The Stories of Famous Sahaba (Prophet’s Companions ﷺ) are remarkable for their bravery and strong conviction. The Prophet ﷺ and the early ones have been, through their very existence, the unshakeable pillars of the church, spreading Islam by the way of their personal example and wisdom.

Heroic and martyr-like, their tales tell us of the martyred ones and the saints of patience, devotion, and perfect love for Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. Each of them encourages us to refine and strengthen our beliefs and to live a life of honesty and purity of intention.

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Stories of Famous Sahaba are written here:

1) Abdullah bin Abbas ( رضي الله عنه )

Abdullah bin Abbas ( رضي الله عنه‎ – may Allah be pleased with him) was the cousin of Muhammad ﷺ, whose tehneek was done by him ﷺ as a baby. He grew up in the company of the Prophet ﷺ as he would bring him water for ablution and stand up with him for prayer even as a child. He was only 13 years old when Prophet Muhammad ﷺ passed away. Ibn Abbas narrated – Once the Prophet ﷺ entered a lavatory and I placed water for his ablution.

He asked, “Who placed it?” He was informed accordingly, and so he said, “O Allah! Make him (Ibn `Abbas) a learned scholar in religion (Islam).” – eventually, he became one of the most knowledgeable people in tafsir. Many senior companions used to call him in for his opinions, although he was a young man. Ibn ‘Abbas said: “The Messenger of Allah embraced me and said: ‘O Allah, teach him wisdom and the (correct) interpretation of the Book.’”

A narration attributed to Ibn `Abbas reports: “…I went to him (another companion) during the time of the afternoon siesta and spread my cloak in front of his door. The wind blew dust on me (as I sat waiting for him). If I wished, I could have sought his permission to enter, and he would certainly have given me permission. But I preferred to wait on him so that he could be completely refreshed. Coming out of his house and seeing me in that condition, he said, ‘O cousin of the Prophet!

What’s the matter with you? If you had sent for me, I would have come to you.’ I said: ‘I am the one who should come to you, for knowledge is sought, it does not just come. ’ Then I asked him about the hadith and learnt from him.” Ibn Abbas turned to teaching, and his house became the equivalent of a university with specialized teaching and with him as the only teacher. He held classes on one single subject each day, classes on issues such as tafsir, fiqh, halal haram, poetry, Arab history, inheritance laws, Arabic language, and etymology.

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Lessons learned from his story:

I learned that even though he was known as the most knowledgeable, he didn’t shy away from acquiring knowledge while sitting and waiting in front of someone’s house – sacrificing his time and energy for it. The wind blew dust on him, and yet he waited. Because, as he said, “Knowledge is sought, it does not just come to us”.

May Allah grant us the zeal of gaining knowledge like Abdullah Ibn Abbas (RA). What did you learn from this short story?

2) Salman Farsi ( رضي الله عنه )

Salman Farsi ( رضي الله عنه‎ – may Allah be pleased with him) belonged to a wealthy home in Persia. His father was the chief leader of the fire and sun worshipers. Young Salman was responsible for always keeping the fire burning, and due to this heavy responsibility, he was never allowed to leave the house. For urgent work one day, while he was going to the market, he heard people singing in a church. Deeply fascinated, he went into the Church and asked about the origin of this Faith.

They responded: JERUSALEM. This encounter was sufficient to convince him that this religion was better than fire worship, so he told his father, who started fearing that his son might abandon their religion, and he tied him with a leg iron and imprisoned him in the house. Eventually, he escaped and reached Jerusalem to learn all about Christianity.

Salman asked the archbishop there to guide him to a place from where he could learn the unchanged scripture because he wanted to follow a true religion. And just like that, he went from one scholar to another to another – traveling from one place to another, until he was told that there are no honest people left who teach the original scripture anymore, but that a new and the last Messenger is expected to come in the land of Arabia who’ll only accept gifts and not charity and he’ll have a seal of prophethood.

So he set out on his journey to the land of Arabia, and on his way, he was unjustly sold as a captive. He was tossed around from one master to another. He once heard about a Prophet from his master’s cousin, so he went out secretly to meet Muhammad ﷺ there. To check whether he was the real Prophet as described in the scriptures, he offered him dates as gifts, and everyone ate them.

But when he offered them as charity, everyone ate but the Prophet ﷺ. When he ﷺ saw Salman trying to look for the seal of prophethood on his back, he ﷺ shifted his cloth in a way that the mark was visible. When Salman saw it, he began to weep. He kissed it and recited his shahada.

Lessons learned from his story:

The ending just gives me goosebumps. He was a true seeker of truth. I think it’s one of the best revert stories from the past. He embraced almost every religion and gave his all to it, but always felt the need for more until he came to Islam, which he embraced wholeheartedly till his death.

I learned that sometimes seeking truth can be a long, hard journey, but if you keep going and keep listening to the voice of your heart that sticks to a fitrah (natural disposition), you will find your purpose. What did you learn from this short story?

3) Abdullah bin Umar ( رضي الله عنه )

Abdullah bin Umar ( رضي الله عنه‎ – may Allah be pleased with him) was the son of Umar bin Khattab (another famous companion of Muhammad ﷺ and one of the 4 caliphs of Islam – may Allah be pleased with him). He was also the brother-in-law of Muhammad ﷺ. He was the second most prolific narrator of hadiths, with a total of 2,630 narrations.

He was known for being very particular about following the sunnah – so much so that he would slaughter his sacrifice at the slaughtering place right where the Prophet ﷺ did. He would make his camel sit at Al-Batha’ in Dhul-Hulaifa and offer the prayer because Muhammad ﷺ used to do the same. The Prophet ﷺ used to go to the Mosque of Quba every Saturday, walking and riding, and Abdullah Ibn Umar used to do the same.

Ibn ‘Umar reported that when a person saw anything in a dream, he narrated it to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ, and I also had a longing that I should also see in a dream something which I should narrate to Allah’s Apostle,ﷺ and I was at that time an unmarried young man. I was sleeping in the mosque during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ that

I saw in a dream as if two angels had taken hold of me and they had carried me to the fire, and, lo, it was built like the casing of a well and had 2 pillars like those of a well; and, lo, there were people in it whom I knew, and I cried out: I seek refuge with Allah from Hell-fire; I seek refuge with Allah from Hell-fire.

Then another Angel joined the 2 others and said unto me, “You need not fear.” I narrated this dream to Hafsa (his sister), and she narrated it to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ, whereupon Allah’s Apostle ﷺ said: Worthy is this man Abdullah, if only he would pray at night. Abdullah slept only for a small part of the night afterwards (meaning, he never left tahajjud after that).

Lessons learned from his story:

I learned that if we claim to love the Prophet ﷺ, then we need to follow his sunnah. Our words and love should naturally manifest in our actions. It wouldn’t feel forced if our hearts carry his love, but for that, we need to know him better first. What did you learn from this short story?

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4) Zaid bin Thabit ( رضي الله عنه )

Zaid bin Thabit ( رضي الله عنه‎ – may Allah be pleased with him) was known as kaatibun wahi (the one who writes down the revelations of the Quran sent to Muhammad ﷺ). He was also one of the top reciters and huffaadh (those who memorize the Quran). He accepted Islam at the age of 10 or 11, when the Prophet ﷺ migrated to Madinah.

He was too young to fight in the Battle of Badr, so Muhammad ﷺ forbade him from fighting. Zaid started crying, and his mother was deeply saddened as well. The Battle of Uhud came along, and he was forbidden to participate again, so his mother encouraged him to start memorizing the Quran instead (he was later accepted in the ranks of the Muslim army at the age of 19).

After the Prophet ﷺ returned from the battle, Zaid had already memorized 17 chapters of the Quran. His mother told the Prophet ﷺ, “O Messenger of Allah, this son of mine writes very well and is among the best of those who read. He reads the Quran just as you would read O Messenger of Allah.” Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided to test the young boy and found him better than the description his mother gave. Muhammad ﷺ said: “O Zaid, I want you to learn the Hebrew language, for we interact with the Jews and we want somebody trustworthy to communicate with them”.

Just 2 weeks later, Zaid returned and declared: “O Messenger of Allah, I have learnt Hebrew and I have mastered it completely.” Prophet ﷺ then asked him to learn the language Syriac (Syriac) – a dialect of Aramaic. 17 days later, he mastered that language completely as well, after which Prophet ﷺ used to call Zaid to write down the revelations as descended from Jibreel (AS).

During the era of Abu Bakr (another companion and best friend of Muhammad ﷺ – may Allah be pleased with him), he was assigned the role of authenticating and collecting the oral and textual Quranic revelation into a single bound volume. When he passed away, the people said, ‘Wallahi, today we have buried so much of the knowledge Muhammad (saws) gave us.’

Lessons learned from his story:

I loved how he and his mother took the double rejection as an opportunity to focus on something that he was good at, and it took him several tests to reach a special position as a Quran writer. Nothing comes easy on the path to success. What did you learn from this short story?

5) Abdullah bin Masood ( رضي الله عنه )

Abdullah bin Masood ( رضي الله عنه‎ – may Allah be pleased with him) was a very short and thin man with dark skin and a poor family background. Prophet ﷺ once commanded him to climb a tree. When other companions looked at his legs, they laughed at his lean stature. Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Why are you laughing? ‘Abdullah’s foot is heavier in the balance than the mountain of Uhud.’

When companions were concerned that people of Quraish had not heard the Quran being recited to them loudly, Abdullah bin Mas’ood declared that he would do that job! Companions warned him that Quraish would beat him up because he was so thin and short, with a poor heritage and no one to protect him. Abdullah bin Mas’ood said: Allah will protect me! He then recited a portion from Surah Rahman loudly in front of Quraish.

So just like Sahaba warned, the Quraish beat him up. Abdullah responded – the sweetness of faith that I experienced, I would not mind returning tomorrow and doing it again! And hence he became the 1st person to recite the Quran publicly in Makkah after Muhammad ﷺ, who liked to listen to him recite the Quran. Abdullah said: “The Prophet ﷺ said to me: ‘Recite for me.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Shall I recite for you while it is to you whom it was revealed?’

He ﷺ said: ‘I love to hear it from other than me.’” So I recited Surat An-Nisa until I reached: “…and We bring you (Muhammad) as a witness against these people (4:41)” and I saw the eyes of Prophet ﷺ overflowing with tears.”

Lessons learned from his story:

I learned that if you have a dream that you set your mind to, there’s nothing stopping you. I loved that instead of getting embarrassed about his apparent failure and agreeing that reciting the Quran in front of the leaders of Quraish wasn’t for him, he said that he would do it again because it was the process that he truly enjoyed.

He didn’t care about the results because they were in Allah’s hands. He simply put his best with tawakkal Allah. And instead of getting angry that Allah didn’t protect him, he saw the glass half full and got up again after falling. What did you learn from this short story?

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Conclusion

The Stories of Famous Sahaba are a reminder to us all about the real faith and sacrifice. The reading of the Stories of Famous Sahaba shows us how dedicated they were to living their lives with purpose. The Stories of Famous Sahaba lead us to the right path and to the love of God. May the Stories of Famous Sahaba be a source of inspiration for us in terms of walking the path of their faith, albeit with our own unique strength and sincerity.

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