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...mmad ﷺ and the first person to accept Islam. A successful businesswoman and beloved mother of the believers.
The first muezzin of Islam, an Abyssinian former slave who endured severe torture for his faith.
Brother of Ali who led the migration to Abyssinia and was martyred at the Battle of Mutah.
The fourth Rightly-Guided Caliph, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, known for his bravery and kn...
... by Abu Bakr with the first compilation of the Quran into a single manuscript, a monumental effort in preserving the divine...
The first martyr in Islam, killed by Abu Jahl for refusing to renounce her faith.
...f Ali and Fatimah. Martyred at Karbala (61 AH / 680 CE) refusing to pledge allegiance to Yazid ibn Muawiyah. His stand agai...
Persian physician and philosopher known in the West as Avicenna. His al-Qanun fi at-Tibb (Canon of Medicine) was the standard medical textbook in Europe and the
...ate Shafi'i fiqh references. Also wrote az-Zawajir on major sins and al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyyah.
... a revival movement emphasizing tawhid (monotheism) and opposing practices he deemed polytheistic. Author of Kitab at-Tawhi...
Saudi hadith scholar and former vice-chancellor of the Islamic University of Medina. Known for his extensive commentary on Sunan Abu Dawud and other hadith work
Grand Imam of al-Azhar since 2010, one of the most influential Sunni Muslim leaders in...
Acehnese scholar who studied in Arabia and became the leading Islamic authority in Southeast Asia, producing the first complete Malay Quran commentary.
Sindhi hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah...
...sterious servant of Allah whom Musa AS traveled with, possessing divine knowledge beyond apparent wisdom.
...r the Israelites to worship while Musa AS was away on Mount Sinai.
...who submitted to Sulayman AS and accepted Islam after witnessing his kingdom and wisdom.
The learned Christian cousin of Khadijah who recognized the Prophet's first revelation a...
The just Christian king of Abyssinia who gave refuge to the first Muslim emigrants and eventua...
The Abyssinian viceroy of Yemen who marched with elephants to destroy t...
...jah. Married Uthman ibn Affan and emigrated with him to Abyssinia, then Madinah. Died 2 AH while the Prophet was at Badr.
...m Sulaym, and he pledged at al-Aqabah. The Prophet said his single voice in battle was worth a thousand men.
...ufyan. She was among the early Muslims who emigrated to Abyssinia, where her first husband apostatized and died. The Prophe...
...r. After the Prophet's death, he was instrumental in suppressing the Riddah (apostasy) in Makkah.
...nced after the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah (15 AH). He was assassinated in 32 AH in Merv (modern Turkmenistan) by a miller, end...
The Abyssinian slave who killed Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib at the Battle...
...Bridge (Jisr) in 13 AH when he refused to retreat while crossing a bridge over the Euphrates against Sassanid forces. His b...
An early companion and one of the first emigrants to Abyssinia. Appointed by Umar ibn al-Khattab as commander in Iraq, h...
...e with two testimonies') because the Prophet ﷺ declared his single testimony to be equivalent to that of two witnesses. He ...
...et ﷺ as secretaries. He participated in both Hijrahs to Abyssinia and later served as governor of Yemen and a commander in ...
...al-Baqir. A major scholar of hadith and fiqh, he led an uprising against the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik and was...
...intense worship, particularly praying the entire Quran in a single rak'ah. He narrated the famous hadith of the Dajjal.
...sow discord among the Quraysh, Banu Nadir, and Ghatafan, causing the alliance to break apart.
One of the earliest converts to Islam and a prominent companion known for his extreme asceticism. He was the first Muslim to die in Madinah (before the Battle o
A companion and cousin of the Prophet ﷺ who led the first military expedition in I...
...h, he and his brother were separated — Amr emigrated to Abyssinia but Hisham was prevented by his tribe. He later emigrated...
A cousin and former adversary of the Prophet ﷺ who was one of the la...
...yshi who came to Madinah after Badr with the intent to assassinate the Prophet ﷺ. When he confessed his plan to the Prophet...
...). He was among the first Muslims and emigrated to both Abyssinia and Madinah. He was martyred at the Battle of Yamama figh...
...ented his famous ode 'Banat Su'ad' (Su'ad has departed) praising the Prophet ﷺ. In gratitude, the Prophet ﷺ gave Ka'b his m...
... Husayn ibn Ali and his companions at Karbala in 61 AH, refusing to allow their passage and dispatching the army of Yazid t...
The Umayyad general who conquered Sind and southern Punjab at the age of 17-20 (92-96 AH / 711-71...
...by Tariq ibn Ziyad and Musa ibn Nusayr, and the conquest of Sind by Muhammad ibn Qasim.
... who was killed at the Battle of the Bridge. He led the uprising of the 'Penitents' (Tawwabun) to avenge Husayn ibn Ali's d...
... the Prophet but was handed back under the treaty terms, causing grief among the Muslims. He later escaped again and formed...
...from Makkah and a skilled Quran reciter who migrated to Abyssinia. He was captured at Badr initially on the Qurayshi side b...
...entic models of Islamic renunciation (zuhd). His sayings on sincerity and detachment from the world are widely quoted.
...ed scholar and teacher of Ibn al-Mubarak, his statements on sincerity (ikhlas), fear of Allah, and the corruption of schola...
...al-Quran is one of the most important modern tafsir works, using Quran to explain Quran in a systematic methodology that in...
...ivation from Quran and Sunnah without strict adherence to a single madhab.
...ayyah; father of Ammar ibn Yasir; tortured to death for refusing to leave Islam.
... Abu Dawud, one of the six canonical hadith collections focusing on Islamic law. He reviewed 500,000 hadiths and selected 4...
...lad Tidings of Paradise). The Apostle's ﷺ 'disciple' and cousin. He was the first to draw a sword in defense of Islam.
...tubi), the most comprehensive Maliki Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings extracted from the Quran.
Son of al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib and cousin of the Prophet ﷺ. Narrated hadith from the Prophet and perf...
Greatest Arab physician after Ibn Sina. Discovered the pulmonary circulation of blood 300 years b...
...CI), known for comparative religion debates and books addressing Christian missionary claims.
... Munabbih, the oldest preserved collection of hadith from a single Companion, Abu Hurayra.