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The people around him

Family & Companions

His family, the Mothers of the Believers, and the Companions who walked beside the Prophet ﷺ. Their profiles are on the way.

7 family 11 Mothers of the Believers 12 Companions

Group one

His family

The household he grew up in and the family he raised, from his uncles to his grandsons.

7 people

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

His first wife

خديجةComing soon

Fatimah

His daughter

فاطمةComing soon

Ali ibn Abi Talib

His cousin and son-in-law

علي بن أبي طالبComing soon

Hasan & Husayn

His grandsons

الحسن والحسينComing soon

Abu Talib

His uncle and guardian

أبو طالبComing soon

Hamzah ibn Abdul-Muttalib

His uncle · the Lion of Allah

حمزةComing soon

Al-Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib

His uncle

العباسComing soon

Group two

The Mothers of the Believers

The wives of the Prophet ﷺ, whom the Quran calls the mothers of the believers.

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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid

First wife · first to believe

خديجةComing soon

Sawdah bint Zam’ah

Married in Makkah, after Khadijah

سودةComing soon

Aishah bint Abi Bakr

Daughter of Abu Bakr

عائشةComing soon

Hafsah bint Umar

Daughter of Umar

حفصةComing soon

Zaynab bint Khuzaymah

Known as the Mother of the Poor

زينبComing soon

Umm Salamah

Hind bint Abi Umayyah

أم سلمةComing soon

Zaynab bint Jahsh

His cousin

زينبComing soon

Juwayriyah bint al-Harith

Of the Banu al-Mustaliq

جويريةComing soon

Umm Habibah

Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan

أم حبيبةComing soon

Safiyyah bint Huyayy

Of the Banu an-Nadir

صفيةComing soon

Maymunah bint al-Harith

The last he married

ميمونةComing soon

Group three

Companions

Men and women who believed in him, stood by him, and carried his message after him.

12 people

Abu Bakr as-Siddiq

His closest friend · first caliph

أبو بكر الصديقComing soon

Umar ibn al-Khattab

Second caliph

عمر بن الخطابComing soon

Uthman ibn Affan

Third caliph

عثمان بن عفانComing soon

Ali ibn Abi Talib

Fourth caliph

علي بن أبي طالبComing soon

Bilal ibn Rabah

The first muezzin

بلال بن رباحComing soon

Khalid ibn al-Walid

The Sword of Allah

خالد بن الوليدComing soon

Mus’ab ibn Umayr

First envoy to Madinah

مصعب بن عميرComing soon

Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah

The trustee of this ummah

أبو عبيدة بن الجراحComing soon

Salman al-Farisi

From Persia · proposed the Trench

سلمان الفارسيComing soon

Abdullah ibn Mas’ud

Teacher of the Quran

عبد الله بن مسعودComing soon

Sumayyah bint Khayyat

The first martyr of Islam

سمية بنت خياطComing soon

Asma bint Abi Bakr

She of the two belts

أسماء بنت أبي بكرComing soon

No portraits, by design

We never draw the Prophet ﷺ, his family or his Companions. Each person is shown by an emblem instead: the first letter of their name, set in an eight-point star.