List of non-Arab Sahabah

The list of non-Arab Sahaba includes non-Arabs among the original Sahaba of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Muhammad 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. The inclusion of these non-Arabs among the original followers of Muhammad and Islam represents the universality of the message of Islam.

Afro-Arabs

• Sumayyah bint Khayyat – She was the first person in history to be martyred for having adopted Islam . She was the wife of Yasir ibn Amir and the mother of Ammar ibn Yasir.
• Umm Ayman (Barakah) – She was the mother of Usama Ibn Zayd.
• Bilal ibn Ribah – He converted to Islam while a slave.
• Wahshy ibn Harb – He killed Hamza, Muhammad's uncle and a Muslim general, but converted to Islam. He later killed Musaylimah, the opponent of the Muslims during the Wars of Apostasy.
• Al-Nahdiah – She converted to Islam while she was a slave.
• Lubaynah – She converted to Islam while she was a slave.
• Umm Ubays – She converted to Islam while she was a slave. She was the daughter of Al-Nahdiah.
• Harithah bint al-Muammil – She converted to Islam while she was a slave. Umm Ubays was her sister.

Comorian

• Fey Bedja Mwamba – According to Comorian legend, he was a Comorian noble who brought Islam to the Comoros Islands visiting Mecca during Muhammad’s lifetime and there converted to Islam.
• Mtswa Mwandze – According to Comorian legend, he was a Comorian noble who brought Islam to the Comoros Islands visiting Mecca during Muhammad’s lifetime and there converted to Islam.

Copt (Egyptian)

• Maria al-Qibtiyya – She was a slave and She was one of Muhammad's wives and was the mother of Muhammad'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.

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 while he was still alive. He is credited as the man who participated most in all the battles during the Prophet's time and after that. He was an 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 Muhammad's wives.
• Rayhana – Also one of Muhammad's wives.
• Banu Najjar "The Carpenter family" a Jewish family who converted to Islam under the Tree "Ansar allegiance under the tree" and shook hands with the Prophet, and were the first Ansar Muslims of Medina.
• Abu Ayyub al-Ansari was the host of the Prophet when he immigrated to Medina. He participated in the First Siege of Constantinople at age over 80.
• "Jasser and Wife", Sumayyah bint Khayyat and Yasir ibn Amir, early believers 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 Companions, 10 hadiths which are quoted by Jaban. His son Abu Basir was a Tabi'i.

Sindhi Jat

• Muhammad Ali Jat – He is claimed to be a legendary ancestor of some Sindhi tribes, who traveled from Makran, present-day central Pakistan to Arabia to meet Muhammad 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 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 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 (Indian)

• 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 observed prayer in absentia for him.^[1]
• Badhan (Persian Governor) – He was the Sassanid Persian Governor of Yemen who converted to Islam after one of Muhammad'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 be built by him in the Persian Port city of Cylan.

References

1. The most widespread definition of a companion is someone who saw Muhammad, believed in him and died as a Muslim. Anyone who died after rejecting Islam and becoming an apostate is not considered a companion. Those that saw him but held off believing in him until after his passing are not considered Sahaba but Tabi`in.