Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 535 – 619) was the leader of...

ibn Rabī'ah, of the Firas ibn Ghanam branch of the Kinana. Before her marriage to Muhammad, Umm Salama was married to Abu Salama Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Asad...

transliterated as Abdel Rahman Ibn Auf. He married Habiba bint Jahsh, whose all brethren joined Islam. Abu Bakr spoke to Abd al-Rahman about Islam, then invited...

Abū Salama ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Asad (Arabic: أَبُو سَلَمَة عَبْد ٱلله ٱبْن عَبْد ٱلْأَسَد) was one of the Companians of the Islamic prophet Muhammad...

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (Arabic: عَبْد الْمَلِك ٱبْن مَرْوَان ٱبْن الْحَكَم, romanized: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; July/August...

Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (Arabic: عَبْد ٱللَّٰه بْن أَبِي قُحَافَة, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Quḥāfa; c. 573 – August 634), known by his kunya Abu...

were "Abū ʿUmāra": 2  (أبو عمارة) and "Abū Yaʿlā": 3  (أبو يعلى). He had the by-names Asad Allāh: 2  (أَسَد ٱللَّٰه, "Lion of God") and "Asad of His...

prominence was owed to the leadership of Khalid's paternal grandfather al-Mughira ibn Abd Allah. Khalid's paternal uncle Hisham was known as the 'lord of Mecca'...

Mu'adh ibn Amr and Mu'awwidh ibn Amr and eventually killed by Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud. Amr was born in Mecca in c. 570. His father was Hisham ibn al-Mughira...

Quhafa Abu Sa`id al-Khudri Abu Salama `Abd Allah ibn `Abd al-Asad Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith Abu Sufyan ibn Harb Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah Abu Talhah al Ansari...

participate in the fighting. As a young man, al-Baqir witnessed the power struggles between the Umayyads, Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, and various Shia groups, while...

named Fatima, Abd Allah and Amir. Husayn, died in 653. He married Umm Abd Allah (Arwa) bint Adi ibn Khuwaylid from Banu Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza. By her,...

Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Arhabi (Arabic: عبدالرحمن بن عبدالله ارحبی) was martyred in Karbala. Abd al-Rahman was son of Abd Allah Arhabi. Arhab was...

had his arm cut off. Ibn Sa'd approached the tents and Husayn's sister Zaynab complained to him: "'Umar b. Sa'd, will Abu 'Abd Allah (the kunya of Husayn)...

Amr ibn al-As, neighboring the homes of other Sahabah such as Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn al-As, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Abu Dharr al-Ghifari, Abdullah ibn Umar...

Sa'id ibn 'Abd Allah al-Hanafi (Arabic: سعید بن عبد الله الحنفی) was a companion of Husayn ibn Ali who was martyred in the Battle of Karbala. As a prominent...

Fatima bint Asad (Arabic: فَاطِمَة بِنْت أَسَد Fāṭima bint ʾAsad c. 555–626 CE), was the mother of Ali ibn Abi Talib, married to Abu Talib, and an aunt...

Abd Allah is Abd Allah Akbar. Abd Allah married Maymuna, the daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib. His name is mentioned in Ziyarat Shuhada as Abu Abd Allah...

of al-Sajjad were among the companions of Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib, such as Jabir ibn Abd Allah, Amir ibn Wathila al-Kinani, and Salama ibn Kahil...

Abd-Allah ibn al-Husayn (Arabic: عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن ٱلْحُسَيْن), also known as Ali al-Asghar (Arabic: عَلِيّ ٱلْأَصْغَر, lit. 'Ali, the junior'), was...

Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali (Arabic: شَبیب بن عَبدِ الله النَّهشَلی) was killed in the Battle of Karbala. Shabib ibn Abd Allah al-Nahshali al-Basri...

wife of Hasan was Hind bint Suhayl ibn Amr, the widow of Abd al-Rahman ibn Attab, who was divorced by Abd Allah ibn Amir. Hasan had no children with Hind...

Abd Allah ibn Yaqtar (Arabic:عبد الله بن یقطر). According to some sources, he refused to curse Ali and Husayn therefore was thrown off the Dar al-Khilafa...

rival caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca, but the alliance was short-lived. Mukhtar returned to Kufa where he declared Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, a...

Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi, known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid (Arabic: الشیخ المفید) and Ibn al-Mu'allim (c. 948–1022...

Abu Hudhayfa ibn 'Utba Sahla bint Suhail, wife of Abu Hudhayfa Zubayr ibn al-Awwam Mus'ab ibn Umair Abdur Rahman bin Awf Abu Salama Abd Allah ibn Abd...

Ubayd Allah, Ayyub, Dawud and Abd Allah, though the last of them died a child. Marwan was married to Zaynab bint Umar, a granddaughter of Abu Salama from...

Ibn Hisham, Rahmat-ul-lil'alameen, 2/14-17. Firestone et al., 2001, pp. 11–12. Hakim al-Nishaburi (ed.). Al-Mustadrak alaa al-Sahihain. 'Abd Allah ibn...

he dispatched a force of 150 men under the leadership of Abu Salama 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Asad to make a sudden attack on this tribe. After Muhammad's...

sister Ruqayyah, to Uthman ibn Affan. She was childless. Ibn Umm Maktum Waraqah ibn Nawfal was the son of Nawfal b. Asad b. ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā b. Ḳuṣayy and Hind...