120 results for “muslim”
Clear filterThe first wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the first person to accept Islam. A successful businesswoman and beloved mother of the believers.
Son of the first martyrs Yasir and Sumayyah, among the earliest believers.
The first muezzin of Islam, an Abyssinian former slave who endured severe torture for his faith.
...extraordinary generosity, donating vast sums to support the Muslim community and its military campaigns.
... Ummah.' Abu Ubaydah served as the supreme commander of the Muslim armies in the Levant and died during the Plague of Amwas.
One of the earliest converts and foremost Quran reciters, the Prophet told people to learn Quran from him.
The first martyr in Islam, killed by Abu Jahl for refusing to renounce her faith.
...son of the Prophet who abdicated the caliphate to unite the Muslims, fulfilling a prophecy.
... after Ali's death but ceded power to Muawiyah, uniting the Muslim ummah and fulfilling the Prophet's prophecy.
The Prophet nursemaid from childhood, he called her his mother after his own mother.
An early convert known for his asceticism and outspoken truthfulness.
...a) who oversaw the conquest of the Maghreb and launched the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula under his commander Tariq...
Berber Muslim military commander who led the Umayyad conquest of the Iber...
...arrator reliability that later scholars like al-Bukhari and Muslim built upon. Ahmad ibn Hanbal considered him the most knowle...
Muslim polymath known as the father of chemistry (al-kimiya). Intr...
Persian Muslim mathematician and astronomer whose name gave us the word 'a...
Compiler of the Musnad ad-Darimi, teacher of Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and Abu Dawud.
Compiler of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic hadith collection.
Compiler of Sahih Muslim, the second most authentic collection of hadith after Sahih...
...efense of traditional creed that became dominant across the Muslim world.
...stadrak, a supplement collecting hadith meeting Bukhari and Muslim criteria.
... al-Awliya, a monumental biographical encyclopedia of pious Muslims from the Companions to the early Sufis. Also compiled Dala...
Arab Muslim physicist and mathematician known as Alhazen in the West. H...
Muslim polymath and one of the greatest scholars in Islamic histor...
...dicine) was the standard medical textbook in Europe and the Muslim world for centuries.
Kurdish Muslim sultan and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty who liberated Jer...
... order, one of the most widespread Sufi brotherhoods in the Muslim world. Known for emphasizing inward spiritual practice with...
...d as-Salihin, the Forty Hadith, and the commentary on Sahih Muslim.
...-modern world, covering approximately 120,000 km across the Muslim world and beyond.
...ical activist and Islamic modernist who traveled across the Muslim world calling for Muslim unity against European colonialism...
Egyptian teacher and founder of the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
...n-Qatari scholar and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. Author of over 120 books including The Lawful and...
...m of al-Azhar since 2010, one of the most influential Sunni Muslim leaders in the world.
British Muslim scholar, Dean of the Cambridge Muslim College, and one of t...
American Muslim scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna College, widely regarded as ...
Egyptian Islamic activist and author, founder of the Muslim Women's Association and author of 'Return of the Pharaoh' a...
... scholar and author of 'Madha Khasira al-Alam bi Inhitat al-Muslimin' (What the World Lost by the Decline of Muslims), a semin...
...scholar and Secretary General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, specialist in Islamic economics and finance.
Indian Muslim academic and author of 'Hadith Literature,' an important En...
...nd author of 'Fath al-Mun'im,' a modern commentary on Sahih Muslim.
...ter decades, where he taught at Dar al-Arqam and served the Muslim community until his death on 18 July 2025. One of the forem...
Prominent American Muslim leader, imam of Masjid At-Taqwa in Brooklyn, and one of the...
American Muslim scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College, the first accred...
...prudence, Islamic law in the West, and the African-American Muslim experience.
...ions promised Paradise and a leading figure among the early Muslims.
The first ambassador of Islam, sent by the Prophet to Medina before the Hijra, whose preaching brought hundreds into Islam.
An early companion who was captured as a child by the Byzantines, later freed, and gave up all his wealth to emigrate to Medina.
An early Muslim and former slave who endured among the most severe torture ...
...st Christian king of Abyssinia who gave refuge to the first Muslim emigrants and eventually accepted Islam in secret.
... internal opposition caused significant damage to the early Muslim community.
A Jewish leader of Medina who incited war against the Muslims, mocked the Prophet in poetry, and was killed after the Ba...
One of the earliest Muslims and among the Seven Pioneers who publicly declared Islam. ...
The adopted son of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and commander of the Muslim forces at the Battle of Mu'tah, where he was martyred in 8 ...
...ammad ﷺ and daughter of Abu Sufyan. She was among the early Muslims who emigrated to Abyssinia, where her first husband aposta...
Son of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. He fought against the Muslims at Badr and Uhud before embracing Islam after Hudaybiyyah....
...mperor of the Sassanid Persian Empire, who fled east as the Muslim armies advanced after the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (15 AH). ...
...ized Persian military resistance and opened the way for the Muslim conquest of Persia.
...verted to genuine Islam and lived the rest of her life as a Muslim.
... He then genuinely converted to Islam and fought as a brave Muslim soldier, being martyred at the Battle of Nihawand in 21 AH.
Commander of the Muslim forces in Iraq appointed by Abu Bakr, killed at the Battle ...
An Ansari companion who participated in the first Muslim naval expedition to Cyprus in 28 AH. She died there after f...
A blind companion of Quraysh who was an early Muslim and substitute muadhdhin in Madinah alongside Bilal. He is ...
... Second Pledges of Aqabah. He was among the earliest Ansari Muslims, fought at Badr, and was present at all major battles with...
...He was the first major Persian commander encountered by the Muslim forces. Khalid ibn al-Walid defeated and killed him at the ...
...e of the Bridge (13 AH), inflicting the worst defeat on the Muslim forces during the Iraq conquest. Later he negotiated surren...
...provided his house in Makkah as the first meeting place for Muslims, known as 'Dar al-Arqam' (House of al-Arqam). The Prophet ...
An Ansari companion who was the first Muslim warrior to be martyred in battle at the Battle of Badr in 2...
One of the earliest converts to Islam and the first Muslim to emigrate to Madinah (before the Hijrah). He was a foster...
...ompanion known for his extreme asceticism. He was the first Muslim to die in Madinah (before the Battle of Badr) and the first...
...the Qurayshi leader killed at Badr). He was among the first Muslims and emigrated to both Abyssinia and Madinah. He was martyr...
Mother of Ali ibn Abi Talib and a very early companion who raised the Prophet ﷺ as if her own son after the death of his mother Aminah. She accepted Islam early
...is bravery, nephew of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. He commanded the Muslim forces at the decisive Battle of Jalula (16 AH) after Qadis...
...bcontinent. He defeated Raja Dahir of Sindh and established Muslim rule across the Indus Valley. He was later executed on orde...
...Constantinople in 98-99 AH (717-718 CE), the most ambitious Muslim military operation against Byzantium. He also campaigned ex...
... Western historians as one of the most decisive in stopping Muslim expansion into Europe.
...ubayr from Jabir' is one of the most common chains in Sahih Muslim. He died in Makkah around 128 AH.
...handed back under the treaty terms, causing grief among the Muslims. He later escaped again and formed a guerrilla band at the...
A Qurayshi Muslim who was handed back to Mecca under the Hudaybiyyah Treaty b...
...entually settled in Syria. He is cited in Sahih Bukhari and Muslim and was a trusted authority in both Basra and Syria during ...
... master of Damascus (631-676 AH), whose works — Sharh Sahih Muslim, Riyadh al-Salihin, al-Adhkar, al-Minhaj, and the 40 Hadith...
...id ruler and later sold Mamluk amirs at auction to fund the Muslim army. His Qawa'id al-Ahkam is a foundational work in Islami...
The great Umayyad commander of Central Asian conquests (d. 96 AH), operating under Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. He conquered Transoxiana including Bukhara, Samarqand, and
...astating defeats of the Umayyad period, temporarily halting Muslim expansion northward into the Caucasus.
The greatest Muslim traveler in history (703-770 AH), who over 30 years travele...
... of Imams,' known for his authoritative commentary on Sahih Muslim.
...phet; her marriage to the Prophet led to the freeing of 100 Muslim households of the Banu Mustaliq.
The first major Muslim philosopher and 'Philosopher of the Arabs'; pioneer in logi...
...ographical dictionary of the Prophet's Companions and early Muslim generations.
...inary ability to explain complex Islamic issues to ordinary Muslims.
One of the four Companions the Prophet ﷺ commanded Muslims to learn the Quran from. A freed slave who became one of t...
...the strictest hadith critic of his era after al-Bukhari and Muslim.
...on of hadiths he claimed met the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim. A major authority on hadith sciences.
...a creed became the standard Ash'ari theological text in the Muslim world.
One of the first seven Muslims, participated in all major battles including Badr while ri...
...e largest followings in West Africa. President of the World Muslim League.
First child born to the Muslims in Madinah after the Hijra. Led an independent caliphate a...
Companion and one of the first seven Muslims. The only horseman at Badr, praised by the Prophet ﷺ for h...
.... Controversial figure who has written on Islam and Western Muslim identity.
...ah. Briefly led the caliphate before abdicating to preserve Muslim unity.
Early female Muslim from Makkah who worked secretly to convert Qurayshi women t...
...ighway robber who repented and became one of the most pious Muslims of his era.
One of the first seven Muslims and the only horseman at Badr. His pledge before Badr is o...
...Zewar is the most widely read Islamic guide for South Asian Muslims.
...cholar whose 'What Has the World Lost due to the Decline of Muslims?' is one of the most widely read Islamic books globally.
Companion commander who led the Muslim forces to victory at the decisive Battle of Nahavand.
Second greatest hadith scholar; compiler of Sahih Muslim.
A leading Muslim hadith scholar (1932-2017 CE), professor at King Saud Unive...
An Indian Islamic scholar (1942-2006 CE) who won the World Muslim League biography competition for Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtum (The ...
A contemporary American Muslim historian and educator, author of Lost Islamic History: Rec...
...n Islamic author based in Saudi Arabia, known for The Ideal Muslim and The Ideal Muslimah, widely used Islamic character-build...
A contemporary American Muslim author and lecturer (b. Egypt, raised USA), known for the b...
A South African Muslim author and orator (1918-2005 CE), founder of the Islamic Pr...
...ngton D.C., known for works on Islamic practice for Western Muslim communities.
A British Muslim author and educator (b. 1942), convert to Islam, known for ...
A pious and ascetic scholar of Basra, praised as one of the great worshippers among the Tabi'un, known for his deep knowledge and rejection of worldly temptatio
...ha'i, who narrated from Ibn Masud and accompanied the early Muslim conquests.
... hafiz of Kufa, he was a teacher of Imam Ahmad, al-Bukhari, Muslim, and Abu Dawud.
...ssions form an important chain in the hadith of Bukhari and Muslim.
...oted student of Abdullah ibn Masud, renowned throughout the Muslim world for his deep God-consciousness and voluntary silence.
...d Abu Sa'id al-Khudri about remembering God, found in Sahih Muslim.