Companions of the Prophet

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The Companions of the Prophet are the men and women who personally met and followed the Islamic prophet Muhammad, forming the earliest Muslim community and transmitting his teachings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic concept
early Muslim community
religious group
alsoKnownAs Sahaba
Sahaba
surface form: Ṣaḥābah
associatedWith Mecca
Medina
Quraysh
associatedWithEvent Battle of Badr
Battle of Uhud
Conquest of Mecca
Hijra
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
centralTo Islamic historiography
Islamic law
Islamic theology
criteriaForInclusion met Muhammad as a believer and died as a Muslim
definition men and women who met the Prophet Muhammad as believers and died as Muslims
estimatedNumber thousands
followed Muhammad
genderComposition men and women
includes Abd Allah ibn Masʿud
surface form: Abdullah ibn Masud

Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
surface form: Abu Bakr

Abu Hurayrah
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah
surface form: Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah

Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Anas ibn Malik
Bilal ibn Rabah
Fatimah bint Muhammad
Hafsa bint Umar
Abd Allah ibn Abbas
surface form: Ibn Abbas

Jabir ibn Abd Allah
surface form: Jabir ibn Abdullah

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
surface form: Khadija bint Khuwaylid

Muadh ibn Jabal
Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas
surface form: Saad ibn Abi Waqqas

Sa‘d ibn Mu‘adh
surface form: Saad ibn Muadh

Salman al-Farisi
Talha ibn Ubayd Allah
surface form: Talhah ibn Ubaydullah

Umar ibn al-Khattab
Umm Salama
Caliph Uthman ibn Affan
surface form: Uthman ibn Affan

Zayd ibn Thabit
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
includesClass Ahl al-Bayt
Ansar
Hijra
surface form: Muhajirun
languageContext Arabic
religion Islam
role first generation of Muslims
participants in early Islamic expansion
teachers of later Muslim generations
transmitters of hadith
sourceFor hadith collections
sira literature
theologicalStatusInSunniIslam all are considered upright (ʿudūl)
timePeriod 7th century CE
veneratedIn Ibadi Islam
Shia Islam
Sunni Islam

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Juwayriya bint al-Harith category Companions of the Prophet
Safiyya bint Huyayy category Companions of the Prophet
this entity surface form: Female Companions of Muhammad
Mount Uhud associatedWith Companions of the Prophet
Sunni fiqh influencedBy Companions of the Prophet
this entity surface form: Companions of Muhammad
Zaouia of Sidi Sahbi hasHonorificTitleOfDedicatee Companions of the Prophet
this entity surface form: Barber of the Prophet
early Muslim–Quraysh wars belligerent Companions of the Prophet
this entity surface form: companions of Muhammad
Aisha category Companions of the Prophet
subject surface form: Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Juwayriya category Companions of the Prophet
subject surface form: Juwayriya bint al-Harith
Umar ibn Abi Salama category Companions of the Prophet
Bay‘at al-Ridwan hasParticipantGroup Companions of the Prophet
Abd Allah ibn Masʿud category Companions of the Prophet
Ubayd Allah ibn Abbas category Companions of the Prophet
al-Fadl ibn Abbas category Companions of the Prophet
Kitab al-Sunnah containsNarrationsFrom Companions of the Prophet