The Sahaba, through time

Timeline of the Companions

When did the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ live, how many were still alive after he passed away, and where did each of them die? Slide through the years, from the first revelation in 610 CE to the death of the last Companion on this site, about 712 CE, and watch the stars go out.

155 people on the timeline 35 places of death 610–712 CE

610 CE

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1 · Who was alive when

One star for each person

Each star is a person with a profile on this site, coloured like their card on the people page: green for his family, rose for the Mothers of the Believers, blue for the Companions. They are in the order they passed away. Stars that are lit are alive in the year you have chosen. Outlines were not yet born, and grey stars have already passed away. Hover over a star to see who it is, and click it to read their profile.

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Spotlight

38 more people who are not on the timeline

Their profiles give no firm year of death, or, like Urwa ibn az-Zubayr, they were Successors rather than Companions, so no year is guessed for them.

2 · How many were alive

The generation, year by year

Of the 155 people on this timeline, 143 were alive when the first revelation came in 610 CE, and 121 when the Prophet ﷺ passed away in 632 CE. Under Umar, 82 were still here in 644 CE. By the end of the age of the four rightly guided caliphs, in 661 CE, 47 were left, and by 700 CE only 1. The chart is stacked by group, with the year you have chosen marked by the line.

3 · How they died

The years the stars went out fastest

Each bar counts the people who passed away in five years. 34 of the 155 were killed in battle or on campaign, 15 were killed outside battle (murdered, put to death or killed in the civil strife that followed Uthman), and 5 died in the plague of Amwas in 18 AH. The other 101 died of illness or old age, or their profiles state no cause. The first tall bars, 15 deaths in 624 and 625 CE, are Badr and Uhud; the next is Yamamah, with 10 in 633 CE; then the plague, with 7 in 639 CE; and in 656 CE, the year Uthman was killed and the Battle of the Camel was fought, 5.

Killed in battle or on campaign
Killed outside battle: murder, execution or civil strife
The plague of Amwas (18 AH)
Died of illness or old age, or no cause stated

4 · Where they died

A sketch map of the places they died

139 of the 155 have a known place of death, at 35 places from Abyssinia to Samarkand. 53 died in Madinah and 11 in Makkah. 9 fell at Yamamah, 5 at Uhud and 4 at Badr, and 4 died in the plague of Amwas. Each circle grows as the slider passes the years in which people died there. Hover over a place to see who, and click it to open the list.

The places, with everyone who died there

Madinah53

Al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur Died in Madinah, in Safar, a month before the Hijrah (622 CE)
Kulthum ibn al-Hidm Died in Madinah soon after the Hijrah (sources differ on the order of his death and As'ad ibn Zurarah's)
As'ad ibn Zurarah Died in Madinah in the first year after the Hijrah (sources differ on the month)
Uthman ibn Madhun Died in Madinah, about 2 AH (624 CE; sources differ)
Khunais ibn Hudhafah Died in Madinah, about 3 AH (625 CE; sources differ)
Zaynab bint Khuzaymah Married the Prophet ﷺ c. 3 AH; died c. 4 AH
Sa'd ibn Mu'adh Died 5 AH (627 CE)
Zaynab bint Muhammad Died in Madinah, 8 AH (629 CE)
Fatimah bint Muhammad Died 11 AH (632 CE)
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq c. 573 CE to 13 AH (634 CE)
Mariya al-Qibtiyyah Died in Madinah, about 16 AH (637 CE; sources differ)
Umm Waraqah bint Abdullah Killed in Madinah in the time of Umar (before 23 AH)
Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith Died in Madinah, in the time of Umar (sources differ on the year)
Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah Died in Madinah, in the time of Umar (sources differ)
Safiyyah bint Abdul-Muttalib Died in Madinah, about 20 AH (641 CE; sources differ)
Usayd ibn Hudayr Died in Madinah, about 20 AH (sources differ)
Zaynab bint Jahsh Died 20 AH (641 CE)
Umar ibn al-Khattab c. 583 CE to 23 AH (644 CE)
Umm Ayman Died in Madinah, in the time of Umar or Uthman (sources differ)
Hatib ibn Abi Baltaah Died in Madinah, 30 AH (650 CE)
Lubabah bint al-Harith Died in Madinah, in the caliphate of Uthman
Umm Kulthum bint Uqbah Died in Madinah, in the caliphate of Uthman
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf Died c. 32 AH (c. 652 CE)
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Died 32 AH (c. 653 CE)
Al-Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib Died c. 32 AH (c. 653 CE)
Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad Died near Madinah, about 33 AH (sources differ)
Abu Rafi' al-Qibti Died in Madinah, in the time of Uthman or Ali (sources differ)
Uthman ibn Affan c. 576 CE to 35 AH (656 CE)
Suhayb ar-Rumi Died in Madinah, about 38 AH (sources differ)
Abdullah ibn Salam Died in Madinah, about 43 AH (sources differ)
Muhammad ibn Maslamah Died in Madinah, about 43 AH (sources differ)
Umm Habibah, Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan Married the Prophet ﷺ c. 6 or 7 AH
Hafsah bint Umar Married the Prophet ﷺ c. 3 AH
Zayd ibn Thabit Died in Madinah, about 45 AH (sources differ)
Atikah bint Zayd Died in Madinah, in the caliphate of Mu'awiyah (sources differ)
Juwayriyah bint al-Harith Married the Prophet ﷺ c. 5 or 6 AH
Ka'b ibn Malik Died in Madinah, about 50 AH (sources differ)
Nu'ayman ibn Amr Died in Madinah, in the time of Mu'awiyah (sources differ on the year)
Safiyyah bint Huyayy Married the Prophet ﷺ 7 AH
Umm Kulthum bint Ali Died in Madinah, in the time of Mu'awiyah (sources differ)
Sa'id ibn Zayd Died c. 51 AH (c. 671 CE)
Hakim ibn Hizam Died in Madinah in old age, about 54 AH (674 CE; sources differ)
Hassan ibn Thabit Died in Madinah, decades after the Prophet's ﷺ death (sources differ on the year)
Sawdah bint Zam'ah Married the Prophet ﷺ c. 620 CE
Usamah ibn Zayd Died near Madinah, about 54 AH (674 CE)
Al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam Died in Madinah, in the caliphate of Mu'awiyah (sources differ on the year)
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Died c. 55 AH (c. 675 CE)
Abu Hurayrah Died in Madinah, about 57 to 59 AH (sources differ)
Aishah bint Abi Bakr Died 58 AH (678 CE)
Umm Salamah, Hind bint Abi Umayyah Married the Prophet ﷺ c. 4 AH
Rabi'ah ibn Ka'b al-Aslami Died about 63 AH (sources differ) · killed at al-Harrah, when Madinah was sacked
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Died in Madinah, about 74 AH (693 CE; sources differ)
Jabir ibn Abdullah Died in Madinah, about 78 AH (sources differ)

Makkah11

Waraqah ibn Nawfal Died in Makkah, a few days after the first revelation (about 610 CE)
Sumayyah bint Khayyat Killed in the early years of the call in Makkah
Abu Talib Died c. 619 CE
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Died 619 CE
Khubayb ibn Adi Died near Makkah, in Safar 4 AH (625 CE) · put to death near Makkah
Safwan ibn Umayyah Died in Makkah, about 41 AH (661 CE; sources differ)
Uthman ibn Talhah Died in Makkah, about 42 AH (662 CE; sources differ)
Maymunah bint al-Harith Married the Prophet ﷺ 7 AH; died c. 51 AH · at Sarif, outside Makkah
Abdullah ibn Umar Died in Makkah, 73 AH (692 CE)
Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr Died in Makkah, 73 AH (692 CE)
Asma bint Abi Bakr c. 595 CE to 73 AH (692 CE)

Syria (ash-Sham) dotted at Damascus; the sources name no single town9

Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As Killed in Ash-Sham, in the campaign of Abu Bakr (13 to 14 AH; sources differ on the battle)
Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl Died in Syria, in the conquests (about 13 to 15 AH; sources differ)
Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah Died in the conquest of Syria, about 15 AH (636 CE; sources differ)
Sa'd ibn Ubadah Died in Syria, in the years after the Prophet's ﷺ death (sources differ)
Abu Jandal ibn Suhayl Died in Syria, about 18 AH (639 CE; sources differ)
Al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas Died in Syria, about 18 AH (639 CE; sources differ)
Bilal ibn Rabah Died c. 20 AH (c. 641 CE)
Sa'id ibn Amir al-Jumahi Died in Syria, about 20 AH (sources differ)
Abu ad-Darda al-Ansari Died c. 32 AH (c. 652 CE)

Yamamah in Najd, near today's Riyadh9

Abbad ibn Bishr Died at Yamamah, 12 AH (633 CE)
Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Ubayy Killed at Yamamah, 11 to 12 AH (sources differ)
Abdullah ibn Suhayl Killed at Yamamah, 12 AH (633 CE)
Abu Dujanah Killed at Yamamah, 11 to 12 AH (sources differ)
Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah Killed at Yamamah, 12 AH (633 CE)
Salim mawla Abi Hudhayfah Killed at Yamamah, 12 AH (633 CE)
Thabit ibn Qays Died at Yamamah, 12 AH (633 CE)
Tufayl ibn Amr ad-Dawsi Died at Yamamah, 12 AH (633 CE)
Zayd ibn al-Khattab Died at Yamamah, 12 AH (633 CE)

Kufa6

Khabbab ibn al-Aratt Died in Kufa, 37 AH (657 CE)
Ali ibn Abi Talib c. 600 CE to 40 AH (661 CE) · struck down at the dawn prayer
Mughirah ibn Shu'bah Died in Kufa, about 50 AH (sources differ)
Zayd ibn al-Arqam Died in Kufa, in the 60s AH (sources differ)
Adi ibn Hatim Died in Kufa, in the 60s AH (sources differ)
Al-Bara' ibn Azib Died in Kufa, in 71 or 72 AH (sources differ)

Uhud the battlefield north of Madinah5

Abdullah ibn Jahsh Killed at Uhud, 3 AH (625 CE)
Amr ibn al-Jamuh Killed at Uhud, 3 AH (625 CE)
Hamzah ibn Abdul-Muttalib Died 3 AH (625 CE)
Hanzalah ibn Abi Amir Killed at Uhud, 3 AH (625 CE)
Mus'ab ibn Umayr Died 3 AH (625 CE)

Amwas the plague of 18 AH4

Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah Died 18 AH (639 CE) · of the plague
Mu'adh ibn Jabal Died c. 18 AH (c. 639 CE)
Shurahbil ibn Hasanah Died of the plague of Amwas, 18 AH (639 CE), aged about 67
Suhayl ibn Amr Died in Syria, in the plague of Amwas, 18 AH (639 CE; sources differ)

Badr the battlefield, and as-Safra on the road back4

Mihja' mawla Umar Killed at Badr, 2 AH (624 CE)
Sa'd ibn Khaythamah Killed at Badr, 2 AH (624 CE)
Ubaydah ibn al-Harith Died at as-Safra, on the way back from Badr, 2 AH (624 CE) · died at as-Safra, on the way back from Badr
Umayr ibn Abi Waqqas Killed at Badr, 2 AH (624 CE)

Basra the Battle of the Camel was fought near it4

Az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Died 36 AH (656 CE) · near Basra, after the Battle of the Camel
Talhah ibn Ubaydillah Died 36 AH (656 CE) · at the Battle of the Camel
Abu Bakrah Died in Basra, about 52 AH (672 CE; sources differ on the year)
Anas ibn Malik Died c. 93 AH (c. 712 CE)

Hims3

Khalid ibn al-Walid Died c. 21 AH (c. 642 CE) · in his bed, not on the battlefield
Wahshi ibn Harb Died in Hims, in the time of Uthman (sources differ)
Thawban Died in Homs, 54 AH (674 CE)

Mu'tah in Jordan3

Abdullah ibn Rawahah Killed at Mu'tah, 8 AH (629 CE)
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib Died 8 AH (629 CE)
Zayd ibn Harithah Died 8 AH (629 CE)

Ta'if3

Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah Killed at Ta'if, 8 AH (630 CE)
Urwa ibn Mas'ud ath-Thaqafi Died at Ta'if, about 9 AH (630 CE; sources differ)
Abdullah ibn Abbas Died at Ta'if, 68 AH (687 CE)

Egypt dotted at Fustat; the sources name no town2

Abdullah ibn Hudhafah Died in Egypt, about 33 AH (653 CE; sources differ)
Amr ibn al-As Died in Egypt, about 43 AH (663 CE; sources differ)

Palestine dotted at Jerusalem; the sources name no town2

Ubadah ibn as-Samit Died in Palestine, about 34 AH (sources differ)
Tamim ad-Dari Died in Palestine, about 40 AH (sources differ)

Abyssinia dotted at Axum1

Ashama ibn Abjar Died in Abyssinia, about 9 AH (630 CE; sources differ)

Bi'r Ma'unah in Najd (approximate position)1

Amir ibn Fuhayrah Killed at Bi'r Ma'unah, 4 AH (625 CE)

Buzakhah in Najd1

Ukkashah ibn Mihsan Killed at Buzakhah, in the wars against those who left Islam (about 11 to 12 AH) · in the wars against those who left Islam

Constantinople the walls of the city1

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Died c. 52 AH (c. 672 CE) · buried at the walls of the city

Cyprus the first Muslim naval expedition1

Umm Haram bint Milhan Died in Cyprus, on the first Muslim naval expedition, about 27 to 28 AH (sources differ) · on the first naval expedition

Jurjan south-east of the Caspian Sea (some say Azerbaijan)1

Abu Mihjan ath-Thaqafi Died on campaign in the east, in Azerbaijan or Jurjan (sources differ) · on campaign (sources differ on the place)

Karbala1

Hasan and Husayn, sons of Ali Hasan: 3 AH to c. 50 AH · Husayn: 4 AH to 61 AH (680 CE) · Husayn was killed at Karbala

Khaybar1

Bishr ibn al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur Died of the poison of Khaybar, 7 AH (628 CE; sources differ on the time)

Marw in Khurasan1

Burayda ibn al-Husayb al-Aslami Died in Marw, about 63 AH (sources differ)

Nahawand in Persia1

Tulayha ibn Khuwaylid al-Asadi Died at Nahawand, about 21 AH (642 CE; sources differ)

Ramla or Asqalan1

Abdullah ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Sarh Died at Ramla or Asqalan, about 36 AH (657 CE; sources differ)

Samarkand1

Qutham ibn al-Abbas Died at Samarkand, about 56 AH (676 CE; sources differ)

Siffin on the Euphrates1

Ammar ibn Yasir Died 37 AH (657 CE)

Tustar in Persia1

Al-Bara' ibn Malik Killed at Tustar, about 20 AH (sources differ)

Yarmuk1

Nu'aym ibn Abdullah Killed at Yarmuk, about 15 AH (636 CE; sources differ)

al-Abwa between Makkah and Madinah1

Aminah bint Wahb Died at al-Abwa, when the Prophet ﷺ was about six

al-Balqa in Jordan1

Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl Died about 605 CE, some five years before the revelation, on the road back to Makkah

al-Mada'in the old Persian capital, Ctesiphon1

Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman Died at al-Mada'in, 36 AH (656 CE)

al-Qadisiyyah in Iraq1

Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum Died at or soon after al-Qadisiyyah, about 15 AH (636 CE; sources differ) · at or soon after the battle (sources differ)

ar-Rabadhah east of Madinah (approximate position)1

Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Died 32 AH (652 CE) · in exile at al-Rabadhah

ar-Raji between Makkah and Madinah (approximate position)1

Asim ibn Thabit Died at ar-Raji, in Safar 4 AH (625 CE; sources differ)

Places follow each profile. Where a profile names only a region, such as Syria or Egypt, the circle is placed in the region's main city, and a few positions are estimates: the map is a sketch, not to scale. Near places are drawn slightly apart so that their circles do not cover one another.

5 · The last to pass away

The last Companions on the timeline

Anas ibn Malik was the last of the 155 to pass away, about 712 CE. These are the ten who lived longest, newest first. They are the ones who carried what they had seen and heard from the Prophet ﷺ into the age of the Successors.

Anas ibn Malik Died c. 93 AH (c. 712 CE)
Abdullah ibn Ja'far Died in the year of the flood at Makkah, about 80 AH (699 CE; sources differ)
Jabir ibn Abdullah Died in Madinah, about 78 AH (sources differ)
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri Died in Madinah, about 74 AH (693 CE; sources differ)
Abdullah ibn Umar Died in Makkah, 73 AH (692 CE)
Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr Died in Makkah, 73 AH (692 CE)
Asma bint Abi Bakr c. 595 CE to 73 AH (692 CE)
Al-Bara' ibn Azib Died in Kufa, in 71 or 72 AH (sources differ)
Safinah Died about 70 AH (sources differ)
Abdullah ibn Abbas Died at Ta'if, 68 AH (687 CE)

About these dates

How the dates were gathered

Every date comes from the person's own profile on this site, so the timeline can be checked against it: click any star. Where a profile gives a year, the star goes out in that year, with the Hijri year converted to the Common Era as the profiles do. Where a profile says only “about” or “sources differ”, the star goes out in the year most often given, and the hover note says the year is an estimate. Where it says only “in the time of Umar” or “in the caliphate of Uthman”, a year in the middle of that reign is used and marked the same way.

Birth years are seldom recorded, so everyone is shown alive from the first revelation in 610 CE unless they were born later, which is stated for the 10 people whose birth the sources place after that year. A star goes out in the year of death. People whose death is not dated in their profile are listed under the stars and are not counted. Only the people with profiles on this site are on the timeline: the Companions were many more than this.

The places and the causes of death are read from the profiles too, with a few well-known places added where a profile does not name one, such as Madinah for the Mothers of the Believers who are buried in al-Baqi. The profiles themselves are sourced from the Quran, the hadith collections and the early biographies, as listed on the sources page.

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Questions & answers

Questions about the Companions' lifetimes

Short answers from the timeline above, each with a link to read more.

Who was the last Companion to die?

Of the 155 people on this timeline, Anas ibn Malik was the last to pass away, about 93 AH (c. 712 CE), in Basra, where he had taught for decades. By 700 CE he was the only one of them still alive.

How many Companions were alive when the Prophet ﷺ passed away?

Of the 155 people on this timeline, 121 were alive when he passed away in 632 CE (11 AH). The Companions were far more numerous than the people profiled on this site, so this counts the people on this timeline, not all of them.

Where did most of the Companions die?

139 of the 155 have a known place of death, and 53 of those died in Madinah. Others died at Makkah, at Kufa and Basra, in Syria and Egypt, and as far away as Constantinople and Samarkand.

Which Companions died at the Battle of Yamamah?

9 of the people on this timeline were killed at the Battle of Yamamah, fought in 12 AH (633 CE): Abbad ibn Bishr, Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Ubayy, Abdullah ibn Suhayl, Abu Dujanah, Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah, Salim mawla Abi Hudhayfah, Thabit ibn Qays, Tufayl ibn Amr ad-Dawsi and Zayd ibn al-Khattab.

Who died in the plague of Amwas?

5 of the people on this timeline died in or of the plague of Amwas in 18 AH (639 CE): Abu Jandal ibn Suhayl, Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah, Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Shurahbil ibn Hasanah and Suhayl ibn Amr.

How are the dates on this timeline worked out?

Each date comes from the person's own profile on this site. Where a profile says only about a year, or that sources differ, the star goes out in the year most often given and the hover note says it is an estimate. Birth years are rarely recorded, so everyone is shown alive from 610 CE unless they were born later.