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Abu Salama

600 - 625

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Abū Salama ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Asad (Arabic: أَبُو سَلَمَة عَبْد ٱلله ٱبْن عَبْد ٱلْأَسَد) was one of the Companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also a cousin and a foster-brother of Muhammad and Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib through their foster-mother Thuwaybah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Abu Salama is the 557th most popular companion (down from 453rd in 2024). (down from 997th in 2019)

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Among companions, Abu Salama ranks 557 out of 784. Before him are Audofleda, Muhammad ibn Maslamah, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Charlotte of Bourbon, Junia Claudilla, and Joanna of Bavaria. After him are Neslişah Sultan, Abd-Allah ibn Umm-Maktum, Empress He, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Beatrice Regina della Scala, and Mutemwiya.

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Among people born in 600, Abu Salama ranks 42. Before him are Anthimus I of Constantinople, Dervan, Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Ceawlin of Wessex, Walthari, and Hujr ibn Adi. After him are Bhāskara I, Cunimund, Judoc, Yan Liben, David the Invincible, and Khosrow III. Among people deceased in 625, Abu Salama ranks 6. Before him are Pope Boniface V, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, Fatimah bint Asad, and Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh.

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