Non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era

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This is a list of the non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era. In Islam, the Ṣaḥābah (Arabic: الصحابة‎ "companions") were the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. This form is plural; the singular is Ṣaḥābi (fem. Sahabiyyah). A list of the best-known companions can be found at List of companions of Muhammad ^[1]

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Arabian peninsula

• Abu 'Afak – Jewish poet
• Asma bint Marwan – female poet who lived in Hijaz
• Sallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq
• Musaylimah – known as "the Liar", self-proclaimed prophet

Mecca

• Akhnas ibn Shariq — Surah Al-Humaza
• Waraqah ibn Nawfal — Khadijah bint Khuwaylids Christian cousin
• Hisham ibn al-Mughirah — unclear if he became a sahaba
• Abu Lahab ibn abd al-Muttalib — often abbreviated as Abu Lahab
• Amr ibn Hisham — also known as Abu Jahl, killed in the Battle of Badr
• As ibn Sa'id — one of the leaders of the Quraish, killed in the Battle of Badr
• Hakam ibn Al-Aas
• Mughira ibn Abd-Allah — father of Walid ibn Mughira and one of the leaders of the Quraish
• Nawfal ibn Khuwaylid — one of the leaders of the Quraish, killed in the battle of Badr
• Siba'a ibn Abd al-Uzza — Umm Anmaar's brother
• Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh — converted to Christianity
• Ubay ibn Khalaf — famously mocked the prophet by blowing the dust of dried bones in his face
• Umayah ibn Khalaf — head of the of Bani Lou'ai, master and torturer of Bilal ibn Ribah
• Umm Anmaar — the woman that bought Khabbab ibn al-Aratt
• Umm Jamil — Abu Lahab's wife
• Utba ibn Rabi'ah — one of the leaders of the Quraish, killed in the battle of Badr
• Uqba ibn Abi Mohit —
• Walid ibn Mughira — father of Khalid ibn al-Walid
• Walid ibn Utba — the champion of Quraish, killed by Ali ibn Abu Talib in the battle of Badr
• Amr ibn Abd al-Wud — killed by Ali in the battle of the trench.

Medina

Khaybar

• Abu al-Rafi ibn Abu al-Huqayq

Najran

• The Najran Christians that participated in the Mubahela

Banu Nadir

• Sallam ibn Abu al-Huqayq
• Huyayy ibn Akhtab  — one of the chiefs of Banu Nadir
• Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf  — one of the chiefs of Banu Nadir
• Usayr ibn Zarim
• Kinana ibn al-Rabi

Banu Quraiza

• Ka'b ibn Asad — chief of the Jewish tribe of Banu Quraiza

Other countries

• Harith Gassani – Governor of Syria
• Heraclius – Byzantine Emperor, 610 to 641
• Khosrau II of Persia – king of Persia, 590 to 628
• al-Mundhir bin Sawa – ruler of Bahrain
• Muqawqis - ruler of Egypt
• Ashama ibn Abjar The Negus (Emperor) of Abyssinia – spoke with the Muslims who made the Migration to Abyssinia.

See also

• Arabian tribes that interacted with Muhammad
• Jewish tribes of Arabia
• Sahaba
• Salaf
• Emperor Gaozong of Tang - built China's first mosque and spoke with an envoy headed by Sa`ad ibn Abi Waqqas

References

1. ^ *companions of the prophet at youngmuslims.ca