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THE ASHĀB US-SUFFA: THE SŪFĪ FUQARĀ’

WITH THE BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam

Sayyidinā

  1. Aws bin Aws ath-Thaqafī, also known as Aws bin Hudhayfa
  2. Asmā’ bin Hāritha al-Aslamī
  3. al-Agharr al-Muzanī
  4. Bilāl bin Rabāh
  5. al-Barā’ bin Mālik al-Ansārī
  6. Thawbān mawlā Rasūlillāh
  7. Thābit bin ad-Dahhāk al-Ansārī, Abū Zayd al-Ash-halī
  8. Thābit bin Wadī’a al-Ansārī
  9. Thaqīf bin ‘Amr
  10. Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī, Jundub bin Junāda
  11. Jarhad bin Khuwaylid al-Aslamī
  12. Ju’ayl bin Surāqa ad-Damrī
  13. Jāriya bin Humayl
  14. Hudhayfa bin al-Yamān
  15. Hudhayfa bin Asīd
  16. Habīb bin Zayd bin ‘Āsim al-Ansārī
  17. Hāritha bin an-Nu’mān al-Ansārī
  18. Hāzim bin Harmala al-Aslamī
  19. Hanzala bin Abī ‘Āmir ar-Rāhib al-Ansārī
  20. Hajjāj bin ‘Amr al-Aslamī
  21. al-Hakam bin ‘Umayr
  22. Harmala bin Iyās
  23. Khabbāb bin al-Aratt
  24. Khunays bin Hudhāfa as-Sahmī
  25. Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī, Khālid bin Zayd
  26. Khuraym bin Fātik al-Asadī
  27. Khuraym bin Aws at-Tāī
  28. Khubayb bin Yasāf bin ‘Utba
  29. Dukayn bin Sa’īd al-Muzanī
  30. Dhu’l Bujādayn, ‘AbdAllāh
  31. Abū Lubāba, Bashīr bin ‘Abd   al-Mundhir al-Ansārī
  32. Abū Razīn
  33. Zayd bin al-Khattāb
  34. Salmān al-Fārisī, Abū ‘Abdullāh
  35. Sa’d bin Abī Waqqās
  36. Sa’īd bin ‘Āmir al-Jamhī
  37. Safīna, Abū ‘Abdu’rRahmān mawlā Rasūlillāh
  38. Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī, Sa’d bin Mālik
  39. Sālim mawlā Abī Hudhayfa
  40. Sālim bin ‘Ubayd al-Ashja’ī
  41. Sālim bin ‘Umayr
  42. As-Sāib bin Khallād
  43. Shaqrān mawlā Rasūlillāh
  44. Shaddād bin Asīd
  45. Suhayb bin Sinān
  46. Safwān bin Baydā’
  47. Takhfa bin Qays al-Ghifārī
  48. Talha bin ‘Amr al-Basrī
  49. at-Tafāwī ad-Dawsī, Abū Nadra
  50. ‘AbdAllāh bin Mas’ūd
  51. Abū Hurayra, ‘Abdu’rRahmān bin Sakhr ad-Dawsī
  52. ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Abd al-Asad, Abū Salamah al-Makhzūmī
  53. ‘AbdAllāh bin Hawāla al-Azdī
  54. ‘AbdAllāh bin Umm Maktūm
  55. ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Amr bin Hirām, Abū Jābir al-Ansārī
  56. ‘AbdAllāh bin Unays al-Juhanī
  57. ‘AbdAllāh bin Zayd al-Juhanī
  58. ‘AbdAllāh bin al-Hārith bin Juz iz-Zabīdī
  59. ‘AbdAllāh bin ‘Umar bin al-Khattāb
  60. ‘Abd al-Rahmān bin Qirt
  61. ‘Abd al-Rahmān bin Jabr bin ‘Amr, Abū ‘Ubays al-Ansārī
  62. ‘Uqbah bin ‘Āmir al-Juhanī
  63. ‘Abbād bin Khālid al-Ghifārī
  64. ‘Amr bin ‘Awf al-Muzanī
  65. ‘Amr bin Taghlab
  66. ‘Uwaym bin Sā’ida al-Ansārī
  67. ‘Ubayd mawlā Rasūlillāh
  68. ‘Ukāsha bin Mihsan al-Asadī
  69. al-‘Arbād bin Sāriya
  70. ‘AbdAllāh bin Habshī al-Khash’amī
  71. ‘Utbah bin ‘AbdAllāh as-Sulamī
  72. ‘Utbah bin an-Nadr as-Sulamī
  73. ‘Amr bin ‘Anbasah as-Sulamī
  74. ‘Ubādah bin Qars, also referred to as ‘Ubādah bin Qart
  75. ‘Iyād bin Himār al-Mujāsha’ī
  76. Fudālah bin ‘Ubayd al-Ansārī
  77. Farāt bin Hayyān al-‘Ajlī
  78. Abū Firās al-Aslamī
  79. Qurrah bin Iyās Abū Mu’āwiyah al-Muzanī
  80. Kannāz bin al-Husayn Abū Marthad al-Ghanawī
  81. Ka’b bin ‘Amr, Abu’l Yasar al-Ansārī
  82. Abū Kabshah mawlā Rasūlillāh
  83. Mistah bin Uthāthah
  84. Mas’ūd bin ar-Rabī’ al-Qāri’
  85. Mu’ādh Abū Halīma al-Qāri’
  86. Wāthilah bin al-Asqa’
  87. Wābisah bin Ma’bad al-Juhanī
  88. Hilāl mawlā al-Mughīrah bin Shi’bah
  89. Yasār Abū Fakīhah mawlā Safwān bin Umayyah

Rady Allāhu ‘Anhum Ajma’īn, may Allāh be pleased with them all, Āmīn.

Source:

Al-Hāfiz Abū Nu’aym Ahmad bin ‘AbdAllāh al-Asfahānī, Hilyatu’l Awliyā’ wa Tabaqāt u’l Asfiyā’ (The Adornment of the Saints and the Ranks of the Spiritual Elite), Dār u’l Fikr and Dār u’l Kutub al-‘Ilmiyya, Beirut, 1357 A.H, vol I, p. 347-385, Vol II, p. 3-25.

The Ashāb us-Suffa

These are the Companions of Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam who, as they were poor, lived in a verandah in the Prophet’s Masjid in Madīna. The raised platform in Masjid an-Nabawī indicates where they lived. They were very pious, ascetic, dignified, highly scrupulous, drowned in the love of Allāh Subhānahū wa Ta’ālā, prepared to lay down their lives for the sake of Islām, and deeply attached to the Holy Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam.

Hadīth on the Ashāb us-Suffa

Hadrat Abū ‘Uthmān narrated that Hadrat ‘Abdu’r Rahmān bin Abū Bakr Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu said, “The Suffa Companions were poor people and Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam said, ‘Whoever has food for two persons should take a third one from them (Suffa Companions). And whosoever has food for four persons, he should take one or two from them’. Sayyidinā Abū Bakr Rady Allāhu ‘Anhu took three men and Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam took ten of them”. (Bukhārī)

The Ashāb us-Suffa Were Served by Prophet Muhammad Sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa Sallam

Hadrat Abu Huraira (Rady Allahu 'Anh) relates: "By Allah, except whom there is no God, during the days of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) I used to press my stomach against the ground due to extreme hunger, or I used to tie a stone over it. One day I was sitting by the side of a public thoroughfare when the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) passed by me. On seeing me he smiled and recognized from my face my condition (that I was hungry). He called "Abahir" (meaning Abu Huraira) and I responded: 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah'. He said: 'Come along with me' and he walked on; I followed him.

On reaching home he sought permission of the inmates, and entered, and also permitted me to enter in the house. He found a cup full of milk, and asked the inmates 'From where has this milk come? They said: 'It is a present for you from some gentleman or lady.' He called me 'Abahir' and I responded: 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah'. He said: Go and call my Suffa Companions.' These companions were the guests of the Muslims, who had no house, no property, no friends or relatives with whom they could live. As such they were guests of all Muslims. Whenever the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) received something as charity he used to send it to them and would not retain anything out if it for himself (as charity was forbidden for him and his family). However, whenever he received something as a gift he would send for them and shared it with them.

But on this occasion I did not like his invitation to them, and thought: 'How would this milk suffice so many? I deserve this more than others, as by drinking it I might gain some energy. When these companions of the Suffa would come, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) will ask me to serve the milk to them. When they start drinking I do not think that anything would be left for me out of this milk. But what could I have done, I could not dare avoid the orders of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) and His Messenger (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam).

Accordingly I went out and called them; they came and solicited permission to come in, which was granted and they came in and took their seats. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) called me 'Abahir' and I replied: 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Take hold of the cup of milk and give it to them.' I took the cup and passed it to one man who would drink and when he felt satisfied, he would return it to me, and I would give it to the next person who likewise drank the milk to his fill. I went on doing this till the cup reached the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam). By that time all had drunk the milk to their satisfaction.

The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) took the cup in his hand, looked towards me, smiled and said: 'Abahir?' I said 'I am here, O Messenger of Allah.' He said, "Now only two persons, myself and you are left!" I said: "Of course, O Messenger of Allah, you are right." Then he said: "Sit and drink." I sat down and started drinking the milk. The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'alayhi wa Sallam) said: "Take more." I took a bit more and he continued saying; 'Drink a little more', till I said: By Allah! Who has commissioned you with the truth , now I have no more room in my stomach.' He said: 'Then let me have it.' So I passed on the cup to him. He thanked Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) and with the name of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) drank the milk which was left in the cup. (al-Bukhari)

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