The men and women
who carried the religion.

Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

أبو بكر الصديق

573–634 CE / 50 BH–13 AH

al-Ṣiddīq (The Truthful)

The first man outside the Prophet's ﷺ household to accept Islam. His friendship is the single most documented companionship in Islamic history.

ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb

عمر بن الخطاب

584–644 CE / 40 BH–23 AH

al-Fārūq (The Distinguisher)

The Prophet ﷺ made duʿāʾ that Islam be strengthened through ʿUmar. It was answered dramatically — his conversion changed the religion's trajectory in Makkah.

ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān

عثمان بن عفان

576–656 CE / 47 BH–35 AH

Dhū al-Nūrayn (Possessor of Two Lights)

The caliph who unified the Qurʾanic script. The standard muṣḥaf used today descends directly from his committee's edition.

ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib

علي بن أبي طالب

600–661 CE / 23 BH–40 AH

Asad Allāh (The Lion of Allah)

The first young man to accept Islam — aged 9 or 10. The Prophet ﷺ said of him: "I am the city of knowledge, and ʿAlī is its gate."

Khadījah bint Khuwaylid

خديجة بنت خويلد

555–619 CE / 68 BH–3 BH

Umm al-Muʾminīn (Mother of the Believers)

The first person to accept Islam. The Prophet ﷺ, after her death, never said her name without his eyes filling.

ʿĀʾishah bint Abī Bakr

عائشة بنت أبي بكر

614–678 CE / 9 BH–58 AH

Umm al-Muʾminīn

The most learned of the companions in matters of fiqh, the most prolific female narrator, and the primary source for the inner life of the Prophet ﷺ.

Narrated 2,210 hadith

Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad

فاطمة بنت محمد

605–632 CE / 18 BH–11 AH

al-Zahrāʾ (The Luminous)

The Prophet's ﷺ most beloved daughter. The only one of his children to survive him — by less than six months.

Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar

حفصة بنت عمر

605–665 CE / 18 BH–45 AH

Umm al-Muʾminīn

The wife to whom the first collected muṣḥaf of the Qurʾan was entrusted after Abū Bakr's death.

Abū Hurayrah

أبو هريرة

603–680 CE / 21 BH–59 AH

The Most Prolific Narrator

Narrated 5,374 hadith — more than any other companion. A walking archive of the Prophet's ﷺ final years.

Narrated 5,374 hadith

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās

عبد الله بن عباس

619–687 CE / 3 BH–68 AH

Ḥibr al-Ummah (Scholar of the Nation)

The Prophet ﷺ made duʿāʾ for him: "O Allah, give him understanding of the religion and teach him interpretation." The duʿāʾ was answered.

Narrated 1,660 hadith

ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar

عبد الله بن عمر

614–693 CE / 10 BH–73 AH

The Strict Follower of the Sunnah

The companion who most strictly imitated the Prophet's ﷺ smallest actions — down to where he stepped.

Narrated 2,630 hadith

ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd

عبد الله بن مسعود

594–652 CE / 30 BH–32 AH

Ṣāḥib al-Sirār (Keeper of the Secret)

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever wants to recite the Qurʾan as fresh as it was revealed, let him recite as Ibn Masʿūd recites."

Anas ibn Mālik

أنس بن مالك

612–712 CE / 10 BH–93 AH

Servant of the Messenger

Narrated 2,286 hadith — third among the companions. Outlived almost all his peers, transmitting the Prophet's ﷺ life into the next century.

Narrated 2,286 hadith

Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ

بلال بن رباح

580–640 CE / 43 BH–20 AH

Muʾadhdhin al-Rasūl (The Caller of the Messenger)

The first muʾadhdhin in Islam. An African slave whose voice called the community to prayer five times a day in Madinah.

Salmān al-Fārisī

سلمان الفارسي

c. 568–656 CE / c. 54 BH–36 AH

Salmān minnā Ahl al-Bayt — "Salmān is one of us, of the family" (the Prophet ﷺ)

The architect of the Trench at the Battle of the Ahzāb — a Persian military tactic introduced to the Arabs for the first time.

Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī

أبو ذر الغفاري

c. 568–652 CE / 54 BH–32 AH

The Ascetic of the Companions

The companion who most perfectly lived the austerity the Prophet ﷺ taught. The Prophet ﷺ said: "The earth has not carried anyone, nor the sky shaded anyone, more truthful than Abū Dharr."

Muʿādh ibn Jabal

معاذ بن جبل

603–639 CE / 20 BH–18 AH

Most Knowledgeable in ḥalāl and ḥarām

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The most knowledgeable of my community in ḥalāl and ḥarām is Muʿādh ibn Jabal."