Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Asad

Abu Salama Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Asad al-Makhzumi (died 4 AH / 625 M) adalah among very first converts ke Islam, foster brother dari Nabi ﷺ dan one dari early emigrants yang sacrificed everything untuk faith. Ia adalah married ke Umm Salama, one dari women yang akan later become wife dari Nabi ﷺ dan one dari Ummahatul Mukminin.

Abu Salama embraced Islam extremely early, di very first wave dari believers. He adalah yang pertama atau among very first ke emigrate ke Abyssinia dengan istrinya Umm Salama ketika Quraysh persecuted early Muslim komunitas. They made dangerous journey ke seek refuge under Christian king Negus, dan Abu Salama adalah among those whose faith dan endurance di yang first migration established pattern untuk later Hijra ke Madinah.

Ia kembali ke Mekkah dan later made Hijra ke Madinah. He participated di Battle dari Badr dan Uhud. At Uhud ia adalah wounded, dan wound did tidak heal completely. He wafat di Madinah di 4 AH dari complications related ke his wound, leaving istrinya Umm Salama dan several children. Before dying he made supplication Nabi ﷺ memiliki taught him, asking Allah ke grant keluarganya someone better than him.

The Prophet ﷺ himself came ke close his eyes di moment dari death dan prayed over him. Allah answered his shalat: Nabi ﷺ himself proposed marriage ke Umm Salama, dan ia menjadi one dari most learned dan respected dari Nabi ﷺ's wives. Abu Salama died as one dari honored early companions, his sacrifice dan emigration remembered di earliest layers dari sejarah Islam.