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Source Books

Every biography is synthesised from, and cited to, the following respected works. Page references appear throughout each companion's page and in its References section. We write original summaries and do not reproduce copyrighted translations verbatim.

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Hayatus Sahaba

Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Kandhlawi

The flagship thematic compilation of the lives of the Companions — faith, sacrifice, da'wah, and worship — drawn from authentic narrations.

Siyar us-Sahaba

Maulana Shah Moinuddin Ahmad Nadvi

A detailed multi-volume series of individual biographies of the Companions.

Al-Farooq

Allama Shibli Nomani

The classic scholarly biography of Umar ibn al-Khattab (al-Farooq).

The Life of Caliph Ali & Khulafa-e-Rashideen

Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi

Reverent biographies of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs.

History of Islam (Tareekh-e-Islam)

Maulana Akbar Shah Najeebabadi

A comprehensive history of the Prophetic era and the Rightly-Guided Caliphate.