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The exact number of the Prophet Muhammad's companions is not known due to their dispersal across various regions and the lack of a comprehensive record during his lifetime. Estimates suggest over 100,000 companions, with some sources like Abu Zur'ah al-Razi and Al-Suyuti suggesting around 124,000. [ 1 ]
The most widespread definition of a companion is someone who met Muhammad, believed in him, and died a Muslim. The Sunni scholar ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852 H) said, The most correct of what I have come across is that a Sahâbî (Companion) is one who met the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, whilst believing in him, and died as a Muslim.
A. Aban ibn Sa'id; Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib; Ibn Abbas; Abd Allah bin Tariq; Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr; Abd Allah ibn Mas'ada al-Fazari; Abd Allah ibn Rawahah
The Four Companions, also called the Four Pillars of the Sahaba, is a Shia term for the four Companions (ṣaḥāba) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who are supposed to have stayed most loyal to Ali ibn Abi Talib after Muhammad's death in 632: [1] [2] Salman al-Fārisī; Abū Dharr al-Ghifāri; Miqdad ibn Aswād al-Kindi; Ammār ibn Yāsir
This is likely to be understood as an attempt to portray Mu'awiya, who in reality had been a relatively late follower of Muhammad, as one of the prophet's closest companions. However, this was not accepted by later tradition, where instead of Mu'awiya one finds either Muhammad himself, or the prominent early convert Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah ( c ...
This category contains articles about the Non-Arab Sahabah or disciples of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Pages in category "Non-Arab companions of the Prophet" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was an Arab from the Banu Hashim of the Quraysh. During his time as a religious prophet in Arabia, the people who were physically in his presence as his closest friends and disciples are known as the Sahabah (lit. ' Companions '), many of whom were not from the Arabian tribes.
The Saqifah event excluded Muhammad's family, who were preparing to bury him, and most of the Muhajirun. [8] Many members of Muhammad's clan, the Banu Hashim, as well as a number of Muhammad's companions opposed the nomination of Abu Bakr; [9] they held that Ali was the rightful successor of Muhammad, appointed by him at the Event of Ghadir ...