While not a Muslim himself, when the Quraish declared a boycott of the Banu Hashim, he stood with Muhammad (PBUH) and rallied his clan to the Prophet (PBUH)’s support.

The first 4 years of the Prophet's life were thus spent in the desert home of his foster-parents, away from the city of Makkah in ‘the lap of Nature’, under ...'s care.

A Christian hermit who predicted that Muhammad (PBUH) would be the last of the prophets and that this thing had been foretold in the previous scriptures.

He was one of the bitterest enemies of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and all what he stood for. He never missed an opportunity to malign and humiliate the Holy Prophet (PBUH), so much so that he ultimately planned his assassination as well along with other elites of Makkah.

Allah Almighty revealed Divine condemnation the Holy Quran about him and his wife.

He was The Prophet's sworn enemy, primarily because the Holy Prophet (PBUH)’s clan, Banu Hashim had replaced his father and grandfather from the leadership of Makkah. He converted to Islam when Makkah was capitulated before the onslaught of the Muslim Army in 630 A.D.

He is one of the benefactors of Islam, for he gave protection to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) when, after the death of his uncle, Abu Talib.

He earned the title of “The Scholar of the Community of Islam.”

He was barely ten years old when he accompanied, Hazrat Umar bin Khattab, his father, in his migration to Madina in the first year of the Hijra.

He converted to Islam in 7 A.H. and was an outstanding figure among the Ahl-e-Suffah. After the death of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), he regularly gave lessons from Masjid-e- Nabwi. He died in the year 57 A.H. All through, he was held in very high esteem by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his Companions.

During the rule of Hazrat Ameer Muawiya he took part in the expedition which was sent to capture Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

He was one of the arbitrators who were appointed in 37 A.H. to resolve the dispute which had brought Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Muawiya to head-on collision.

He belonged to the Ghaffar tribe, which was famous for being a gang of highway robbers. He was one of those fourteen lucky persons whom Holy Prophet (PBUH) deemed as his very close friends.

He was related to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in three ways. He was the Holy Prophet (PBUH)’s uncle, his foster brother and also the son of his maternal aunt.

He was known all over Makkah for his expertise and adeptness in the art of wrestling, hunting, archery and swordsmanship. In the battle of Uhad, he was martyred at the hands of Wehshi who had been specially deputed to accomplish this job by Hinda,the wife of Abu Sufyan.

He is the narrator of many Ahadis and is held in high esteem by the Muslim Scholars. He was a very pious, noble, humble and a devoted person all through his life.

Among the Companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), he was the last one to have died in the year 93 A.H.

He and his father both were the active antagonists of Islam and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) but after the treaty of Hudaibya, he came on his own to Madina to announce his conversion to Islam. During the reign of Hazrat Umar bin Khattab, Egypt too was liberated by him from the Roman control after six centuries of colonization.

He was born of an African slave girl of Abyssinian origin who belonged to the tribe of Bani Juma. He was one of the earliest converts. After the migration of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to Madina, when the institution of Azan was founded, it was him who was the first to be asked by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to recite it.

He was the elder brother of Hazrat Ali, thus Holy Prophet (PBUH)’s first cousin. He embraced Islam in its early stages alongwith his wife and migrated to Abyssinia among the second batch in the fifth year of Prophethood.

He hailed from a village in Isfahan, Iran. His father was a prominent merchant and a highly devoted and committed follower of Zoroastrianism. He was a very knowledgeable, God-fearing, generous and helpful person. He was considered to be one of the best of the Companions, one of the most ascetic and virtuous.