Men Around The Messenger

Description

Men Around the Messenger by Khalid Muhammad Khalid is a celebrated collection of short biographies of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. It is an English rendering of the author's Arabic classic Rijāl Ḥawl al-Rasūl. Each chapter tells the story of a Companion, showing his character, his sacrifices and his role in the early Muslim community. The men come from different backgrounds and temperaments. The book opens with a Qur'anic epigraph (9:100) honouring the earliest believers. Other editions describe about sixty to sixty-four Companions, and some open with a short biography of the Prophet. It suits general readers, students of early Islamic history and biography, and anyone looking for inspirational reading about the first generation of Muslims.