Who are the sahabah? What can we learn from them?
Sahab: Companion
Plural: Sahabah, Companions of the Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam)
The Companions of the Prophet (sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam)
Narrated Aisha:
A person asked Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) as to who amongst the people were the best. He said: Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).
A person asked Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) as to who amongst the people were the best. He said: Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).
Merits of the Companions
- Links to materials regarding their virtue as well as stories regarding individual companions
- Merits of the Companions (scan)
- Merits of the Companions Study Guide - TJ I made this to accompany our study of the above book excerpt.
A Partial Listing of Some Sahabah
- Abbad ibn Bishr
- Abdullah ibn Abbas
- Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi
- Abdullah ibn Jahsh
- Abdullah ibn Masood
- Abdullah Ibn Sailam
- Abdullah ibn Umar
- Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum
- Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf
- Abu-d Dardaa
- Abu-l Aas ibn ar-Rabiah
- Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
- Abu Dharr al-Ghifari
- Abu Hurayrah
- Abu Musa al-Ashari
- Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith
- Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah
- Adiyy ibn Hatim
- Aishah bint Abi Bakr
- Al-Baraa ibn Malik al-Ansari
- Amr ibn al-Jamuh
- An-Nuayman ibn Amr
- An-Numan ibn Muqarrin
- Asmaa bint Abu Bakr
- At-Tufayl ibn Amr ad-Dawsi
- Barakah
- Fatimah bint Muhammad
- Fayruz ad-Daylami
- Habib ibn Zayd al-Ansari
- Hakim ibn Hazm
- Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
- Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl
- Jafar ibn Abi Talib
- Julaybib
- Khabbab ibn al-Aratt
- Muadh ibn Jabal
- Muhammad ibn Maslamah
- Musab ibn Umayr
- Nuaym ibn Masud
- Rabiah ibn Kab
- Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan
- Rumaysa bint Milhan
- Sad ibn Abi Waqqas
- Said ibn Aamir al-Jumahi
- Said ibn Zayd
- Salim Mawla Abi Hudhayfah
- Salman al-Farsi
- Suhayb ar-Rumi
- Suhayl ibn Amr
- Talhah ibn Ubaydullah
- Thabit ibn Qays
- Thumamah ibn Uthal
- Ubayy ibn Kab
- Umayr ibn Sad al-Ansari
- Umayr ibn Wahb
- Umm Salamah
- Uqbah ibn Aamir
- Utbah ibn Ghazwan
- Zayd al-Khayr
- Zayd ibn Thabit
The Young Companions Around the Messenger
Activity Ideas
- Students can make a "My Book of the Sahabah" or place stories in a three ring binder.
- Journal ideas: What do you admire most about this companion? What can lessons can you learn from his/her life?