The preparations for the Battle of Uhud increased day by day. On the one hand, the Muslims were completing the preparations for the provisions under the supervision of the Prophet (pbuh); on the other hand, they exercised fighting with the sword and throwing arrows. In...
During the Migration, the Prophet came out of Makkah at midnight before the eyes of the polytheists and set off to go to Madinah; this infuriated the polytheists. They wanted to do their best to find the Prophet and Hz. Abu Bakr before they arrived...
Bilal was an Abyssinian slave. He was a slave of Umayya bin Khalaf. Bilal was looking for a high truth. What he was looking for was nothing but Islam. When the Prophet started to spread the religion of Islam, Bilal Habashi became one of the...
Hz. Bashir was from Madinah. He took part in the Second Pledge of Aqaba. He promised there that he would protect the Messenger of Allah from all kinds of dangers. He kept this promise throughout his life. He took part in all wars together with...
The Prophet invited people to believe. Bashir bin Khasasiyya was also invited by the Prophet. He accepted this invitation without hesitation. His name before Islam was “Nadhir” meaning “the one who frightens”. When he became a Muslim, the Messenger of Allah changed his name to...
Bara bin Ma'rur was one of the twelve representatives chosen among the participants of the Second Pledge of Aqaba. Hz. Bara spoke as follows when he paid allegiance to the Prophet in Aqaba: “Praise be to Allah, who honored us with Muhammad and made us beloved....
Bara bin Malik, who was the brother of Anas bin Malik, who was a distinguished student of the school of Suffa in ilm and hadith narration, was a Companion who had material and spiritual conquests that made him distinguished along with religious services under the...
Hz. Bara was from Madinah. His father was a Muslim too. He became a Muslim at a young age. He learned the Quran from Mus'ab bin Umayr and Ibn Umm Maktum, whom the Prophet had sent to the people of Madinah to teach Islam. When...
“Ayyash” is the name of a Companion who was close to the Prophet. This word, which means “having a nice state, living healthily and well-off”, is also used in the sense of “cereal seller and baker”. Hz. Ayyash was one of the first lucky people who...
Those who were saved from the darkness of polytheism, unbelief and oppression in the Era of Bliss had a completely different life after attaining the luminous light of Islam and they abandoned everything related to their old days. Anything that reminded them of their life...
It was a period when the most terrifying form of ignorance and oppression prevailed, and torture and brutality were committed in the most terrible way. At that time, helpless and weak people were enslaved; they were forced to work in jobs that even animals were...
Hz. Amir was the brother of Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas, who was one of the ten Companions who were given the glad tiding of Paradise. He became a Muslim in the first years of Islam through Hz. Sa’d. His mother was disturbed when he became...
One of the most important incidents that Amr bin Umayya, one of prominent Companions of the Prophets, experienced was the Incident of Bi'r Mauna, which resulted in the martyrdom of 39 Companions. The tribe of Sons of Nadr asked the Messenger of Allah to send...
Amr bin Thabit was known by the nickname “Uhayrim”. Amr was from Madinah. Although all members of his tribe became Muslims, he continued to oppose the Muslims on his own. During the Battle of Uhud, Uhayrim, who remained in Madinah, started to think. What was the...
Those who were honored by the light of Islam in Madinah increased day by day. The Muslims who returned from the Second Pledge of Aqaba continued to propagate Islam even more enthusiastically and to expand the circle of Islam day by day. One of the young...
Hz. Amr became a Muslim during the first years of Islam. He migrated to Madinah like the other Companions. He took part in the Battle of Khandaq. He fought heroically there. He wanted to participate in the Battle of Tabuk but he could not attend...
Abdullah was a young shepherd. He used to herd the sheep of Aqaba bin Abi Muit. One day, while he was with the sheep, two guests arrived. The guests told him they were thirsty and asked him for milk. The young shepherd said to them, “Yes,...
Abdullah became a Muslim in the first years of Islam. He had to migrate to Abyssinia in the face of the tortures of the polytheists. He migrated to Madinah from Abyssinia and gained the thawabs of two migrations. He took part in the battles of...
It was three years before the Migration of the Prophet to Madinah… There was a celebration in the house of his uncle, Hz. Abbas. A boy was born. They took the child to the Messenger of Allah. He gave the boy the name “Abdullah”. He...
It was before the Migration… The Prophet (pbuh) sent Mus’ab bin Umayr, a young Companion, to Madinah so that he would spread Islam and teach the Muslims there. Hz. Mus’ab was a person who could speak well and could explain what he meant without offending...
There are sometimes such important moments in the lives of the people who represent a cause that a minor negligence by them can cause the destruction of many people and their self-sacrifice can be a means of happiness and salvation for many people. The Companions, who...
One of the Companions who tried to announce and spread the cause of Allah all over the world with his sword in battlefields of jihad and with his knowledge and intellect at other times was Abdullah bin Abi Awfa. Hz. Abdullah was among the well-known...
Hz. Abdullah was Hz. Abu Bakr’s son and Prophet’s brother-in-law. He became a Muslim in the first years of Islam. He was a clever and skilled man. He played an important role in the Migration of the Prophet. The Prophet remained in the Cave of...
Hz. Abdullah joined the Second Pledge of Aqabah and promised that he would protect the Messenger of Allah at the risk of his life. He did not like idols at all. He and Sahl bin Hunayf used to break the wooden idols belonging to the...
Hz. Abdullah was the son of Umayma, the son of the paternal aunt of the Prophet. He became a believer in the first days of the call to Islam. Thus, he became vulnerable to attacks and he accepted to face all kinds of torture and...
The spread of the light of Islam worried the Jews along with the polytheists of Makkah. In particular, the Jews of Sons of Nadr could not accept the prophethood of Muhammad (pbuh). They nurtured hatred, jealousy and enmity against the Messenger of Allah. They wanted...
Hz. Abdullah, son of Amr bin As, was among the notables of Companions though he was very young. He would follow the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) like a shadow. He knew that all of his statements were right and true; so, he believed they had...
It was the 13th year of the prophethood. A lot of people of Madinah accepted Islam through Hz. Mus’ab bin Umayr, who had been given the duty of conveying the message of Islam. When it was hajj season, a group of 75 people, two of whom...
Hz. Abdullah was from Madinah. He became a Muslim before the Migration. His real name was Hubab. The Prophet changed his name to “Abdullah” because he did not like his name. Abdullah was adherent to the Prophet with all his heart. There was no sacrifice...
Before Islam, service to the Kaaba was regarded as a holy duty. This holy duty was fulfilled by the family of Abbas, one of the noble families of Quraysh. They repaired the Kaaba and gave water to those who visited the Kaaba. Serving the Kaaba...
Hz. Abbad was one of the notables of Ansar. He became a Muslim through Mus’ab bin Umayr. He took part in all battles with the Prophet along with the battles of Badr, Uhud and Khandaq. He fought heroically in battlefields. Some Companions kept guard near the...
In the first years when the sun of Islam rose, this light dazzled the eyes of some people and attracted others. The stars gathering around the light of Islam increased day by day; they were proceeding to happiness in both the world and the hereafter. Once,...
At the Battle of Badr, the Muslims fought against the polytheists, who were three times more than their strength and number, and attained victory. Many polytheists including some of their notables died and the polytheists left the battlefield leaving many of them as slaves behind...
It was after the Migration. The struggle between belief and unbelief was going on severely. The sun of Islam was enlightening more and more people as days went by. The Prophet (pbuh) sent envoys to the tribes living around Madinah and invited them to Islam....
When Madinah became “the city of the Prophet”, it began to be called “Madinah al-Munawwarah” (the Illuminated City). For, Allah’s mercy fell upon it like rain. There were almost no families that lived in the city of Madinah and did not embrace Islam. One of...
Shayba was yearning for revenge. His father, Uthman bin Abi Talha, his most beloved being, was killed at the Battle of Uhud by the Muslims. The killer was one of the close relatives of the Messenger of Allah. Shayba was doing his best to take his...
Hz. Shuja was one of the first Muslims. He became a muhajir twice, migrating to both Abyssinia and Madinah. He took part in all battles and war with the Prophet, primarily Badr and Uhud. He fought heroically. One of the envoys the Prophet sent to various kings...
He was from Palestine. He was one of the notable scholars of the Christians. He went to Madinah from Damascus with a delegation to see the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in the 9th year of the Migration; he became a Muslim after talking to the...
The scorching desert sun continued burning the land and the people as usual. A small piece of shade, a handful of water and slight coolness gave great happiness to people. The most terrible thing was that the Arab land and Arabs were burned by unbelief, polytheism...
Hz, Tulayb (r.a.) was an active, fiery and brave young man. His spirit was not blemished by polytheism. When he was 14-15 years old, his common sense helped him and he believed in the Prophet. During the first years of Islam, the Prophet invited people to...