24 companionsMakkah + Madinah erasSeerah-based narratives
Sahaba — The Companions
Lives of the men around the Prophet ﷺ — truthfulness, courage, generosity and scholarship. Tap any companion for his own page.
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Era 1 — Makkah
The First Rank
First believers, cave and shield — the Makkan generation.
1Abu BakrAbu Bakr — The Truthful CompanionFirst free man to believe, companion in the cave, liberator of slaves, and first caliph — who held the ummah together when the Prophet ﷺ passed.2UmarUmar — The Distinguisher (Faruq)The fierce opponent who became Islam’s strength — prayed openly at the Kaaba, ruled ten years of epochal conquests, and fell as a martyr in prayer.3UthmanUthman — The Generous (DhHen-Nurayn)Possessor of two lights (married two daughters of the Prophet ﷺ), buyer of wells and armies, compiler of the Quran’s codex — martyred reciting it.4AliAli — The Lion of KnowledgeFirst youth to believe, sleeper in the Prophet’s bed on Hijrah night, bearer of the standard at Khaybar — scholar, judge, and fourth caliph.5HamzaHamza — The Lion of AllahThe Prophet’s ﷺ uncle and milk-brother — hunter turned protector, whose conversion shielded Islam and whose martyrdom at Uhud crowned him chief of martyrs.6BilalBilal — The Voice of EnduranceThe Abyssinian slave tortured on Makkah’s sands crying “One! One!” — freed by Abu Bakr, chosen as Islam’s first muezzin, and silenced after the Prophet ﷺ passed.7TalhaTalha — The Shield of UhudEarly convert, wealthy giver, and the living shield of Uhud — who caught arrows with his hand until it withered, and was promised Paradise.8ZubayrZubayr — The Disciple (Hawari)First to draw a sword for Islam at fifteen, veteran of every battle, the Prophet’s “disciple” — and father of the scholars through Asma and Abdullah.9Abdur-RahmanAbdur-Rahman ibn Awf — The Blessed TraderEarly convert who arrived in Madinah with nothing but his sword — and rebuilt fortunes so blessed that his charity funded armies and widows for decades.10Sa’dSa’d ibn Abi Waqqas — The First ArrowThird man in Islam, first to loose an arrow for Allah, commander at Qadisiyyah — for whom the Prophet ﷺ ransomed his own parents.11Sa’idSa’id ibn Zayd — The Quiet GuarantorAmong the earliest believers, husband of Umar’s sister Fatima — whose recitation converted Umar — counted among the ten promised Paradise though history barely trumpets him.12Abu UbaydahAbu Ubaydah — The Trustworthy (Amin)The most trustworthy of the ummah — who pulled the Prophet’s ﷺ helmet rings with his teeth at Uhud, commanded Syria, and died of plague refusing to flee it.20ZaydZayd ibn Harithah — The BelovedThe freed slave who chose the Prophet ﷺ over his own father — adopted son, then Quran-named commander, martyred holding Islam’s banner at Mu’tah.
Era 2 — Madinah
Scholars, Scribes & Commanders
The Madinan generation — preservation, counsel and conquests.
13SalmanSalman al-Farsi — The Seeker of TruthPersian fire-priest’s son turned church-hopping seeker across empires — enslaved, freed by the Prophet ﷺ himself, and adopter into the Household.14Abu HurairahAbu Hurairah — The PreserverThree years with the Prophet ﷺ — and more hadith preserved than any companion: five thousand narrations from hunger, memory, and a blessed cloak.15Ibn AbbasAbdullah ibn Abbas — The Scholar of the UmmahThe Prophet’s ﷺ young cousin — prayed over for understanding — who became the Quran’s foremost explainer and teacher of kings and commoners alike.16Ibn UmarAbdullah ibn Umar — The Meticulous FollowerTurned away from Uhud as too young, then spent sixty years copying the Prophet ﷺ in everything — prayer spots, mounts, even tree shade.17Ibn MasudAbdullah ibn Masud — The First VoiceA shepherd boy turned sixth Muslim — first to recite the Quran aloud in Makkah, beaten for it, then teacher of Kufa and its recitation.18AnasAnas ibn Malik — Ten Years of ServicePresented at ten, servant for ten years — never scolded once — then transmitter of two thousand hadith and prayer-leader into his hundreds.19MuadhMuadh ibn Jabal — The Scholar to YemenMost knowledgeable of lawful and unlawful — sent to Yemen with the gradual-dawah manual, governor, judge, and Quran collector.21KhalidKhalid ibn al-Walid — The Drawn SwordUhud’s cavalry arranger turned Muslim general — undefeated across a hundred battles, dismissed mid-campaign, buried with nothing but his armour.22AmrAmr ibn al-As — The Conqueror-AdministratorQuraysh’s shrewd diplomat turned Muslim strategist — conqueror of Egypt, founder of Fustat, and administrator whose mosque still anchors Cairo.23Zayd ThabitZayd ibn Thabit — The Scribe of RevelationThe multilingual youth who wrote revelation as it descended — then gathered the Quran between two covers under Abu Bakr and standardised it under Uthman.24UsamaUsama ibn Zayd — The Young CommanderBeloved’s son, doubly beloved — appointed over an army of veterans at seventeen, doubted for youth, vindicated by Abu Bakr’s resolve.
Frequently asked questions
Who are covered here?
24 popular companions in order of prominence: the four caliphs, the ten promised Paradise, and beloved figures like Hamza, Bilal, Salman, Abu Hurairah and Khalid. Open any companion for the full story.
Where do these stories come from?
The received seerah (Ibn Hisham/Ibn Ishaq tradition) and Sahih collections, named qualitatively. Lessons are drawn plainly; consult scholars for deeper rulings.
How is this different from Seerat?
Seerat tells the Prophet’s ﷺ own life in 16 chapters. The Sahaba hub tells his companions’ lives — with cross-links both ways.