'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr

Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf, may Allah be pleased with him, was one of the ten companions given the glad tidings of Paradise by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and among the very earliest Muslims — he accepted Islam even before the Prophet entered the house of al-Arqam, within the first few weeks of the mission. He was one of the six members of the Shura council appointed by Umar ibn al-Khattab to choose the next caliph after his death, a testament to his standing in the community. A successful merchant, he was known for his extraordinary and consistent generosity: he once donated seven hundred camels loaded with goods in charity, and another narration records him donating half his wealth. Despite his great wealth, he lived modestly. He narrated hadiths on prayer, fasting, governance, prophetic biography, and trade ethics. His narrations are preserved in Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and the four Sunan collections. He died in Medina around 32 AH, reportedly at the age of seventy-two, and was buried in al-Baqi'.