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Muhammad
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, military and political leader, as well as the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was the final prophet of God who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets in Islam. He is believed by Muslims to be the Seal of the Prophets, and along with the Quran, his teachings and normative examples form the basis for Islamic religious belief.
Aisha
Fatima
Fatima bint Muhammad (; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam. Fatima's sons were Hasan and Husayn, the second and third Shia imams, respectively. Fatima has been compared to Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in Shia Islam. Muhammad is said to have regarded her as the best of women and the dearest person to him. She is often viewed as an ultimate archetype for Muslim women and an example of compassion, generosity, and enduri
Khadija bint Khuwaylid
First wife of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, First believer in Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s most beloved wife
Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib
leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca (c.535-c.619)
Abd Allah ibn Abbas
7th-century Islamic scholar
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
Hafsa bint Umar ibn Al-Khattab
The fourth wife of Islamic prophet Muhammad (c.605–665)
Marwan I
Fourth Umayyad caliph from 684 to 685
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
companion of Muhammad (594–656)
Zaynab bint Jahsh
cousin and seventh wife of Muhammad (c. 590–641)
Zaynab bint Ali
daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad (626-682)
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab
Companion of Muhammad and authority in hadith and law (c.610-693)
Zaynab bint Khuzayma
Muhammad's fifth wife (c. 596–625)
Talha ibn Ubaydullah
Arab Muslim military commander (c.594-656)
Sawda bint Zamʿa
second wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan
Muhammad's ninth wife (c. 589/594 – 664)
Ruqayya bint Muhammad
daughter of Muhammad
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf
Umayyad governor and viceroy (c.661-714)
Abdur Rahman bin Awf
One of the Ten Blessed Companion
Juwayriyya bint al-Harith
Muhammad's eighth wife (c. 608–676)
Zainab bint Muhammad
Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Musa ibn Nusayr
Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)
Amr ibn Hisham
Arab polytheist leader of the Quraysh tribe (c. 570–624)
Asmā' bint Abu Bakr
companion of Muhammad
Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad
daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Uwais Qarni
Muslim saint
Al-Mukhtar
Pro-Alid Arab revolutionary (c.622–687)
Uqba ibn Nafi
Arab Muslim general (died 683)
Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi
Iraqi poet (640-708)
Abu Darda
Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad (died 652 CE)
Umm Kulthum bint Ali
Granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb
foster-mother and wetnurse of Muhammad
Hind bint Utbah
Wife of Abu Sufyan
Fatimah bint Asad
Companion and aunt of Muhammad
Qutayba ibn Muslim
Umayyad Caliphate Arab commander and governor (669-715/6)
Ibn Sirin
8th-century Muslim scholar and dreams interpreter
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
Al-Farazdaq
Hammam Ibn Ghalib Al-Tamimi (; born 641 AD/20 AH died 728–730 AD/110-112 AH), more commonly known as Al-Farazdaq () or Abu Firas (), was a 7th-century Arab poet and orator who was born in the Rashidun Caliphate of Umar and flourished during the Umayyad Caliphate. He had a great impact on the Arabic Language and it is said that “If it were not for Al-Farazdaq’s poetry, a third of the Arab language would not have been.” alt=Divan_de_Férazdak;_(IA_divandeferazdak00fara),_title_page|thumb|312x312px|The Diwan (poetry)|Diwan of Al-Farazdaq translated into French|border|left Born in Kazma to nobility
Urwah ibn Zubayr
Muslim jurist and scholar (644-713)
Said ibn al-Musayyib
Medina-based Muslim scholar (642–715)
Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad
Umayyad general and governor (died 686)
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri
Arab jurist, scholar and traditionist (677/78-741/42)
Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali
Scholar, philologist
Sa'id ibn Jubayr
Iraqi Imam
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam
Kharijite assassin of Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 661)
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
Sahabah
Yazid ibn al-Muhallab
Umayyad provincial governor (672–720)
Abd Allah ibn Sa'ad
Arab governor of Egypt from 646 to 656
Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah
poet
Umama bint Abi al-As
Granddaughter of Muhammad
Malik al-Ashtar
Arab military commander (died 658)
Nasr ibn Sayyar
General and governor of Khurasan (663–748)
Sajah
Sajah bint Al-Harith ibn Suwayd al-Taghlibi (, fl. 598-675 CE) from the tribe of Banu Tamim, was an Arab Christian protected first by her tribe; then causing a split within the Arab tribes and finally defended by Banu Hanifa. Sajah was one of a series of people (including her future husband) who claimed to be a prophet in the 7th-century Arabia and was also the only known woman claiming prophethood during the Wars of Apostasy in the early Islamic Period. She later converted to Islam and died a Muslim.
Mohamed bin Salman
Arab military leader and chieftain of the Khazraj tribe (died 631)
Khawlah daughter of al-Azwar
Muslim Arab warrior
Abān ibn ʻUthmān
Muslim historian
Muslim ibn Aqil
Son of Aqil ibn Abi Talib and cousin of Husain ibn Ali (died 680)
Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra
General and Umayyad governor