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...outh of Paradise.' Hassan briefly became caliph after Ali's death but ceded power to Muawiyah, uniting the Muslim ummah and f...
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1953 until his death. A descendant of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and teacher of ...
...r biographical history organized chronologically by year of death.
...t at Dar al-Arqam and served the Muslim community until his death on 18 July 2025. One of the foremost Muslim intellectuals t...
... angel responsible for taking the souls of all creatures at death, mentioned in the Quran as 'Malak al-Mawt' (the Angel of De...
...and chief of the Quraysh, who raised him after his mother's death.
...ked the Prophet as 'abtar' (without legacy) after his sons' deaths were answered by Surah al-Kawthar.
... in 8 AH. Died as an infant at 18 months. On the day of his death a solar eclipse occurred; the Prophet clarified it was a si...
...he was the Ansar's candidate for caliph after the Prophet's death but Abu Bakr was chosen. He emigrated to Syria where he die...
Daughter of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, born after the Prophet's death (hence a Tabi'iyyah, not a Sahabiyah). She married Talha ib...
...and later became a passionate preacher. After the Prophet's death, he was instrumental in suppressing the Riddah (apostasy) i...
...attle of al-Qadisiyyah (15-16 AH), where he was killed. His death effectively ended organized Persian military resistance and...
...alamah (who later married the Prophet ﷺ after Abu Salamah's death). He died from wounds received at the Battle of Uhud.
...e Prophet ﷺ wept over him and kissed his forehead after his death.
...panion who raised the Prophet ﷺ as if her own son after the death of his mother Aminah. She accepted Islam early and emigrate...
...ng of the 'Penitents' (Tawwabun) to avenge Husayn ibn Ali's death, seizing control of Kufa in 66 AH. He claimed to act on beh...
...ypes of martyrdom besides being killed in battle, including death by plague, a hadith of major importance in Islamic jurispru...
...aysh and crucified near Makkah, his serenity in the face of death, his two-rakat prayer before execution, and his final words...
...ab's son. He was martyred at Bi'r Ma'unah (4 AH). After his death, Allah sent swarms of hornets to protect his body from enem...
...husband of Sumayyah; father of Ammar ibn Yasir; tortured to death for refusing to leave Islam.
A contemporary Islamic author known for Life After Death, presenting Islamic teachings on the hereafter based on Qur...
...bi'i who traveled to meet the Prophet but arrived after his death, and subsequently became one of the major transmitters from...