Non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era

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. Ṣaḥabiyyah). A list of the best-known companions can be found at List of companions of Muhammad

Arabian peninsula

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

Mecca

• Akhnas ibn Shariq — Surah Al-Humaza
• Hishām 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
• 'Aṣ ibn Sa'id — one of the leaders of the Quraish, killed in the Battle of Badr
• Hakam ibn Al-Aaṣ
• 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 Jaḥsh — 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 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 Mu'īṭ —
• Walīd ibn Mughīra — father of Khalid ibn al-Walīd
• Walīd 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

• Abdullahi ibn Ubai ibn Salul

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
• Sallam ibn Mishkam

Banu Quraiza

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

Abyssinia

In pre-Islamic Abyssinia, the Abyssinian merchants traded with their Arabic counterparts. After Muhammad claimed to be the last Prophet of God, the Pagan Arabs persecuted the Muslims. Many Muslim families migrated to Abyssinia. And the local Abyssinians converted to Islam, before Muhammad declared that the new faith was completed.

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