List of non-Arab Sahabah

The list of non-Arab Sahaba includes non-Arabs among the original Sahaba of the Prophets in Islam Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him). Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) had many followers from amongst the Arabs, from many different tribes. However, he also had many non-Arab Sahaba, from many different ethnicities. Some of these non-Arabs were among the most beloved and loyal individuals to Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him). The inclusion of these non-Arabs among the original followers of Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) and Islam represents the universality of the message of Islam.

Habesha people

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• Umm Ayman (Barakah) - she was around Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) from his birth until his death and was the closest example of a mother to him (after his own mother’s death when he was a child). She was the mother of Usama ibn Zayd.
• Bilal ibn Ribah - he converted to Islam while still a slave, and defiantly resisted torture and persecution (for his conversion) from his pagan slave-master. He later became the first mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer) in Islamic history.
• Wahshy ibn Harb - he killed Hamza, Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him)'s beloved uncle and a leading Muslim general and formidable soldier, but redeemed himself when he converted to Islam. He later killed Musaylimah, the most formidable opponent of the Muslims during the Wars of Apostasy.
• Al-Nahdiah - she converted to Islam while she was a slave, but refused to abandon her new faith even after being tortured and persecuted by her slave-master. She was later freed from slavery.
• Lubaynah - she converted to Islam while she was a slave, but refused to abandon her new faith even after being persecuted by her then pagan slave-master. She was later freed from slavery.
• Umm Ubays - she converted to Islam while she was a slave, but refused to abandon her new faith even after being tortured and persecuted by her pagan slave-master. She was later freed from slavery. She was the daughter of Al-Nahdiah.
• Harithah bint al-Muammil - she converted to Islam while she was a slave, but refused to abandon her new faith even after being persecuted to such a severe extent that she lost her eyesight. She was later freed from slavery. Umm Ubays was her sister.

Comorian

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• Fey Bedja Mwamba - he was (according to local Comorian legend) a Comorian noble who originally brought Islam to the Comoros Islands after having visited Mecca during Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him)’s lifetime and there converted to Islam.
• Mtswa Mwandze - he was (according to local Comorian legend) a Comorian noble who originally brought Islam to the Comoros Islands after having visited Mecca during Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him)’s lifetime and there converted to Islam.

Copt (Native Egyptian)

• Maria al-Qibtiyya - she was one of the Ummahat-al-Mu'mineen (Mothers of the Believers) and was the mother of Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him)'s third son Ibrahim.
• Sirin - she was the wife of Hassan ibn Thabit, who was one of the best Arab poets of the time. Maria al-Qibtiyya was her sister.

Hellenized Arab

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• Suhayb ar-Rumi (Suhayb the Roman) - he was an Arab who was taken prisoner while still a little boy by Byzantine Empire soldiers, when they attacked a village he was in. Thereafter, for about twenty years he passed from one Byzantine slave-master to another and grew up speaking Greek and practically forgot Arabic. He later escaped from slavery and headed for Mecca, which was considered a place of asylum. There people called him Suhayb ar-Rumi because of his peculiarly heavy speech . Later in Mecca, after meeting with Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him), he converted to Islam. When Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) migrated from Mecca to Medina, Suhayb gave up his vast wealth in order to be alongside him in Medina. His standing among the Muslims was so high that he was nominated by the Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab to lead the Muslims (both in prayers and as head of the Muslim community) in the period between Umar’s death and the election of his successor.

Jewish

• Abdullah ibn Salam - he was a rabbi before his conversion to Islam and was the first Muslim that was explicitly promised Jannah (paradise) by Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) while he was still alive. He is credited the man most participated in all battles during Prophet time and after. He was expert in reading the Hebrew bible as a mother tongue and was assigned by the Prophet to write down the Quran.
• Safiyya bint Huyayy - she was one of the Ummahat-al-Mu'mineen (Mother of the Believers).
• Rayhana - she was one of the Ummahat-al-Mu'mineen (Mother of the Believers).
• Banu Najjar "The Carpenter family" a Jewish family who converted to Islam under the Tree "Ansar allegience under the tree" and shook hands with the Prophet, and were the first Ansar muslims of Medina. among them was the fabled "Abu Ayyub al-Ansari"
• Abu Ayyub al-Ansari was the host of the Prophet when he immigrated to Medina. He participated and martyred in the First Seige of Constantinopole at age over 80.
• Abu Hurayra a Jew from Yemen who immigrated to Medina to become muslim. He was childless and of weak body. Since he had strong memory he asked the Prophet to be with him all the time to memorize Hadith, upon the Prophet approved. He is the most trusted source of Hadith.
• "Jasser and Wife" the first martyrs of Islam, Sumayyah bint Khayyat and Yaser ibn Amir, were of the early believers of Muhammad in the fantastic Seven "Abu Bakr, Bilal, Uthman, Salman", who were seen accompany the Prophet in the early years of Islam, before Allah ordered the Prophet to actively declare Prophethood and the Call to Unbelievers that started the persecution of Muslims in last three years in Mecca of Misery to Prophet and Muslims, before Prophet flight to Medina "Hijra" where the Qahtanite Ansar welcomed him and defended him against the dominant Adnanite tribes the clan of Muhammad.

Kurdish

• Jaban Sahabi - he was better known as Jaban Al-Kurdi. In the year 18 after Hijra, he went back to Kurdistan to preach Islam in his homeland. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentions in his book Finding the Truth in Judging the Companinons, 10 hadiths which are quoted by Jaban. His son Abu Basir was a Tabi'i.

Pashtun

• Qais Abdur Rashid - he is claimed to be a legendary ancestor of some Pashtun tribes, who traveled from Ghor, present-day central Afghanistan to Arabia to meet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) and embraced Islam there, before returning to his people and introducing them to the faith.

Persian

• Salman al-Farsi - he was born in Persia but embarked on a long and continuous journey (away from his homeland) in search of the truth. He ultimately reached his destination in Arabia, when he met Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) and converted to Islam. It was his suggestion to build a trench in the Battle of the Trench that ultimately resulted in a defeat for the forces of the enemies of the Muslims.
• Fayruz al-Daylami - he was sent out by Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) to assassinate Aswad Ansi, who claimed prophethood in Yemen.
• Munabbih ibn Kamil- he was a Persian knight. He had two sons, who were both Islamic scholars.
• Salim Mawla Abu-Hudhayfah - he was a highly respected and valued Muslim (among his fellow Muslims), who died while fighting against the forces of Musaylimah during the Wars of Apostasy. Umar ibn al-Khattāb suggested he would have designated Salim as his successor to the Caliphate had he still been alive.

Tamil Chera

• Cheraman Perumal - he was a Chera king of South India (present-day Kerala) who traveled to Arabia and converted to Islam.

Assyrian

• Addas - he was a young Christian slave boy (originally from Nineveh) who was the first person from Taif to convert to Islam.

See also

• Al-Najashi - he was the king of the Kingdom of Aksum who allowed a number of Muslims (who were being persecuted by the pagans of Arabia) to live safely under his protection in his kingdom. He later converted to Islam and when he died, Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) observed prayer in absentia for him.

• Badhan (Persian Governor) - he was the Sassanid Persian Governor of Yemen who converted to Islam after one of Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him)’s prophecies was proven to be correct. As a result, every Persian in Yemen followed his example and also converted to Islam. The first Mosque of Outside Arabia was ordered to built by him in the Persian Port city of Cylan.