Ansar

The man admitted to Paradise without having performed a single salah

A devoted worshipper who prayed on through enemy arrows; martyr of Yamamah

His famous speech at the Second Pledge of Aqaba; martyred at Uhud

Sincere son of the chief hypocrite; offered to bring his own father's head

Father of Jabir; a martyr of Uhud shaded by the angels

Led the night raid that ended Ibn Abi al-Huqayq, the Khaybar Jewish chief

Ansari narrator; leader of the Medinan revolt against Yazid at the Harra

Commander of the 50 archers at Uhud; martyred holding the pass with his ten faithful

Poet of the Prophet ﷺ; third commander and martyr at Mu'ta

Badri Companion whose staff lit up to guide him home through the dark

Sold his orchard for a single date palm in Jannah; the Prophet's ﷺ saying about his Jannah

The sage of the Ummah; ascetic and judge of Damascus

Host of the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah; martyr at the walls of Constantinople

The warrior who took the Prophet's ﷺ sword 'with its right' at Uhud

The lone Tabuk laggard who rebuked himself and rode out alone to catch the army

Tied himself to a pillar in repentance until Allah accepted it

Major Ansari Companion-narrator

The Companion to whose aid an angel came against a robber

The knight (horseman) of the Prophet ﷺ

A foremost young scholar and one of the great narrators of hadith

Master archer who shielded the Prophet ﷺ at Uhud; gave his dearest garden in charity

An Ansari narrator and witness of the Prophet's ﷺ campaigns

A fearless warrior whose oaths Allah fulfilled; brother of Anas

The Badri tactician of the well; the 'one amir from us, one from you' speaker at Saqifa; flag-bearer of Khazraj at Tabuk

Father of Hudhayfa; martyred at Uhud, mistakenly killed by the Muslims

The lame Ansari who longed to walk in Paradise; martyr of Uhud

Sent to Najran as teacher and zakah collector; recipient of the famous 'Letter of Amr ibn Hazm' on Islamic law

The Ansari joker present at Badr; the Prophet ﷺ forbade cursing him

Uncle of Anas ibn Malik; cried at Uhud, 'I smell Paradise beyond this mountain'

Servant of the Prophet ﷺ for ten years; a major narrator; the Prophet's ﷺ du'a fulfilled

A first Ansari Muslim and naqib; host of Mus'ab; first to lead the Friday prayer in Madinah

The martyr of Raji' whose body Allah protected with a swarm of hornets

Major woman narrator known as Khatibat al-Nisa — 'the Orator of Women'; killed nine Romans at Yarmuk with a tent peg

The first of the Ansar to pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr at the Saqifa

Companion who shared the poisoned goat at Khaybar with the Prophet ﷺ and died from it

'The one washed by the angels' — martyr of Uhud

Badri whom the Prophet ﷺ saw in Jannah; tied a string from his musalla to his door so he could feed beggars personally

The poet of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

One of the three sincere Companions left behind at Tabuk, named in Surah al-Tawbah 9:118

Elder brother of Muhayyisa; converted by his brother's reply on the spot

The Companion of weak sight for whom the Prophet ﷺ prayed in his house

A major narrator; son of a martyr of Uhud whom the angels shaded

Wife of Umar ibn al-Khattab; mother of Asim ibn Umar

The unsightly Companion of whom the Prophet ﷺ said, 'This one is of me and I am of him'

One of three whose sincere repentance Allah accepted in the Qur'an

Wife of Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib; narrator of the hadith on the just debtor

The woman whose plea Allah answered in Surah al-Mujadila

Father of the Badr martyr Sa'd ibn Khaythama; drew lots with his son for the battle

Martyr who prayed two rak'ahs before his execution — setting that sunnah

'He of two testimonies' — whose witness the Prophet ﷺ counted as that of two men

Killed by a millstone at the Na'im fort during the Khaybar campaign

An Ansari counted among the great commanders of the conquests

One of the two young Ansaris who struck down Abu Jahl at Badr

The most knowledgeable of the Ummah in the lawful and the unlawful

Young Ansari who fell upon Abu Jahl at Badr with his brother; martyred there

Dealt with Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf; withdrew from the civil strife

The Ansari who killed a treacherous Jewish trader on the Prophet's ﷺ order; converted his still-Mushrik brother on the spot

Naqib of the Ansar; commander and martyr of Bir Ma'una

Third of the three sincere Companions left behind at Tabuk, named in Surah al-Tawbah 9:118

One of the first children born to the Ansar after the Hijra; a narrator

The woman who defended the Prophet ﷺ with sword and shield at Uhud

His eye, struck out at Uhud, was restored by the Prophet ﷺ

Companion-narrator on agriculture; cured of stomach pain by the Prophet's ﷺ touch

Naqib at Aqaba; the dying message of the fragrance of Paradise

Chief of the Aws; at whose death the Throne of the Most Merciful shook

Chief of the Khazraj; famed for boundless generosity

Companion-narrator of the Anas ibn Abi Marthad guard-watch vignette

A Badr veteran who stood faithfully with Ali

A long-lived narrator and one of the last Companions in Madinah

Ansari scholar; transmitter of the Sayyid al-Istighfar

Recipient of the Prophet's ﷺ du'a: 'O Allah! You be smiling when You meet Talha, and let him be smiling as well'

Orator of the Ansar; given glad tidings of Paradise; martyr of Yamamah

A leader (naqib) at the Pledge of Aqaba; teacher and judge in Syria

Chief of the reciters; a scribe of revelation

The ascetic governor of Hims; a model of integrity in office

Foretold by the Prophet ﷺ to be among the first to sail in jihad; martyr of Cyprus

Required Abu Talha's Islam as her dowry; mother of Anas ibn Malik

Chief of Banu Abd al-Ashhal whose conversion through Mus'ab opened the way for Sa'd ibn Mu'adh

Surveyor of Iraq under Umar; governor of Basra under Ali

Raji' martyr whose answer to Abu Sufyan became proverbial — 'I would not have a thorn prick the Prophet ﷺ to be set free'

Ansari narrator; the boy whose witness occasioned Surah al-Munafiqun

Scribe of revelation; compiler of the Qur'an; foremost in inheritance law