Sahaba

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The Sahaba are the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, revered in Islam as his closest followers and the earliest Muslims who transmitted his teachings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious concept
companions of Muhammad
group of people
associatedWith Prophet Muhammad
linked to: Muhammad
associatedWithEvent Battle of Badr
Battle of Uhud
Conquest of Mecca
Hijra from Mecca to Medina
Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
contributedTo formation of early Islamic law and practice
preservation of the Qur’an
spread of Islam beyond Arabia
definedAs those who met the Prophet Muhammad as believers and died as Muslims
followsReligion Islam
hasNameInArabic الصحابة
linked to: Sahaba
hasPluralForm Sahaba
hasSingularForm Sahabi
linked to: Sahaba
hasTransliteration Aṣ-Ṣaḥābah
linked to: Sahaba
includesNotableMember Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud
Abu Bakr
linked to: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Abu Hurayra
linked to: Abu Hurayrah

Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Bilal ibn Rabah
Fatima bint Muhammad
Hasan ibn Ali
Husayn ibn Ali
Khadija bint Khuwaylid
Salman al-Farisi
Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas
Talha ibn Ubayd Allah
Umar ibn al-Khattab
Uthman ibn Affan
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
includesSubgroup Ahl al-Badr (participants in Battle of Badr)
linked to: Sahaba

Ahl al-Bay‘ah (people of the pledge)
linked to: Sahaba

Ansar
Muhajirun
linked to: Hijra
languageSpoken Arabic
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula
mentionedIn Hadith literature
Islamic historical works
Sira (biographical) literature
religiousStatusInShiaIslam evaluated individually
some criticized for political stances
some highly revered
religiousStatusInSunniIslam considered just (‘udul)
generally respected as reliable transmitters
highly revered
role companions of the Prophet Muhammad
earliest Muslims
participants in early Islamic community
transmitters of hadith
subjectOf biographical dictionaries in Islamic scholarship
‘ilm al-rijal (science of narrators)
timePeriod 7th century CE
veneratedIn Sunni Islam
many Sufi traditions

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Sahabiyyah isFemaleCounterpartOf Sahabi
linked to: Sahaba
Sahabiyyah partOf Sahaba
Companions of the Prophet alsoKnownAs Ṣaḥābah
linked to: Sahaba
Khazraj supported Muhajirun from Mecca
linked to: Sahaba
Sahaba hasNameInArabic الصحابة
linked to: Sahaba
Sahaba hasTransliteration Aṣ-Ṣaḥābah
linked to: Sahaba
Sahaba hasSingularForm Sahabi
linked to: Sahaba
Sahaba hasPluralForm Sahaba
Sahaba includesSubgroup Ahl al-Badr (participants in Battle of Badr)
linked to: Sahaba
Sahaba includesSubgroup Ahl al-Bay‘ah (people of the pledge)
linked to: Sahaba
جبل أحد associatedWithPerson الصحابة
linked to: Sahaba