One of the notables of Ansar, who showed the greatest hospitality of human history to the Prophet and the distinguished group of people and who were his friends in his cause, is Ubada bin Samit (r.a.). Hz. Ubada was among the Muslims of Madinah who were...
One of the lucky people that the Prophet saved from slavery, included among the most honorable people and regarded as of Ahl al-Bayt is Hz. Thawban (r.a.). Hz. Thawban was from Yemen. He was sold as a slave in the market. The Prophet paid the necessary...
Salman was born among fireworshippers (Magians). He was a small child among fireworshippers. His father, Buzahshan was among big farmers in Iran. He loved his child a lot and never left him alone. He was afraid to let his son go out as if somebody...
The Prophet explained it as follows: “The light that came out of the rock and that you saw when I first hit it enlightened the manors of the city Hira and the city of Madayin of the Chosroes. Jibril told me that my ummah would dominate...
When the light of guidance that enlightened the horizons of Makkah was reflected on the hearts, a few people approached the lucid spring of Islam that cured people every day, drank that elixir of life and attained real relief and welfare by getting rid of...
It was the time period when the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was signed. There was a worried and restless waiting in Hudaybiyyah. The Companions gathered under the tree of Ridwan and paid allegiance to the Messenger of Allah on their “lives”. Salama bin Akwa, who was...
When the Prophet (pbuh) migrated to Madinah, one of the children who welcomed him was Hz. Sahl. He was about five years old then. His father, Sa’d bin Malik, had become a Muslim before the Migration; therefore, Hz. Sahl, was brought up in a Muslim...
Hanzala Ibn Abi Amir was a valiant man who longed to become a martyr. He got married one day before the Battle of Uhud and left home to fight the polytheists at Uhud the next morning. His dead body was washed by angels. He was one...
Ubayda (r.a.) was one of the first Muslims. He was martyred at Badr. When the Messenger of Allah passed by his grave years later, he said, “The nice smell you notice comes from Ubayda’s grave.” Ubayda (r.a.) became a Muslim in the first years of Islam and...
Another distinguished Companion that read the Quran, our holy book, beautifully was Ubayy bin Ka’b. In the words of the Prophet, “he was the one that read the Quran the most beautifully.” He was also called “the Master of the Reciters of the Quran" and...
Uqba was a shepherd. He used to herd sheep on the meadows of Madinah. When he was on the mountain, he heard that the Prophet (pbuh) had migrated to Madinah. It was impossible for him to remain there any longer. He wanted to see the...
It was the 9th year of the Migration. Byzantines prepared an army consisting of 40 thousand people in order to eliminate Muslims. When the Prophet was informed about it, he started preparations. The weather was very hot. It was time of harvest. Besides, there was famine....
Makkan polytheists did their best to extinguish the light of Islam. They did not allow the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and the Muslims to practice their religion freely. They even tried to interfere with them in Madinah. Their aim was to eliminate Islam. However, Allah started...
Umayr was the brother of Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas. He became a Muslim after Hz. Sa’d, when he was 13 or 14 years old. Hz. Umayr, who followed the right path despite the pressure of his mother, migrated to Madinah afterwards. He wanted to take part...
Once, the Prophet (pbuh) left Makkah with Zayd bin Haritha secretly and went to Taif in order to convey the message of Islam to the notables of Taif. However, let alone accepting Islam, they insulted and mocked the Prophet. One of the notables of Taif...
Utba bin Ghazwan, who was one of the people of Suffa School educated by the Prophet with great care and sensitivity, was one of the great mujahids of Islam. Hz. Utba was among the Muslims who migrated to Abyssinia for the second time in order to...
Usama bin Zayd was a heroic Companion who spent about 20 years of his life very close to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and who inherited his high ethics. His father was Zayd bin Haritha, who was the freed slave and loyal servant of the Messenger...
The people of Madinah needed a person that would teach them the truths of Islam because the Prophet had not migrated to Madinah yet. Therefore, they needed somebody to teach them Islam. The Muslims of Madinah applied to the Prophet and told him about this...
Long years passed after Hz. Hamza was martyred by Wahshi bin Harb. As the time passed, the polytheists got weaker day by day and Islam got stronger. In the course of time, Wahshi started to feel the guilt and agony of killing an Islamic hero Hz....
He is the son of our Prophet’s paternal uncle Harith. Halima also breastfed him along with the Prophet (pbuh); therefore, they became foster brothers. He spent his childhood and adolescence together with the Prophet (pbuh) since they were peers. He loved the Prophet (pbuh) a...
Wasila, who had all of the pleasure and excitement of being a new Muslim, pushed for performing the morning prayer with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). After the prayer, the Messenger of Allah asked who that person whom he had never seen before was. Wasila...
He was the brother of Khalid bin Walid'in (r.a.), the famous Companion. He fought against Muslims with polytheists during the Battle of Badr, where he was captivated by Abdullah bin Jahsh (r.a.). Khalid bin Walid and Hisham bin Walid, who had not accepted Islam yet, went...
Hz. Zayd (r.a.) is one of the two oppressed people who were caught together with Hz. Hubayb by the polytheists and taken to Makkah. When they arrived in Makkah, Safwan bin Umayya bought Hz. Zayd for 50 camels in order to take the revenge of...
Hz. Zayd lost his father when he was very young and became an orphan. Abdullah bin Rawaha took care of him. He stayed with Abdullah bin Rawaha for a long time. When Abdullah bin Rawaha became a Muslim, he became a Muslim at a very...
Little Zayd had to leave his hometown when he was only eight years old. He was captivated along with his mother when they were visiting the graves of their grandparents; they were put on sale in the Fair of Ukaz. Hakim Ibn Khuzam bought him...
“My brother Zayd became superior to me in two aspects. He became a Muslim before me and he was martyred before me.” Hz. Umar expressed the best witnessing for Zayd bin Khattab like that. Zayd bin Khattab was half brother of Hz. Umar. Zayd bin Khattab...
As the chapters and verses of the Quran were sent down, the Prophet (pbuh) memorized them himself and made other people memorize them; in addition, he called one of the Companions and made him write down the revelation. Those people who wrote the revelation were...