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ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaḥsh (d. 3 AH/625 CE) was one of the earliest companions of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and a prominent member of the Muhājirūn. He belonged to the Banū Asad ibn Khuzaym...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd (d. 32/652–653 CE) was among the earliest converts to Islam, a close Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, and a leading authority in Qurʾānic recitation and e...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rawāḥah ibn Thaʿlabah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Qays belonged to the Khazraj tribe of Yathrib (Madinah) and was known by the kunyahs Abū Muḥammad, Abū Rawāḥah, and Abū ʿAmr. B...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Salām (d. c. 43 AH/663 CE) was a companion of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and one of the most prominent Jewish converts to Islam in Madīnah. Before embracing Islam, he wa...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ubayy ibn Salūl was a prominent leader of the Khazraj tribe in Yathrib (al-Madīnah) and became the most notable leader of the Munāfiqūn (hypocrites) during the lifet...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Unays al-Juhanī (RA) was a prominent Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) who belonged to the tribe of Juhaynah. He embraced Islam during the Madīnan period and bec...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Zayd ibn Thaʿlabah al-Anṣārī (d. c. 30–32 AH / 650s CE) was a Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ from the tribe of Banū Mālik ibn al-Najjār in Madinah, belonging to...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās (d. 68/687–88) was a cousin of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, the son of al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, and one of the most eminent scholars among the Companions. B...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (d. c. 570 CE) was the father of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and a member of the Banū Hāshim clan of Quraysh. He was the son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāsh...
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (c. 610–693 CE) was a prominent Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad, known for his deep piety, strict adherence to the sunnah, and extensive transmission of ḥadī...
ʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayy was a prominent ancestor of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and a key figure in the genealogical history of Quraysh. He was the son of Quṣayy ibn Kilāb, the leader cre...
ʿAdan (Aden) is a historic port city situated on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden, near the entrance to the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait....
ʿĀdil Ṣalāḥī (1939–2018 CE) was a prominent modern Arab-Islamic scholar, journalist, and contemporary sīrah writer, best known for his accessible yet source-based presentation of t...
ʿAdl, commonly translated as justice, fairness, equity, and balance, is one of the most important ethical principles in Islam and a central value of the Qurʾānic worldview. Derived...
ʿAlī Akbar Mahdīpūr is a contemporary Iranian scholar, researcher, and prolific author known for his extensive writings on the Prophet Muḥammad, the Ahl al-Bayt, and Islamic histor...
ʿAlī Dāvānī (1929–2007) was a prominent Iranian scholar, historian, biographer, and author whose writings made significant contributions to the study of Islamic history and sīrah i...
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (d. 40/661) was one of the most prominent Companions of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and a foundational figure in early Islamic sīrah, governance, and intellectual tra...
ʿAlī Muḥammad Muḥammad al-Ṣallābī (b. 1963) is a contemporary Libyan historian, Islamic scholar, and prolific author whose writings on sīrah, ḥadīth, and Islamic history have gaine...
ʿAlqamah ibn Majzaz al-Mudlijī (RA) was a Companion of Prophet Muḥammad (PBUH) and a military commander who participated in the later campaigns and expeditions of the Madinan perio...
ʿĀm al-Fīl (Year of the Elephant) refers to the year traditionally associated with the birth of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, commonly dated to circa 570 CE. The term derives from a cele...
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