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Bulgh al Marm: Biographies of the Narrators Alkauthar Student Guild

Biographies of the Narrators and Important Individuals

Introduction

The seven most prolific narrators of hadth:

1. Ab Hurayrah

2. Abdullah ibn Umar

3. Anas ibn Malik

4. Abdullah ibn Abbs

5. Ab Sad Al Khudri

6. Jbir ibn Abdullah

7. Aishah bint AbBakrg

Wal mukthirna fi riwyatil athar Ab Hurayrah yalhi ibn Umar wa Anasibn Malik

wabahrakul

ibn AbbsKhudri

Ab Sad Al Khudriwa Jbir

ibn Abdullahwa zawjatun Nabi

Aishah bint AbBakr

The ten who were promised paradise orasharatul mubasharah:

1. Ab Bakr

2. Umar ibn al Khattb

3. Uthmn ibn Affan

4. Ali ibn Abi Talib

5. Abdur Rahman bin Auf

6. Sd ibn Abi Waqas

7. Sad bin Zaid

8. Ab Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah

9. Talha ibn Ubaidullah

10. Zubair ibn al Awwm

Aliun wa ThalathatuAbu Bakr, Umar and Uthmn

, wabnu AwfAbdurrahman bin Auf

wa Saadibn Abi

Waqqasmin hum wa katha Said

ibn Zaidkathahka Ab Ubaidah fa huwa minhum wa Talha

ibn Ubaidullahwa Zubair

ibn al Awwamwa la mazd

The seven fuqaha or jurists of al Madnah were:

1. Sa'id ibn al Musayyab

2. Sulaymn ibn Yasr

3. Khrijah ibn Zaid ibn Thbit

4. Al Qsim bin Muhammad bin AbBakr as Siddq

5. Urwah ibn az-Zubair ibn al Awwm

6. Ubaidullh ibn 'Abdullh ibn 'Utba ibn Mas'd

7. Ab Bakr ibn 'Abd ur-Rahmn ibn al Hrith

Ith qla man fil ilmi sabatu abhurin fa qul hum Ubaidullhi Urwatu Qsimun Ab BakrSulaymn Sad Khrija

Sources of Biography

Seer Alm an Nubal by Imm ad Dhahab

Bidaya wa Nihaya by Ibn Kathr

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Abdullah ibn Umar

This companion was knowledgeable and ascetic. He became Muslim in Makkah whilst a

small boy and participated in the battle ofal Khandaq. He died in 73AH.

He spent eight years memorising surah Al Baqarah.

Abdullah ibn Abbs ibn al Muttalib

He was known as tarjumn al Qurandue to his knowledge.

The Prophet made dua for Allh to grant ibn Abbsunderstanding of the religion (i.e. fiqh)

and understanding of the interpretation of the Qurn. Ibn Abbs stated that I had a tongue

that would always ask questions and a heart that was always attentive as an explanation for

his extensive knowledge.

He was born 3 years before the Hijrah and passed away in Tif in 67AH. He was less than 15

years old when the Prophet passed away

Abdullah ibn Masd

The Prophet stated that whoever wanted to learn the Qurn as it was revealed they should

learn the Qurn from Abdullh ibn Masd. Ab Bakr and Umar rush to Abdullh ibn

Masd to give him these glad tidings but when Umar approached he realised that Abu Bakr

had preceded him.

Abdullah ibn Zaid ibn sim

This companion helped kill Musailama al Khadb along with al Wahshi at the battle of

Yammamah. He was killed on the day of Al Harrah in 63AH.

Ab

Hurayrah

This kunya means father of kittens due to love of kittens. There are over 30 opinions as to

what is actual name was, due to the distinction he achieved under his kunya. The strongest

opinion is that his name was Abdur- Rahman ibn Sakhr ad Dausi.

He became a Muslim in the year of Khaibar (7AH) and stayed with the Prophet until the

Prophets death. He was a mufti under Umar and the governor of Madnah under

Marwn ibn al Hkim. He died in 59AH and is buried in al Baq.

Ab Hurayrah narrated the most ahadth and over 800 people narrated from him. He has

therefore been the target for orientalists who wish to invalidate a large body of the ahadith.

Ab Qatda

He was the Prophets horseman and fought in Uhud and that which followed. His real name

was Al Hrith bin Ribi al Ansari and he died in 54AH.

Ab Sad al Khudri

His real name was Sad ibn Malik ibn Sinn al Khazraji al Ansri and he was a companion

who fought in over 12 battles with the Prophet. He died in 74AH at the age of 86 years.

Ab Salama

His name was Abdullah bin Abdul Asad al Makhzumi al Qurashi and he was the son of the

paternal aunt of the Prophet . He was also his brother in suckling along with Hamza(through Thuwaiba, the freed slave of Abu Lahab). He migrated to Abyssinia along with his

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wife Umm Salama. He fought at Badr and at Uhud, later dying from his wounds from the later

in 4AH.

Ab Talha

This companion was the husband of Umm Sulaim (the mother of Anas ibn Malik). His

converting to Islm was his dowry to her.

His real name was Zaid bin Sahl bin al Aswad bin Harm al Ansari an Najri. He attended

Aqaba, and fought at Uhud and Hunain, and died in 34AH or 51AH.

Ab Tufail

He was the last companion of the Prophet to pass away when he died in the year 110AH.

This was the fulfilment of the prophecy of the Prophet who stated:

Once the Prophet led us in the ish prayer during the last days of his life and afterfinishing it he said: Do you realise (the importance of) this night? Nobody present on thesurface of the earth tonight will be living after the completion of one hundred years from this

nightIbn Umar; Agreed upon: Bukhri 116 and Muslim [6479] 217 (2537).

Anas ibn Malik

Umm SuIaim (his mother) brought him to the Prophet in Madnah at 10 years old to be inhis service; the Prophet made three dua for him:

i. To increase his wealth (he harvested twice a year)

ii. To increase his progeny (he had over 100 of his own children)

iii. To enter him to Paradise (he said I am waiting for the last dua to come true)

He was also known as Ab Hamza and was a Khazraji. He died at the age of 99 or 103 in

approximately the year 91-93AH.

Asma bint Abi Bakrg

She was the daughter of Ab Bakr, the mother of Abdullah ibn Zubair, and the elder

sister of Aishah.

She lived until she was over a hundred years old and never lost a tooth or suffered from

senility.

Asm bint Umaisg

She was married in succession to Jafr ibn Abi Talib , who was martyred at the battle of

Mutah (and bore him Abdullah ibn Jafr), Ab Bakr (and bore him Muhammad ibn Ab

Bakr), and Ali ibn Abi Talib (and bore him Yahya).

She would interpret dreams.

Bill

He was from amongst the first Muslims and had been a slave purchased by Ab Bakr who

then set him free. He had been promised paradise, from the hadith where the Prophet

informed him that he heard his steps in paradise.

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Mudh ibn Jabal

He was a scholar amongst the companions and will be the leader of the scholars on the Day

of Resurrection. The Prophet sent him to Yemen as a governor in 10AH just prior to his

going out on the farewell Hajj, telling him that when he returns he may not find him but

might find his grave instead.

He was amongst the youth of theAnsar.

Mughira bin Shuba

He became a muslim in the year ofkhandaq and died at Kufa in 50AH. He was reported to

have had 80 wives over his lifetime. He was reported to have said He who has one wife is ill

when she is ill and is menstruating when she is menstruating, and he who has two wives is as

is he is between two raging fires, but he who has four wives has the coolness of his eyes.

Muhammad ibn AbBakr

He was born to Asm bint Umais at the start of the hajj of the Prophet in 10AH, and was

brought up in the household of Al after his father passed away and his mother had marriedAl. It is claimed that he had a role in the assassination of Uthmn .

Rabia bin Kab al Aslami

Rabia was one of the ahl sufa and he used to serve the Prophet .

Sahl bin Sad

This companions name had originally been hazn meaning sadness, but the Prophet

advised him to change his name to sahl meaning ease.

Salman al Farisi

He has a long biography of how he travelled to Madnah and accepted Islm, and how he

advised the building of the trench during the battle ofal Khandaq.

Saudag

This was one of the wives of the Prophet whom he married after his wife Khadijah passed

away. She was quite old when she was married and so, fearful of divorce, she voluntarily

forwent her turn amongst the wives of the Prophet in favour of Aishah.

Surqa bin Mlik

This companion was a bounty hunter who heard about the 100 camel ransom for the Prophet

and for Ab Bakr whilst they were making hijrah; he covered the fact that two men werespotted and went to find them himself. After not being able to approach the Prophet , a letter

of safety was written for him and he eventually became Muslim.

Umm Salamahg

She was of the first group to make hijrah to Abyssinia and her real name was Hind bint Abu

Umaiya.

She was very close to her husband Abu Salama and when he died the Prophet taught her

the dua Grant me better than this musbah. She later married the Prophet a short time

later in Shawwal 4AH.

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Before they married she told the Prophet three things

i. She is extremely jealous (the Prophet made dua to remove it)

ii. She is old ( to which the Prophet said I am older than you)

iii. She has many children (the Prophet said They are mine as well)

She died in 59AH or 62AH at the age of 84.

Umm Atiyag

Her real name was Nusaiba bint Kb or bint al Hrith al Ansariya; she was a prominent

sahabiya and used to nurse the wounded in battles and had fought at Uhud. She witnessed

and perfected the washing of the body of the daughter of the Prophet and her hadith on this

topic is considered to be the basic reference.

Umm Sulaim (Ar Rumais bint Milhn)g

She was a companion who was married to Ab Talha and was mother to Ans Ibn Malik (from her previous marriage to Malik bin an Nasr who moved to Shm as a non-muslim) and

Abu Umair (the young boy with the bird whom the Prophet met and gave a kunya).

The marriage of Umm Sulaim and Abu Talha was put in place with a dowry that Abu Talha

become muslim.

Their child had died but in anticipation of her husbands return that evening, she prepared

herself for him and fed him before telling him the bad news. She did so by first drawing his

attention to the poor manners someone would have if they were unhappy about returning

something that was the property of another. The Prophet made dua for the couple after

hearing of this event and it transpired that the couple had conceived on that night.

She died during the caliphate of Uthmn .

Umm Waraqag

This lady was referred to as a shahida by the Prophet during his lifetime, as some time

after his death she was martyred at the hand of a male and female slave whom she owned.

Uthmn ibn Affn

The third of the khilfa rshidn, he married in succession Ruqaiyah and Umm Kulthm, both

of whom were daughters of the Prophet and for this reason he was known as Dhn Nrain

(the possessor of the two lights).

He was martyred in al Madnah in 35AH.

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