Veterans of Badr

Companions who fought at the Battle of Badr (2 AH / 624 CE) — the first major military engagement of the Muslim community, and the battle the Prophet ﷺ described as the best of all generations.

16 companions

Abbad ibn Bishr ibn Waqsh ibn Zughbah The friend of the Quran who prayed through three arrows and charged into the Garden of Death.
Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Ubayy ibn Salul The devoted Muslim son of Islam's greatest hypocrite — who offered to execute his own father to protect the Prophet ﷺ.
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud The shepherd boy who became the Quran's first public voice and the Prophet's closest companion in conduct and character.
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq The first man to believe, the last one to be outpaced in any good — the ultimate companion of the Prophet ﷺ.
Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib The uncle of the Prophet ﷺ — bridge between Mecca and Madinah, and anchor of the Prophetic family.
Al-Arqam ibn Abi Al-Arqam The teenager who opened his home and gave Islam its first school.
Ali ibn Abi Talib The lion of Allah — first youth to embrace Islam, raised in the Prophet's household, and the embodiment of courage, knowledge, and undying love.
Bilal ibn Rabah The man whose voice announced every prayer, and whose footsteps the Prophet ﷺ heard in Paradise.
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt The enslaved boy who was the first to bleed for Islam — and lived to show Umar his scarred back in the court of the Caliphate.
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqas The archer of Islam, whose prayers were never turned away, and whose arrows were the first shed in defence of the faith.
Suhaib ibn Sinan ibn Malik al-Rumi The Arab who became Roman, then became one of the first Muslims — and gave up everything he owned for the sake of one journey.
Talha ibn Ubaydillah The walking martyr whose hands caught arrows so the Prophet ﷺ would not fall.
Uthman ibn Affan The man so modest that the angels themselves were shy in his presence.
Zayd ibn al-Haritha The beloved of the beloved — the only companion named by name in the Quran.
Zaynab bint Muhammad The eldest daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, who waited six years in faith and loyalty for her husband to find Islam.
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam The Prophet's own disciple — the first sword drawn in defence of Islam.