter of Hulail of Khuzaʿah, wife of Quṣayy ibn Kilāb, and mother of ʿAbd Manāf.

Wife of ʿAbd Manāf and mother of Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf.

Son of Qusayy and father of Hashim, an early leader of Quraysh.

A distinguished ancestor of the Prophet ﷺ; the Prophet said Allah chose Kinanah from the children of Ismaʿil.

Chief of the Banu Zuhrah and father of Aminah, the maternal grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ.

Wife of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and mother of Abū Lahab.

An uncle of the Prophet ﷺ who rejoiced at his birth yet became a bitter opponent, condemned in Surat al-Masad.

Son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and Natīla bint Janāb; paternal uncle of the Prophet ﷺ.

Son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and Natīla bint Janāb; paternal uncle of the Prophet ﷺ.

Wife of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and mother of al-ʿAbbās.

An uncle of the Prophet ﷺ and ancestor of the Abbasids, who narrated the dream of Abu Lahab.

The freed slave of Abu Lahab and the first to nurse the infant Prophet ﷺ.

The chief of Khuzaʿah who introduced idol-worship to Mecca, bringing Hubal from Syria.

A Hanif and cousin of Khadijah who recognised the first revelation as true and affirmed the Prophet ﷺ before dying.

A Hanif who kept the religion of Ibrahim alone, saved infant girls from burial, and was promised to be raised as a nation unto himself.

Father of al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl and ʿAmr ibn Nufayl.

Father of the Hanif Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl.

Son of the Hanif Zayd ibn ʿAmr and one of the ten companions promised Paradise.

A wife of Saʿīd ibn Zayd, from Banū Fihr.

Mother of Saʿīd ibn Zayd and ʿĀtikah bint Zayd.

Daughter of Zayd ibn ʿAmr, sister of Saʿīd ibn Zayd, and wife across several major Companion households.

An aged, eloquent Hanif preacher whose call to monotheism the Prophet ﷺ heard and later praised.

Husband of Umaymah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and father of the Jaḥsh siblings.

A Hanif and cousin of the Prophet ﷺ who became Muslim, migrated to Abyssinia, then turned to Christianity.

One of the four seekers of the Ḥanīfiyyah, who became a Christian at the court of Rome.

A Persian seeker who passed from Zoroastrianism through Christianity to Islam, finding the Prophet ﷺ by the three foretold signs.

The Byzantine emperor who recognised the Prophet ﷺ from scripture and Abu Sufyan's testimony, but would not give up his throne.

Daughter of Halimah and foster-sister of the Prophet ﷺ, freed and honoured by him after the Battle of Hunayn.

A companion who served the Prophet ﷺ and one of the great narrators of hadith, including the account of the splitting of the chest.

A Christian monk of Busra, central to a widely-told but scholarly-disputed report about the Prophet's ﷺ boyhood journey to Syria.

An uncle of the Prophet ﷺ who convened the chiefs of Quraysh to swear the Pact of Ḥilf al-Fuḍūl.

The most hospitable noble of Mecca, at whose house Ḥilf al-Fuḍūl was sworn; he died before Islam.

A powerful chief of Quraysh whose cheating of a Yemeni merchant sparked the Pact of Ḥilf al-Fuḍūl.

The woman who, on Khadijah's behalf, approached the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and opened the door to their marriage.

Khadijah's servant who accompanied the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to Bosrā and reported his honesty and the doubled profits back to her.

The uncle of Khadijah who served as her marriage guardian (walī) and accepted the Prophet's صلى الله عليه وسلم proposal on her behalf.

The youngest and most beloved of the Prophet's صلى الله عليه وسلم daughters; the only one of his children to outlive him, and the mother of…

The eldest daughter of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم; she died in his lifetime and he buried her himself.

A daughter of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم; she died in his lifetime and he buried her himself.

The first child of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, from whom the Prophet's kunya 'Abul-Qasim' derives; died in early childhood before the re…

Traditionally identified as the mother of Umm Salamah.

Brother of Umm Salamah and a Companion who commanded in Yemen.

Son of Abū Umayyah ibn al-Mughīrah and brother of Umm Salamah.

Son of Abū Umayyah ibn al-Mughīrah and brother of Umm Salamah.

Wife of Abū Umayyah and mother of Quraybah bint Abī Umayyah.

Sister of Umm Salamah and daughter of Abū Umayyah ibn al-Mughīrah.

Chief of Banū Makhzūm and father of Abū Umayya, al-Walīd, and Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah.

The eldest man of Makkah who, at the moment of crisis over the Black Stone, proposed the fateful solution: let the next man to enter the san…

The chief enemy of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم from Banu Makhzum, who cheered at the death of the Prophet's infant son and whose mockery…

Khadija's nephew who purchased Zayd ibn Harithah at the Ukaz fair and brought him to her household.

Born in the Prophet's household; known as the beloved of the beloved; the youngest commander the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ever appointed,…

A Christian slave in Makkah who was among the first to identify the angel in one version of the revelation story, and who later accepted Isl…

Son of Umm Ayman from her first husband; the source of her kunya; martyred at Hunayn.

One of the earliest Muslims; first to shoot an arrow for Islam; the only companion to whom the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said 'may my paren…

One of the earliest converts; the Prophet's Hawari (devoted disciple); cousin of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم through his aunt Safiyyah.

One of the earliest converts; arrived in Madinah with nothing and rebuilt his wealth through trade; one of the Ten Promised Paradise.

The sixth Muslim; converted after witnessing the miracle of the dry goat; the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said to learn Quran recitation from…

The first muadhdhin of Islam; tortured on the sands of Makkah while repeating 'One. One.' Freed by Abu Bakr. Among the very first Muslims.

Son of the first martyr family in Islam; his mother Sumayyah was the first to die for the faith.

One of the earliest Muslims; tortured for his faith in Makkah; martyred by Quraysh. Father of Ammar ibn Yasir.

The first martyr of Islam; killed by Abu Jahl for refusing to renounce her faith.

The most handsome of the companions; the form Jibreel chose when appearing to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in human guise in Madinah.

A Yemeni who rejected idolatry before Islam; found the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in the early days and was told to wait; returned to Madina…

Paternal aunt of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم; called by name on the Mountain of Safa; mother of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam.

Wife of Abu Lahab; one of the most active opponents of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم; cursed in Surah Al-Lahab as 'the carrier of firewood.…

Senior-most man of Quraysh; pressured Abu Talib against the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم; later gave the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم shelter up…

Among the earliest Muslims; tortured by his masters with burning iron for refusing to renounce Islam; persevered to become a transmitter of…

Leader of Quraysh and principal opponent of Islam; secretly listened to the Prophet's Tahajjud; converted at the Conquest of Makkah; father…

Meccan leader who volunteered to negotiate with the Prophet; trembled at Surah Fussilat; tried to prevent the Battle of Badr; killed at Badr…

Meccan ally who secretly listened to the Prophet's صلى الله عليه وسلم night recitation on three nights alongside Abu Jahl and Abu Sufyan; dr…

Owner and torturer of Bilal; one of the most vicious persecutors of early Muslims; killed at Badr, by Bilal's own hand.

Arab from Iraq who grew up in Roman slavery, became richest Mawla in Makkah, gave everything to migrate to Madina; Allah revealed Al-Baqarah…

One of the seven first Muslims named by Ibn Masud; tortured in early Makkah; first to fight on horseback in Islam.

Most ignoble enemy of the Prophet; choked the Prophet during prayer; threw camel entrails on him in Sajdah; killed at Battle of Badr.

From Banu Makhzum; one of the first 10 converts; ~18-19 years old; his house behind Mount Safa became the secret first headquarters of Islam…

One of the first fifteen to emigrate to Abyssinia; known for deep asceticism; first Muhajir to die in Madinah.

Emigrated to Abyssinia with wife Umm Salamah; first of the Abyssinian emigrants to die; his death led to the Prophet's proposal to Umm Salam…

Emigrated to Abyssinia; widowed there; Prophet proposed out of mercy; became Umm al-Mu'minin and major narrator of hadith and Seerah.

Father of the Companion ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah.

Early emigrant to Abyssinia, husband of Laylā bint Abī Hathmah, and Banū ʿAdī ally adopted before Islam by al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Nufayl.

Prophet's cousin; led the Muslim community in Abyssinia for 14 years; stood before Najashi and recited Surah Maryam; martyred at Mu'tah.

Negus (Najashi) of Abyssinia; real name Ashama; Christian king who protected the first Muslim emigrants; wept at Surah Maryam; accepted Isla…

Prophet's daughter; married Uthman ibn Affan; first couple to emigrate to Abyssinia; died in Madinah while Uthman nursed her during Battle o…

Most famous poet of Makkah; Banu Makhzum; privately admitted the Quran's power, then publicly called it magic to protect his status; Surah A…

Third Caliph; from Banu Umayyah; first to emigrate (with Ruqayyah bint Muhammad); so respected even by Quraysh enemies he was sent as envoy…

Banū ʿAdī ancestor; father of Abū Hathmah ibn Ḥudhayfah.

Banū ʿAdī Qurashī; father of Laylā and Sulaymān ibn Abī Hathmah.

Brother of Laylā bint Abī Hathmah of Banū ʿAdī.

Son of ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah and Laylā bint Abī Hathmah.

Son of Saʿīd ibn Zayd and Fāṭimah bint al-Khaṭṭāb.

Daughter of Saʿīd ibn Zayd.

Son of Saʿīd ibn Zayd.

Son and narrator from Saʿīd ibn Zayd.

The Angel of Revelation who transmitted the Quran to the Prophet ﷺ and guided the Night Journey

The first human being and first prophet; found in the first heaven during Isra' wal-Mi'raj; greeted the Prophet ﷺ as his righteous son

Kalīmullāh; met three times during Isra' wal-Mi'raj; wept in the sixth heaven out of blessed jealousy for the Prophet's Ummah; later interce…

Al-Masih, son of Maryam; still physically alive and raised to Allah; met at Baitul Maqdis and in the second heaven during Isra' wal-Mi'raj;…

Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist); maternal cousin of Isa; martyred by Bani Isra'il in Baitul Maqdis; met in the second heaven during Isra' w…

Given half of all beauty; sold into slavery by his brothers, rose to viceroy of Egypt; met in the third heaven; his forgiveness of his broth…

Prophet Idris (Enoch); the Quran says 'We raised him to a high place'; met in the fourth heaven during Isra' wal-Mi'raj; no authentic detail…

Prophet Harun (Aaron), brother and assistant of Musa; rejected then accepted by his people; met in the fifth heaven during Isra' wal-Mi'raj

Khalīlullāh (Intimate Friend of Allah); builder of the Kaaba; found in the seventh heaven leaning on Al-Bayt al-Ma'mur; physically resembled…

Unnamed hairdresser of Fir'aun's daughter; martyr who refused to deny Allah even to Fir'aun's face; her infant spoke from the cradle; her fr…

The False Messiah (Al-Masih al-Dajjal); greatest trial of the end times; one-eyed (A'war); seen by the Prophet ﷺ during Isra' wal-Mi'raj

Child eyewitness who saw Prophet ﷺ presenting himself to tribes in Mina, and saw Abu Lahab following to undo his da'wah; his narration is a…

Senior sheikh of Banu Shayban; gave a wise and dignified response to the Prophet's invitation, not rejecting but asking for time; the Prophe…

Military chief of Banu Shayban; declined the Prophet's invitation due to Sassanid treaty obligations; later became a key commander in the Is…

Poet of the Khazraj; went to Makkah to challenge the Prophet ﷺ as a fellow poet; was dumbstruck by the Quran; died in the Battle of Bu'ath,…

Sole surviving senior leader after Bu'ath; was about to become king of Yathrib when Islam arrived; became leader of the Munafiqun out of bit…

One of the first six Khazraj converts to Islam; was a young child at the time; later became one of the most prolific Ansari hadith narrators…

One of the first six Khazraj converts; hosted Mus'ab ibn Umayr; became the first Naqib (representative) of the Khazraj; died before Badr, on…

One of the first six Khazraj converts to Islam, meeting the Prophet ﷺ at Aqabah in Mina during the 10th year of Da'wah

Eyewitness narrator of the First Pledge of Aqabah (Bukhari); one of the twelve who planted the seed of the Hijrah

His conversion brought the entire Banu Abd al-Ashhal to Islam, the largest mass conversion of the Makki period; the Throne of Allah trembled…

First convert from Banu Abd al-Ashhal; his visible transformation after conversion led Sa'd ibn Mu'adh to hear Mus'ab; famous for angels des…

The only Sahabi known to have entered Jannah without ever praying a rak'ah, converted and martyred in the same morning at Uhud; a profound l…

Asked the Prophet ﷺ at the Second Pledge whether he would abandon the Ansar after victory; his question shows he already foresaw the conques…

Eyewitness narrator of the Second Pledge of Aqabah; one of the Three whose repentance is recorded in the Quran (9:118), the most moving indi…

First companion to emigrate to Madinah; husband of Umm Salamah; made both the Hijra to Abyssinia and to Madinah

Son of Abū Salamah and Umm Salamah, raised in the household of the Prophet ﷺ.

Son of Abū Salamah and Umm Salamah.

Daughter of Abū Salamah and Umm Salamah, raised in the Prophet’s household.

Daughter of Abū Salamah and Umm Salamah.

Escorted Umm Salamah from Mecca to Madinah on foot with complete honor while still a pagan; descendants have held the keys of the Kaaba sinc…

Companion imprisoned in Mecca after being tricked by his half-brother Abu Jahl; one of the prisoners the Prophet ﷺ made Dua Qunut for until…

Imprisoned in Mecca with Ayyash; prayed for by Prophet in Dua Qunut; martyred at Yarmouk; distinct from Hisham ibn Amr (who helped end the B…

Volunteered to rescue two imprisoned Companions from Makkah single-handedly at night; older brother of Khalid ibn al-Walid; embodies the sam…

Dhāt an-Niṭāqayn (She of the Two Belts), earned by tearing her belt in half to secure the Prophet's food bag on the night of Hijrah; withsto…

Father of Abu Bakr; his mocking of Asma' and his own blindness were used by Asma' in a clever ruse to conceal the Prophet's departure; he ac…

Tribal leader who pursued the Prophet ﷺ for a 100-camel bounty; his horse was miraculously stopped three times; received the prophecy of Kis…

Daughter of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām and Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr.

Daughter of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām and Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr.

Daughter of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām and Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr.

Daughter of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām and Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr.

Son of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām and Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr.

Son of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām and Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr.

Son of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām and a Zubayrid governor of Iraq.

Son of al-Zubayr and Asmāʾ; the first child born to the Muhājirūn in Madinah.

Daughter of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith and wife of ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Zubayr.

Son of ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Zubayr and Ḥantamah bint ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.

Played the intelligence-gathering role during the three days in Ghar Thawr; his youth and apparent normalcy made him invisible to Quraysh su…

Erased footsteps leading to Ghar Thawr by driving sheep flocks over them; his seemingly menial role as a shepherd was essential to the Proph…

Non-Muslim Bedouin guide who led the Prophet ﷺ on the secret Hijrah route; also wrote Suraqah's amaan document; his trustworthiness was cite…

One of the few Sahabiyyat (female companions) who described the Prophet's physical appearance; received the miracle of the dry goat giving m…

Mother of Abd al-Muttalib (the Prophet's grandfather); her marriage to Hashim created the blood link between the Prophet ﷺ and the Khazraj t…

Great-grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ; through his marriage to Salma in Yathrib, he created the blood connection that made Madinah familiar, no…

Prophet's grandfather; born Shayba in Yathrib/Madinah; taken to Makkah as a teenager by his uncle al-Muttalib; became the supreme leader of…

Brought the Prophet's grandfather Abd al-Muttalib (Shayba) from Yathrib to Makkah, inadvertently giving him the name 'Abd al-Muttalib'; his…

The companion who hosted the Prophet ﷺ when he first arrived in Madinah; from Banu Adi ibn Najjar, the Prophet's clan of relatives through h…

Young Ansari companion from Khazraj; narrated in Sahih Muslim the scene of the Ansar coming out armed and dressed to welcome the Prophet on…

The story of Junda' ibn Damrah prompted the revelation of Quran 4:98-99, the exemption clause for those genuinely unable to emigrate; his dy…

His question prompted the Prophet's hadith 'Ya Fudayk, establish salah, avoid sins, live with your people wherever you like', one of the fou…

Chief of the Khazraj; led the Ansari case at Saqifah Bani Sa'idah after the Prophet's death; the only Ansari leader who refused to pledge al…

Hosted the Prophet ﷺ during the Quba stay (nights); first Muslim to die in Madinah after the Hijrah

Hosted the Prophet ﷺ during daytime at Quba; his bachelor household served as the public reception venue where visitors could come to meet t…

Dreamed the words of the Adhan; told the Prophet who approved it as a true dream and instructed him to teach it to Bilal; the Adhan is the o…

His conversion after hearing only the Khutbat al-Hajah, before the Prophet even began his actual message, demonstrates the extraordinary pow…

Second wife of the Prophet after Khadijah; one of only two wives whose houses were built directly adjacent to Masjid al-Nabawi; gifted her n…

First wife of Abū Bakr and mother of Asmāʾ and ʿAbdullāh ibn Abī Bakr.

Wife of Abū Bakr and mother of his daughter Umm Kulthūm.

Daughter of Abū Bakr and Ḥabībah bint Khārijah; a narrator of hadith.

Qurayshi elder, husband of Fāṭimah bint Zāʾidah, and father of Khadījah.

Wife of Khuwaylid ibn Asad and mother of Khadījah bint Khuwaylid.

Umm al-Khayr; wife of Abū Quḥāfah and mother of Abū Bakr.

Wife of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and mother of ʿAbdullāh and Abū Ṭālib.

Son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and Hālah bint Wuhayb; paternal uncle of the Prophet ﷺ.

Son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and Hālah bint Wuhayb; his identification with al-Ghayḍāq is disputed.

Wife of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and mother of Ḥamzah and Ṣafiyyah.

Third wife of the Prophet; daughter of Abu Bakr; most beloved wife in his later years; most prolific female narrator of hadith; her house wa…

Ansari nobleman of Khazraj; Mu'akhah partner of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Wealthiest of the Ansar at the time of the Hijrah; Mu'akhah partner of Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf; offered to split everything including his wives

Ansari companion (Khazraj); renowned for intense worship and asceticism; Mu'akhah partner of Salman al-Farsi; central figure in the famous h…

Persian companion; long spiritual journey from Persia to Islam; Mu'akhah partner of Abu Darda'; central figure in the hadith on balance of w…

Greatest Jewish Rabbi to accept Islam; first to recognize the Prophet's face as truthful; narrated the first Hadith of Madinah (Hadith al-Sa…

Ansari companion (Khazraj); 'the most knowledgeable of the Ummah in halal and haram', a title given by the Prophet; Mu'akhah partner of Ja'f…

Son of Abu Sufyan; accepted Islam at Fath Makkah; one of the Prophet's scribes; Mu'akhah partner of Hattat al-Taymi; later became founder of…

The single most prolific narrator of hadith (~5,000+ narrations); most famous resident of Ahl aṣ-Ṣuffah; preserved a vast portion of Islamic…

One of the earliest converts to Islam; renowned for his uncompromising honesty and zuhd (asceticism); key resident of Ahl aṣ-Ṣuffah; later k…

The only known Ḥanīf of Madinah; a living bridge to the pre-Abrahamic monotheism of Arabia; his story demonstrates that sincere, unguided pu…

Commander of the Sariyyat al-Nakhlah (Rajab 2 AH), the first armed expedition of the Muslim state; died a martyr at Uḥud.

One of the eight Muhājirūn of the Sariyyat al-Nakhlah; later founder of Basra during the Islamic conquests.

The first prisoner of war in Islamic history to accept Islam; his conversion established the pattern of prisoners embracing Islam after thei…

Led the first armed sariyyah of Islam; the occasion on which the first arrow fī sabīlillāh was shot by Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ. Later martyred a…

One of the Ten Promised Paradise; spy for the Prophet before Badr; shielded the Prophet at Uhud.

Son of Umar; turned back from Badr for being under 14; prolific hadith narrator; model of Sunnah adherence.

Shared camel with the Prophet on the march to Badr; famous for tying himself to the Masjid pillar as repentance during the Banu Qurayza affa…

Keeper of the Prophet's secrets regarding the Munafiqun; did not participate in Badr due to a promise extracted by the Quraysh that the Prop…

Father of Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān; he and his son were prevented from Badr by a promise made to the Quraish that the Prophet honored; later k…

Senior Quraysh nobleman; showed repeated acts of humanity toward the Prophet; the wisest voice against the Battle of Badr on the Quraysh sid…

Convinced his brother Utbah to join the Quraysh army for Badr out of tribal pride; killed in the Mubarazah at Badr; one of the first casualt…

Strategic advisor at Badr whose well-water tactic demoralized the Quraysh; distinguished between wahy and Prophetic ijtihad in a historicall…

Ansar youth who volunteered for the Mubarazah at Badr; martyred at Badr; son of the renowned Ansari woman Afra whose home Umm Salamah stayed…

One of two fighters who mortally wounded Abu Jahl at Badr (alongside Muadh ibn Amr); volunteered for Mubarazah; martyred at Badr; son of the…

Ansar poet and warrior; volunteered for Mubarazah at Badr; one of three commanders at Mu'tah; martyred at Mu'tah; angels performed ghusl on…

Son of Utbah ibn Rabi'ah; killed by Ali ibn Abi Talib in the Mubarazah at Badr.

Expert Quraysh scout at Badr; gave the most accurate intelligence report of Muslim army size (~300) and warned of their dangerous desperatio…

First person killed at the Battle of Badr; attempted to break through Muslim lines to reach the well; killed by Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

Demanded qisas from the Prophet before Badr for a stick-poke during battle formation; the Prophet immediately offered it; iconic story of eq…

Helped break the Banu Hashim boycott; the Prophet commanded Muslims not to kill him at Badr, hoping for his Islam; died fighting rather than…

Martyred at Badr; threw away his dates and charged into battle after the Prophet confirmed he would receive Jannah; one of the ~13-14 Muslim…

One of two who mortally wounded Abu Jahl at Badr; severed Abu Jahl's leg; lost his own arm to Ikrimah but ripped it off and kept fighting; r…

Son of Abu Jahl; cut off Muadh ibn Amr's arm at Badr defending his father; converted after the Conquest of Makkah following a storm at sea;…

One of the 10 promised Jannah; the Prophet's 'Amin al-ummah'; killed his father at Badr in self-defense; Q 58:22 revealed in his honor; late…

Son of Utbah ibn Rabi'ah; three family members killed at Badr; emotional outburst about Banu Hashim protection; first time Prophet called Um…

One of the 10 promised Jannah; called the Prophet's 'hawari'; wore yellow turban at Badr and all 1000 angels dressed in his likeness; nephew…

Full brother of Abū Jahl; eyewitness to Shayṭān's flight at Badr when he tried to restrain him and was thrown down; later accepted Islām and…

One of only two POWs ever executed by order of the Prophet; mocked the Quran as 'asatir al-awwalin'; subject of multiple Quranic verses; tra…

Prophet's son-in-law; deeply connected to Khadijah's memory through his mother Halah; fulfilled his promise to send Zaynab to Madinah despit…

Thrust a spear at Zaynab's camel causing her miscarriage; his descendants founded the Habbārid Dynasty of Sindh

Captured at Badr; ransom paid by al-Abbas; Umar's specific mention of him illustrates the principle that Islamic loyalty supersedes tribal b…

One of the earliest women to accept Islam; her secret with al-Abbas about buried money was miraculously known to the Prophet, confirming his…

Hāshimī cousin of the Prophet whose ransom at Badr was paid by his uncle al-Abbas

Daughter of Utbah (killed at Badr); tried to prevent Zaynab from returning to the Prophet; later infamous for the Battle of Uhud; eventually…

Example of exceptional prisoner treatment by the Ansar; brother of Musab whose 'Hādha akhī dūnaka' statement illustrates Islamic brotherhood…

A son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib known for generosity; his exact identification and maternal lineage are disputed.

A traditionally named wife of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib from Khuzaʿah.

Daughter of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and Fāṭimah bint ʿAmr; paternal aunt of the Prophet ﷺ.

Daughter of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and Fāṭimah bint ʿAmr; paternal aunt of the Prophet ﷺ.

Al-Bayḍāʾ; daughter of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and twin sister of ʿAbdullāh.

Her dream three days before Badr, later fulfilled in precise detail, is one of the most famous pre-battle signs in the Seerah; Quraysh's moc…

Showed personal courage in defending Zaynab at bow-point; fulfilled his brother's honorable promise to the Prophet by safely delivering her…

His dramatic arrival on a slit-nosed camel triggered the Qurayshi mobilization for Badr; fulfilled in precise detail the three-day warning i…

Established the precedent that a POW released on oath who breaks it and fights again forfeits any further claim to mercy; the Prophet's repl…

His case illustrates Abu Sufyan's bitter response to Badr's losses; the hostage-exchange shows the Prophet's pragmatic mercy for an innocent…

His kidnapping inside the Haram by Abu Sufyan exposed Qurayshi double standards regarding the sanctity of the sacred months and the Haram

His arrival with news of Badr began the devastating process of Makkah's reckoning with its catastrophic defeat; his test by Safwan confirmed…

Tested al-Haysaman's sanity when Badr news arrived, confirming the catastrophe; later received personal amnesty from the Prophet at the Conq…

His inability to wail for his son Zum'ah, denied even the consolation of mourning by Abu Sufyan's ban, became a symbol of the compounded gri…

His death is mentioned specifically in the list of Qurayshi elite killed at Badr and referenced in his father's grief story under Abu Sufyan…

His wager mocking the Surah ar-Rum prophecy was vindicated against him; killed at Uhud by the Prophet ﷺ personally, the only person the Prop…

His mother's question and the Prophet's answer, 'not Jannah but Jinan, and al-Firdaws al-A'la', is one of the most cited Hadiths about the e…

The Prophet's defense of him, citing Badr as a blanket forgiveness from Allah, became the defining Hadith on the status of the Badr veterans…

His speech of commitment at Badr reassured the Prophet ﷺ of Ansari loyalty; his ruling on Banu Qurayza was confirmed as the judgment of Alla…

ʿUmayr ibn Wahb's story is one of the most dramatic conversion narratives in Seerah. He traveled to Madinah with the explicit intent to assa…

Minor Companion known for his role in guarding the Banū Qaynuqāʿ prisoners and confronting ʿAbdullāh ibn Ubayy when he tried to interfere wi…

Freed Abyssinian slave who converted to Islam during the Expedition of Qarqarat al-Kudr and became a personal servant of the Prophet ﷺ.

Secret Muslim in Makkah whose intel, gleaned from a drunk Qurayshi insider, allowed the Prophet ﷺ to intercept the Quraysh caravan at Qarada…

The most prominent political enemy of the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah between Badr and Uḥud. His secret alliance with Abū Sufyān, treaty violations…

Anṣārī Companion who volunteered to lead the operation against Kaʿb ibn al-Ashraf, leveraging his pre-Islamic acquaintance with Kaʿb to gain…

Kaʿb ibn al-Ashraf's foster brother; his pre-Islamic bond with Kaʿb made him the linchpin of the operation, the one who convinced Kaʿb to co…

Anṣārī Companion who participated in the operation against Kaʿb ibn al-Ashraf and was accidentally wounded by his companions; healed instant…

One of the greatest military commanders in Islamic history. At Uḥud he commanded the Qurayshi right flank (as an enemy) and executed the dec…

Senior Anṣārī leader of Khazraj; first to be privately consulted by the Prophet ﷺ when al-ʿAbbās's intelligence arrived about the approachin…

One of the four designated Qurʾān teachers named by the Prophet ﷺ; 'the master of the Muslims' per the Prophet; the scribe who read al-ʿAbbā…

The Anṣārī warrior who took the Prophet's sword at Uḥud 'with its right' (promising to fight until it broke). Famous for the blood-red 'Turb…

Qurayshi standard bearer (ṣāḥib al-liwāʾ) at Uḥud from Banū ʿAbd al-Dār; fought the opening Mubārazah against ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; lost his l…

Former Aws leader who rejected Islam and fled to Makkah; tried to split the Anṣār from the Muhājirūn at Uḥud but was publicly humiliated by…

Companion martyred at Uḥud in a state of janābah; the Prophet ﷺ reported seeing the angels wash his body, earning him the title Ghasīl al-Ma…

Fourteen-year-old archer who argued his way into participation at Uḥud; his case prompted Samurah ibn Jundab to challenge him to a wrestling…

Fourteen-year-old who challenged Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj to a wrestling match before the Prophet ﷺ to win his place at Uḥud; won the match and was…

The primary scribe of the Qurʾānic revelation; directed the official compilation of the Qurʾān under Abū Bakr and again under ʿUthmān. Sent…

One of the most prolific Ḥadīth narrators among all Companions; sent back at Uḥud for being under fifteen while his father Mālik ibn Sinān w…

The Companion who reported ʿAbdullāh ibn Ubayy's infamous statement to the Prophet ﷺ, leading to the revelation of Sūrah al-Munāfiqūn (Q 63)…

Killed Sayyid ash-Shuhadāʾ Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib at Uḥud with a single javelin throw; later redeemed himself by killing Musaylimah al-…

Arranged the killing of Ḥamzah at Uḥud by promising his slave Waḥshī freedom; while a prisoner at Badr, heard the Prophet's tilāwah of Sūrah…

Father of Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān (Ṣāḥib as-Sirr); killed by friendly fire at Uḥud while joining the battle in old age despite the Prophet's…

Appointed commander of the fifty archers at Uḥud; remained faithfully at his post even as forty of his men descended for ghanīmah; martyred…

A hypocrite who fought bravely at Uḥud only out of wounded pride; the Prophet (ﷺ) foreknew and prophesied his damnation before Quzmān commit…

Jewish scholar who chose to fight and die at Uḥud solely to honour the Medinan treaty; left all his property to the Prophet (ﷺ); praised by…

Most prolific narrator of Prophetic ḥadīth; used the story of al-Uṣayrim as a teaching tool to illustrate that sincerity and shahādah can pr…

Shielded the Prophet (ﷺ) from arrow fire at Uḥud with his own body, losing an eye in the process; the Prophet's (ﷺ) duʿāʾ miraculously resto…

Inflicted two of the Prophet's (ﷺ) wounds at Uḥud, a stone to the lip and an arrow through the cheek that dislodged a tooth, while his own b…

Struck the blow (deflected by Ṭalḥah's shield) that drove the Prophet's own armor into his cheek; killed Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmayr and mistakenly be…

Rallied despairing Muslims after the false rumor of the Prophet's (ﷺ) death with the words "the Lord of Muḥammad has not been killed"; fough…

Provided the spear the Prophet (ﷺ) personally used to wound and kill Ubayy ibn Khalaf at Uḥud, the only pagan the Prophet (ﷺ) is known to ha…

Among the Anṣārī women who went onto the battlefield at Uḥud to carry water and tend to the wounded, illustrating the active role women play…

A non-Muslim ally of the Prophet (ﷺ) whose report to Abū Sufyān, accurate to what he had seen, but delivered at a moment of maximum effect,…

Daughter of Jaḥsh ibn Riyāb and Umaymah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib.

Son of Jaḥsh ibn Riyāb and Umaymah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib.

Her grief at the Prophet's (ﷺ) news of her husband Muṣʿab's martyrdom, sharper than her grief over her brother, became the basis for a hadit…

The nephew and principal narrator of ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr; preserved her recollection linking Q 3:172 to his father al-Zubayr and grandfat…

Preserved the hadith of the Prophet's (ﷺ) last public khuṭbah, delivered in his final illness, in which he prayed for the martyrs of Uḥud ei…

Carried out the execution of Abū ʿAzzah al-Jumaḥī at Uḥud after his second capture, establishing the precedent on parole-breaking prisoners…

His planned attack on Madinah after Uḥud prompted the Prophet's (ﷺ) pre-emptive assassination mission, and his death set in motion Hudhayl's…

Carried out a pre-emptive one-man assassination mission against a hostile chieftain planning to attack Madinah; prayed while walking in an e…

His composure, mercy toward an innocent child, and the two rakʿahs he prayed before his execution in Mecca established a lasting Sunnah; his…

His response to Abu Sufyan's question before his execution, that he would rather die than see the Prophet (ﷺ) harmed even slightly, was cite…

Refused to accept a captor's false promise of safety at ar-Rajīʿ, recognizing the treachery immediately and choosing death on the spot over…

His sincere offer of protection for Muslim preachers in Najd, honored by most tribes of the region, was betrayed by a rival chieftain, resul…

His treacherous assassination as an envoy under guaranteed protection triggered the massacre of all seventy Companions at Biʼr Maʿūnah; his…

Orchestrated the treacherous assassination of an envoy under guaranteed protection and the subsequent massacre of nearly seventy Companions…

Her vow to desecrate ʿĀṣim ibn Thābit's remains was thwarted by a karāmah, his body was carried away by a sudden flood before it could ever…

One of only three survivors of the Biʼr Maʿūnah massacre, having been left for dead beneath the bodies of his companions; martyred two years…

Brought news of the Biʼr Maʿūnah massacre back to the Prophet (ﷺ); his mistaken killing of two protected tribesmen on the return journey, co…

Deliberately chose to advance toward near-certain death at Biʼr Maʿūnah rather than retreat to safety, refusing to merely survive to narrate…

Married the Prophet (ﷺ) shortly after Khadijah's death, out of compassion for her isolation after her family disowned her; voluntarily gave…

One of a small elite of Muhajirun who fought at both Badr and Uhud; died of wounds sustained at Uhud, leaving Hafsah bint Umar a young widow…

Daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and one of the few literate women of her era; kept custody of the original compiled mushaf of the Qur'an bet…

Known as Umm al-Masakin for her charity toward the poor even before Islam; one of only two wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) to die in his lifetime,…

Maternal half-sister of Zaynab bint Khuzaymah and later a wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) herself; her family network of sisters connected her by au…

Mother of Abdullah ibn Abbas, the great scholar-Companion, and al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas; part of a remarkable family of sisters whose marriages…

Mother of Khalid ibn al-Walid; part of a remarkable family of sisters whose marriages connected them across Quraysh's leading families and,…

One of the very few women to have been married successively to three of the most prominent men of the early Ummah, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Abu…

Wife of Hamzah ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Sayyid ash-Shuhada; mother of Umarah bint Hamzah, whose later custody dispute among the Companions was r…

Her custody dispute among several senior Companions after Hamzah's martyrdom was resolved by the Prophet's (ﷺ) ruling that a maternal aunt h…

Son of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, born around his father's death; raised in the household of his mother's later husband Ali ibn Abi Talib and becam…

Her suggestion, made out of concern for the Prophet's (ﷺ) prolonged grief after Khadijah's death, led directly to his marriages to both Sawd…

Continued reciting Qur'an through two arrow wounds while standing night watch at Dhat ar-Riqa rather than interrupt his prayer, an episode f…

Attempted to assassinate the Prophet (ﷺ) while he slept alone at Dhat ar-Riqa; lost his nerve and was disarmed and forgiven outright, an epi…

Chieftain of Banu al-Nadir who persuaded his tribe to defy the Prophet's (ﷺ) order to leave Madinah on the strength of Abdullah ibn Ubayy's…

Lost her father, brother, and husband to the Khaybar campaign, yet chose Islam and the Prophet ﷺ over freedom among her people, for the shay…

Alongside his brother Huyayy, privately recognized the Prophet (ﷺ) as the awaited prophet upon investigation, yet chose tribal rejection ove…

His daughter's marriage to the Prophet (ﷺ) and her decision to remain with him rather than return home led directly to his own conversion an…

Her marriage to the Prophet (ﷺ), following her capture at al-Muraysi, led the Ansar to free her entire tribe of roughly a hundred captured f…

His undercover reconnaissance confirmed Banu al-Mustaliq's planned attack, allowing the Prophet (ﷺ) to strike first with total surprise rath…

Agreed to Juwayriyyah bint al-Harith's contract to purchase her own freedom, a process later completed instead by the Prophet (ﷺ) himself wh…

The only Muslim casualty of the expedition of al-Muraysi, killed by mistaken friendly fire; his death set off a chain of events involving hi…

His fraudulent conversion, collection of blood-money, and subsequent murder and flight made him one of the small number of individuals speci…

The Prophet's (ﷺ) first grandson, whom he named, personally performed the adhan and aqiqah for, and prophesied would one day reconcile two w…

The Prophet's (ﷺ) second grandson, named by him following the same pattern as his brother al-Hasan; described alongside him as one of the le…

His readiness to personally execute his own father on the Prophet's (ﷺ) command, and his refusal to let his father enter Madinah without exp…

His entirely proper conduct in escorting Aishah back to the army, never speaking to her, turning his back so she could mount unobserved, lea…

Refused to speak ill of Aishah during the slander despite being her genuine rival among the Prophet's (ﷺ) wives, her religious integrity hol…

His participation in spreading the slander against Aishah despite Abu Bakr's regular charity toward him led directly to the revelation of Q…

Her accidental slip of anger at her son, while walking with Aishah, became the moment Aishah first learned of the slander being spread again…

The Prophet's (ﷺ) principal poet, who nonetheless fell into repeating the slander against Aishah and received the prescribed lashing for it;…

Mother of Aishah; her attempt to console her daughter during the slander, and her admission that she did not know how to respond when the Pr…

Her testimony to the Prophet (ﷺ) during the slander of Aishah, that the worst fault she could name was Aishah occasionally falling asleep wh…

One of the two members of the Prophet's (ﷺ) inner household circle (with Ali ibn Abi Talib) consulted directly during the slander of Aishah;…

His decision to break Banu Qurayzah's treaty under Huyayy ibn Akhtab's pressure, at the height of the siege of the Trench, exposed Madinah t…

A leader of the Confederate (Ahzab) army at the Trench, and the man the Prophet (SAW) privately called 'the fool who is obeyed' for his crud…

His trajectory from Confederate leader, to false prophet during the Riddah, to genuine repentance and eventual martyrdom at al-Qadisiyyah is…

One of four trusted Ansari elders chosen for their old ties to Banu Qurayzah to confirm the tribe's betrayal during the Battle of the Trench…

His single combat with Ali ibn Abi Talib at the Trench is one of the most celebrated duels of the Sirah, and his death is credited with brea…

His death at the hands of al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, and the Prophet's (SAW) refusal to accept payment for the return of his corpse, illustrate…

Her farewell exchange with her son Sa'd ibn Muadh before his fatal wounding at the Trench, preserved through Aishah's eyewitness narration,…

His arrow, boastfully announced by name, inflicted the wound that killed Sa'd ibn Muadh, one of the most consequential losses of the Battle…

His secret conversion and subsequent use of sanctioned wartime deception (khid'ah) to sow mutual distrust between Banu Qurayzah, Quraysh, an…

His clear-headed, if fatalistic, assessment that Quraysh and Ghatafan had nothing to gain by handing over hostages to Banu Qurayzah reflects…

His transmission of the Prophet's (SAW) battlefield du'a decades later, to Muslims preparing to fight the Khawarij, preserves both the exact…

His first-person account of being physically inspected and spared for not having reached puberty became a key textual basis in Islamic juris…

His escape, permitted by Muhammad ibn Maslamah and later approved by the Prophet (SAW), is cited as clear evidence that Banu Qurayzah were p…

His repeated intercessions on behalf of Zubayr ibn Bata, for his life, his family, and his property, illustrate that Companions with a perso…

Her decision to embrace Islam once she understood she might otherwise be separated from the Prophet's (SAW) household, and the disputed acco…

His two failed attempts to negotiate softer terms, first matching Banu Nadir's expulsion, then offering to forfeit all property, highlight t…

Her volunteer service caring for the wounded, including Sa'd ibn Muadh in his final weeks, represents one of the earliest organized medical…

His conversion after gentle treatment as a prisoner, rather than threats or ransom, became a model example of da'wah through character; his…

His targeted killing, ordered in response to his financing of the Confederate assault on Madinah, is cited alongside the killing of Ka'b ibn…

Led the successful infiltration and killing of Sallam ibn Abi al-Huqayq deep inside fortified enemy territory, using his fluency in the loca…

The most famous of the false prophets of the Riddah, whose rebellion within Banu Hanifah was fought in part by his own tribesman Thumamah ib…

Famously carried by the Prophet (SAW) during prayer as recorded in Sahih al-Bukhari; later married Ali ibn Abi Talib after the death of her…

His unknown status among Quraysh and his tribe's neutrality made him the ideal scout for gathering intelligence undetected; his report of Qu…

His independent hunt of a zebra while his Ihram-observing companions deliberately withheld all assistance became the primary hadith basis, r…

The first person to attempt to bridge the gap between the Muslims and Quraysh at Hudaybiyyah, volunteering purely out of a desire to prevent…

His unprompted, outsider's description of the Companions' reverence for the Prophet (SAW), recorded in the Sirah in his own words rather tha…

The Prophet's (SAW) refusal to accept his stolen pre-Islamic wealth upon conversion stands as clear counter-evidence to the orientalist clai…

His withdrawal of Banu Kinanah's backing from Quraysh, provoked by an insult after he sided with the Muslims' evident sincerity, represented…

His near-lynching, despite riding the Prophet's (SAW) own recognizable camel as an unmistakable signal of peaceful intent, demonstrated to t…

His grant of protection (aman) to his cousin Uthman, putting him on his own horse and escorting him through Makkah, was the Jahili-era 'visa…

His failed, planless negotiation, and the Prophet's (SAW) blunt assessment of him as 'a man of evil', set the contrast for the arrival of Su…

His arrival in chains at the exact moment the return-of-defectors clause was being written made him the treaty's first, heartbreaking test c…

His camp turned the treaty's return-of-defectors clause against Quraysh, by staying outside both Madinah and Makkah, the escaped converts fe…

His plea at Siffin, to hold one's own opinion suspect against the Qur'an and Sunnah, recalling how wrong al-Hudaybiyyah had felt to him at t…

Her flight to Madinah occasioned Surat al-Mumtahanah's ruling that believing women who emigrate are not to be returned to the disbelievers,…

His case established the fiqh of fidyah, that a pilgrim in ihram may break a restriction (such as shaving, or wearing sewn clothes) for a ge…

Her lineage made Zaynab bint Jahsh a first cousin of the Prophet ﷺ, a fact central to the story of Zaynab's marriage

His unrequited love for Barirah occasioned the Prophet's ﷺ statement that he was interceding, not commanding, the key to understanding non-b…

Anṣārī companion, brother of Muḥammad ibn Maslamah, martyred by a log dropped from the fortress of al-Nāʿim at Khaybar.

Companion who answered Marḥab's challenge to single combat at Khaybar and was martyred in the duel.

Champion and chieftain of the fortress of al-Nāʿim at Khaybar, slain by ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib in single combat.

Anṣārī companion who died from the poisoned lamb of Khaybar; the poisoner was executed in qiṣāṣ for his death.

Freed slave (mawlā) of the Prophet ﷺ; narrator of the story of ʿAlī and the fortress door at Khaybar.

Kinsman of Ḥuyayy ibn Akhṭab who concealed Ḥuyayy's treasure after Khaybar until the hiding place was extracted from him.

Ṣafiyyah's husband at Khaybar, who struck her for her dream of the moon of Yathrib; killed in the battle.

Anṣārī companion, husband of Umm Sulaym and stepfather of Anas; the only one to call out when the Prophet's ﷺ camel fell on the return from…

Sassanid Emperor of Persia who tore up the Prophet's ﷺ letter and was deposed and killed by his own son soon after.

Persian governor of coastal Yemen who embraced Islam after his spies confirmed the Prophet's ﷺ prediction of Khusrau's death.

Byzantine-era ruler of Egypt who responded politely to the Prophet's ﷺ letter with gifts, including Mariyah al-Qibtiyyah, but did not conver…

Coptic Egyptian gift from al-Muqawqis who bore the Prophet ﷺ his son Ibrahim, earning the title Umm Ibrahim.

Keeper of the Kaʿbah's key who converted alongside Khalid ibn al-Walid and Amr ibn al-As, just before the Conquest of Mecca.

Ghassanid chieftain whose torture and killing of the Prophet's ﷺ envoy al-Harith ibn Umayr triggered the Battle of Mu'tah.

The Prophet's ﷺ envoy whose torture and killing by the Ghassanid chieftain Shurahbil ibn Amr precipitated the Battle of Mu'tah.

Ansari veteran of Badr who caught the falling banner at Mu'tah after the third commander fell, and rallied the Muslims to choose Khalid ibn…

A young cousin of the Prophet ﷺ who chose Jumu'ah prayer over an early departure for Mu'tah; later became the foremost early scholar of tafs…

An elderly, half-blind archer at Mu'tah who had companions lift him on a shield and guide his aim so he could keep fighting.

A Mu'tah veteran shamed as a coward for the tactical retreat, until the Prophet ﷺ publicly renamed the fighters 'kurrar' rather than 'furrar…

Ja'far's elder son, comforted personally by the Prophet ﷺ after Mu'tah and blessed to become the head of the household; later renowned for h…

A young son of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, told by the Prophet ﷺ that he resembled his grandfather Abu Talib, during the Prophet's ﷺ post-Mu'tah v…

Companion whose hadith establishes that a grieving family hosting/feeding visitors counts as a form of the forbidden wailing custom.

Heraclius's brother and a Roman military commander, named in the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes's account as having led the attack at Mu'ta…

The victim whose killing prompted Qur'an 4:94 and the Prophet's ﷺ refusal to seek forgiveness for his killer.

The killer whose deed occasioned Qur'an 4:94 and the Prophet's ﷺ teaching on the sanctity of human life.

His poem was the appeal that moved the Prophet ﷺ to promise Khuzāʿah aid, the trigger for the march on Makkah.

His appointment shows every major Companion joined the Conquest; the city was left to a minor figure.

A cousin-turned-mocker whose sincere conversion on the eve of the Conquest, and later bravery at Ḥunayn, the Prophet ﷺ accepted.

One of the few not spared at the Conquest, killed at the Kaʿbah for apostasy, murder, and inciting slander against the Prophet ﷺ.

The pardoned apostate-scribe whose sincere return the Prophet ﷺ accepted; a proof that even those marked for death were often forgiven.

One of the four actually killed at the Conquest, for his assault on the Prophet's ﷺ emigrating daughters.

On the amnesty-exception list for the attack that killed Zaynab's unborn child, yet pardoned when he repented.

A proud Qurashī whose conversion the Prophet ﷺ won by quoting his secret words; left in charge of Makkah after the Conquest.

The would-be assassin disarmed by a hand on the chest, a small portrait of how the Prophet ﷺ turned hearts at the Conquest.

Abū Bakr's father, whose late conversion moved Abū Bakr to weep that it was not instead the hand of Abū Ṭālib he saw taking the oath.

Her grant of protection is a proof-text for the Islamic law of amān; her observation is the sole narration of the Prophet's ﷺ Ḍuḥā prayer.

The Quraysh's chief poet-enemy turned devoted panegyrist, his conversion showed Islam wiping away all that came before.

The commander whose ambush nearly broke the Muslim army at Ḥunayn, and whose youthful pride Durayd warned against.

The blind elder whose ignored counsel at Ḥunayn is the Sīrah's classic portrait of age's wisdom over youth's overconfidence.

The scout whose accurate report of the Hawāzin host was doubted by ʿUmar, occasioning a lesson in the Companions' humanity.

His innocent request for a good-luck tree yielded a foundational hadith on talismans, shirk, and the excuse of ignorance.

The would-be assassin at Ḥunayn whose heart the Prophet's ﷺ duʿāʾ turned mid-charge, a vivid proof of guidance overtaking a soul.

A major Companion-narrator whose uncle's martyrdom at Ḥunayn occasioned a memorable duʿāʾ of the Prophet ﷺ.

The greatest poet of the age, whose conversion-ode Bānat Suʿād (the original 'Burdah') is among the most celebrated poems of the Sīrah, incl…

One of the Companions sent out after the Conquest to erase the remaining idols of Arabia, he destroyed Dhū al-Kaffayn of Daws.

The son of Arabia's most generous man, whose conversion the Prophet ﷺ won by character and reasoned daʿwah, a model dialogue with a man of a…

Her death at sea is one of the most striking fulfilled predictions of the Prophet ﷺ: a naval-warfare prophecy spoken in the middle of the de…

A living verification of one of the Prophet's ﷺ specific predictions about an individual's lifespan, narrated by his own students and precis…

His remark, that no king would give away all his wealth as the Prophet ﷺ did, so he could only be a genuine Messenger, is one of the classic…

His solitary thousand-mile ride to Tabūk, and the Prophet's ﷺ wish that the distant rider be him, are among the tender images of the expedit…

One of the Three whose sincere repentance is recorded in the Qurʾān (9:118); that both he and Hilāl were men of Badr weighed with Kaʿb, who…

The eldest of the Three whose repentance the Qurʾān records (9:118); the permission granted his wife to serve him marks the limit of the boy…

His offering of his dignity as charity, accepted by the Prophet ﷺ, is a celebrated example of the Companions' eagerness to give whatever the…

His "Roman women" pretext is the occasion of Qurʾān 9:49 and a classic Sīrah example of the hypocrites' transparent excuses for shirking Tab…

His story grounds the fiqh that combining a worldly incentive (a share of the spoils) with jihād fī sabīlillāh is permitted, and displays th…

Named among the Bakkāʾūn of Tabūk, the poor believers whose tears at being unable to march are immortalized in Qurʾān 9:92, the mirror-oppos…

His treaty helped secure the northern approaches during the Prophet's ﷺ last expedition.

His report connects the Tabūk camp to the first Muslim conquests of al-Shām and to the longer horizon of eschatological warnings.

His quiet death and burial reveal the Prophet's ﷺ care for an otherwise little-known member of the army.

His narration ties a duʿāʾ made over exhausted camels in the northern desert to the Muslim fleets a generation later, a Companion who witnes…

The delegate whose composure the Prophet ﷺ named as two qualities beloved to Allah, al-ḥilm wa-l-anāh, and who asked the more intelligent qu…

The blunt Bedouin whose oath-by-oath interrogation of the Prophet ﷺ became a famous ḥadīth on the bare minimum of Islam, and whose single co…

The would-be assassin whose blindness in the masjid was a direct protection of the Prophet ﷺ, and whose death by lightning is the occasion o…

The Christian convert whose sea account the Prophet ﷺ summoned the whole community to hear, and the source of the single most debated narrat…

The Companion who preserved the ḥadīth of al-Jassāsah, one of the most discussed narrations in Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, and one of the few to have made…

The prince whose arrival was foretold three days in advance and who was honoured on the minbar itself; his exchange with the young Muʿāwiyah…

The go-between of the most consequential delegation of the Year of Delegations, and the man who ate first from every dish to reassure a dele…

The youth raised over his own tribal elders on the strength of his eagerness for the Qurʾān, and the man who built the masjid on the ruins o…

The commander whose victory and restraint at Jurash, announced in Madinah as it happened, brought an entire pagan tribe into Islam

The Companion through whom the most-discussed narration on the beginning of creation reaches us, and the man whose runaway camel cost the Um…

A one-time delegate whose single question produced the only explicit ḥadīth on the ʿawrah in the whole corpus

The delegate who came for nothing but a duʿāʾ, and who preserved from his one Jumuʿah the maxim سَدِّدُوا وَقَارِبُوا

The delegate whose 'most hated man on earth' became 'the most beloved' in a matter of days, and the narrator of the ḥadīth in which the Prop…

The Prophet's ﷺ last-born son, whose death occasioned the teaching on eclipses (against the omen the crowd wanted to read into it) and the m…

The young Anṣārī the Prophet ﷺ appointed over Najrān after the province embraced Islam, and the recipient of the last letter the Prophet ﷺ e…

Father of ʿUmar, Zayd, Fāṭimah, and Ṣafiyyah bint al-Khaṭṭāb of Banū ʿAdī.

Mother of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, from Banū Makhzūm.

Wife of ʿUmar and mother of Ḥafṣah, ʿAbdullāh, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.

Son of ʿUmar and Zaynab bint Maẓʿūn; brother of Ḥafṣah and ʿAbdullāh.

Father of ʿUthmān and Zaynab bint Maẓʿūn of Banū Jumah.

Early Muslim of Banū Jumah; brother of ʿUthmān and Zaynab bint Maẓʿūn.

Companion of Banū Jumah; brother of ʿUthmān and Zaynab bint Maẓʿūn.

Son of ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn and Khawlah bint Ḥakīm.

Son of ʿUthmān ibn Maẓʿūn and Khawlah bint Ḥakīm.

Sister of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb and wife of Qudāmah ibn Maẓʿūn.

Daughter of Qudāmah ibn Maẓʿūn and a recorded narrator.

Older paternal half-brother of ʿUmar; an early Muslim and martyr of al-Yamāmah.

Maternal half-brother of ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb; his acceptance of Islam is not recorded.

Father of Ḥantamah, Abū Jahl, and al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām.

Wife of ʿIkrimah ibn Abī Jahl who helped bring him back to Makkah to accept Islam.

Mother of Umm Ḥakīm bint al-Ḥārith of Banū Makhzūm.

Son of al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām of Banū Makhzūm and a transmitter based in Madinah.

Medinan jurist and transmitter, known as Rāhib Quraysh; son of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith.

Hadith transmitter and son of Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Makhzūmī.

Son of al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah who joined Khālid in ransoming their brother al-Walīd after Badr.

Son of al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah and paternal brother of Khālid ibn al-Walīd.

Coptic woman of the Prophet's household and mother of his son Ibrahim.

A son of the Prophet ﷺ and Khadijah رضي الله عنها who died in infancy.

First wife of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and mother of al-Ḥārith.

Eldest son of Abdul-Muttalib and the Prophet's eldest paternal uncle; he assisted in excavating Zamzam.