He is Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb from the Banu An-Najjar tribe, better known as Abu Ayyub, was a great and close companion of the Prophet who enjoyed a privilege that many of the Ansar in Madinah hoped they would have.
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Madi
He grew up near the town of Isfahan , Persia , in ....المزيد
-» `Abdur-Rahman Ibn `Awf
He was one of the first eight people to accept Islam and was one of the ten who were assured of entering Paradise. He was one of the six people chosen by `Umar ibn al-Khattab to form the council of Shura to choose the Caliph after his death.
His name in pre-Islamic days was Abu `Amr, but when he accepted Islam, the noble Prophet, (peace and blessings be upon him), called him
He is `Amir ibn Abdullah ibn al-Jarrah. He was known as Abu Ubaydah. Abu `Ubaydah was one of the first people to accept Islam. He became a Muslim one day after Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). In fact, it was through Abu Bakr that he became a Muslim. Abu Bakr took him, `Abdur Rahman ibn `Auf, `Uthman ibn Maz'un and al-A
`Abdullah was the son of `Abbas, who was an uncle of the noble Prophet, (peace and blessings be upon him). He was born just three years before the Hijrah. When the Prophet died, `Abdullah was only thirteen years old.
