Talhah ibn Ubaydillah

Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbaydillāh رضي الله عنه was one of the earliest converts to Islam and one of the Ten Companions Promised Paradise (al-ʿAsharah al-Mubashsharīn). From the Banū Taym clan of Quraysh, the same clan as Abū Bakr, he was among those who embraced Islam in its earliest days. Before the Battle of Badr (2 AH), the Prophet ﷺ dispatched him alongside Saʿīd ibn Zayd as reconnaissance spies to track and follow Abū Sufyān's massive Syrian trade caravan. The two followed the caravan, confirmed its size (~1,000 camels under 40 guards), then galloped back to Madīnah to report to the Prophet ﷺ. Because they were away on this mission when the army departed for Badr, they did not reach the battle in time and therefore did not receive the full share of the Badr Ghanīmah, though the Prophet ﷺ included them in the honor of Badr. He is best remembered for shielding the Prophet ﷺ with his own body at the Battle of Uḥud, suffering numerous wounds so severe that the Prophet ﷺ called him a living martyr.