The honorable Companion, Al-Arqam ibn Abil-Arqam, may Allaah be pleased with him

27-3-2006 | IslamWeb

Question:

Who was the honourable companion, Al-Arqam Ibn Al-Arqam, may Allaah be pleased with him?

Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

Al-Arqam ibn Al-Arqam  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him was among the honorable Companions  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  them. His name was 'Abd-Manaaf ibn Asad ibn ‘Abdullaah ibn 'Amr ibn Makhzoom, and he was nicknamed Abu ‘Abdullaah. Ibn As-Sakan may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him said, His mother was Tamaadhur bint Hatheem As-Sahamiyyah  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  her. He was among the foremost who embraced Islam. Al-Haakim may  Allaah  have  mercy  upon  him stated that he was the seventh person to embrace Islam. His house was on the As-Safa, and it was the house where the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used to stay, at the beginning of his Prophetic mission. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and those who believed in him stayed in that house until there were forty men in total  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  them. The last one of them to believe was ‘Umar  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him. So when they completed forty men, they went out [to spread Islam].

Al-Arqam ibn Al-Arqam  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  him took part in the battle of Badr, Uhud and all other battles. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, allocated a house for him in Madeenah. He died during the reign of Mu’aawiyah  may  Allaah  be  pleased  with  them both, in the year 55 A.H.

Allaah Knows best.

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