List of biographies taken from the recommended book, Commentary on Al-Muzani’s Sharhus-Sunnah, The Noble Shaykh, The Mufti, al-‘Allamah Ahmad Ibn Yahya an-Najmi (d.1429H), Translation by Maaz Qureshi, Sunnah Publishing, First Edition – March 2011.

1) Abu Bakr
2) ‘Umar Ibnul-Khattab
3) ‘Uthman Ibn ‘Affan
4) ‘Ali Ibn Abi Talib
5) Az-Zubayr Ibnul-‘Awam
6) Abu ‘Ubaydah Ibnul-Jarrah
7) Talhah Ibn ‘Ubaydullah
8) Sa’d Ibn Abi Waqqas
9) Sa’id Ibn Zayd
10) ‘Abdur-Rahman Ibn ‘Awf
11) Ibn ‘Abbas
12) Abu Hurayrah
13) Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar
14) Abu Sa’id al-Khudri
15) Hudhayfah Ibnul-Yaman
16) Al-Bara’ Ibn ‘Azib
17) Umm Salamah
18)’Awf Ibn Malik
19) ‘Ubadah Ibnus-Samit
20) ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr Ibnul-As
21) Anas Ibn Malik
22) ‘Imran Ibn Husayn
23) An-Nu’man Ibn Bashir
24) Samurah Ibn Jundub
25) Hamzah Ibn ‘Amr al-Aslami

رضي الله عنهم (May Allāh be pleased with them).

Narrated ‘Abdullah (رضي الله عنه‏), the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,

“The best people are those of my generation, and then those who will come after them (the next generation), and then those who will come after them (i.e. the next generation), and then after them, there will come people whose witness will precede their oaths, and whose oaths will precede their witness.”

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, The Book of Heart-Softening Narrations, No. 6022

1) Abu Bakr

He is ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Uthmān Ibn ‘Amir Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Ka’b Ibn Sa’d Ibn Taym Ibn Murah at-Taymī, Abu Bakr Ibn Abī Quhafah as-Siddīq al-Akbar. And it is said that his name is ‘Atīq. He was the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He died in Jamadal-Ūlā, in the year 13H and he was of sixty three years.
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2) ‘Umar Ibnul-Khattāb

He is ‘Umar Ibnul-Khattāb Ibn Nufayl Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Uzzā Ibn Riyāh Ibn ‘Abdullah Ibn Qarat Ibn Razāh Ibn ‘Adiyy Ibn Ka’b al-Qurashī al-‘Adawī. He was called: al-Farūq, the Leader of the Believers. He famously gathered together many feats. He became a martyr in Dhul-Hijjah of the year 23H and he was in charge of the caliphate for ten and a half years.
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3) ‘Uthmān Ibn ‘Affān

He is ‘Uthmān Ibn ‘Affān Ibn Abil-‘Ās Ibn Umayyah Ibn ‘Abd Shams al-Amawī, Abū ‘Abdullāh, Abū Amr, the leader of the Believers, Dhun-Nūrayn. He was one of the early Companions to embrace Islam, one of the four Caliphs and one of the ten promised Paradise. He accepted Islām early at the hands of as-Siddīq. He performed the hijratayn (two migrations). He did not participate in Badr because he was nursing his sick wife Ruqayyah. So the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) shot arrows on his behalf during that battle and the reward reached ‘Uthmān. So he was counted amongst those who participated in the battle. And the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) took the bay’ah (oath of allegiance) with him on the day of al-Hudaybiyyah. He took over the caliphate after ‘Umar with the agreement of the rest of the consultative body. And he was martyred in Dhul-Hijjah after ‘Idul-Adhā in the year 35H. And he held the caliphate for twelve years and he was of eighty years when he passed away. And it is said that he was older and it is said that he was younger.
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4) ‘Alī Ibn Abī Tālib

He is ‘Alī Ibn Abī Tālib Ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib Ibn Hishām al-Hāshimī – Haydarah, Abū Turāb, Abul-Hasanayn – the cousin of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and the husband of his daughter. He was from the early Companions to embrace Islām and a group holds that he was the first to embrace Islām, so he was the first of the Arabs. And he was one of the ten Companions promised Paradise. He took over the caliphate in Dhul-Hijjah in the year 35H. He died in Ramadān in the year 40H. And at that point, he was the most excellent from the children of Ādam who were upon the earth by concensus of Ahlus-Sunnah. And he was of sixty three years according to the most correct opinion.
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5) Az-Zubayr Ibnul-‘Awām

He is az-Zubayr Ibnul-‘Awām Ibn Khaldūn Ibn Asad Ibn ‘Abdul-‘Uzzā Ibn Qusay Ibn Kullāb, Abū ‘Abdullāh al-Qurashī al-Asadī. He was one of the ten Companions promised Paradise. He accepted Islām at the age of fifteen and it is said that he was younger and it is said that he was older. He performed the hijratayn (two migrations). He witnessed all of the major events. ‘Amr Ibn Jarmūz killed him in the year 36H after his departure from the battle of al-Jamal.
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6) Abu ‘Ubaydah Ibnul-Jarrāh

He is ‘Āmir Ibn ‘Abdullāh Ibnul-Jarrāh Ibn Hilāl Ibn Uhayb Ibn Dabah Ibnul-Hārith Ibn Fahr al-Qurashī al-Fahrī, Abū ‘Ubaydah Ibnul-Jarrāh. He was the trustworthy one of this Ummah. He was one of the ten Companions promised Paradise. He accepted Islām early and participated in Badr and whatever came after it. He died a martyr during the plague of ‘Amwās in the year 18H and he was of fifty eight years.
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7) Talhah Ibn ‘Ubaydullāh

He is Talhah Ibn ‘Ubaydullāh Ibn ‘Uthmān Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Ka’b Ibn Sa’d Ibn Taym Ibn Murah at-Taymī, Abū Muhammad al-Madanī, commonly known as Talhah al-Khayr and Talhah al-Fayād (the exuberant) due to his generosity. He accepted Islām early at the hands of Abū Bakr. And he was one of the ten Companions promised Paradise. He became a martyr on the day of al-Jamal in the year 36H and he was sixty three years old.
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8) Sa’d Ibn Abī Waqqās

He is Sa’d Ibn Abī Waqqās Mālik Ibn Uhayb, or Wuhayb Ibn ‘Abd Manāf Ibn Zahrah Ibn Kullāb, Abū Ishāq az-Zuhrī. He was one of the ten Companions promised Paradise. And he was one the six Companions on the Shūrā (consultative body). He accepted Islām early. And he was the first to be struck by an arrow in the path of Allah. He witnessed Badr and whatever came after it. He died in al-‘Atīq in the year 55H according to what is popular. And he was the last of the ten to pass away.
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9) Sa’īd Ibn Zayd

He is Sa’īd Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Nufayl al-‘Adawī al-Qurashī. He was one of the ten Companions promised Paradise. He died in the year 50H, or a year or two after it.
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10) ‘Abdur-Rahmān Ibn ‘Awf

He is ‘Abdur-Rahmān Ibn ‘Awf Ibn ‘Abdul-Hārith Ibn Zahrah Ibn Kullāb al-Qurashī az-Zuhrī. He accepted Islām early at the hands of Abū Bakr. And he performed the hijratayn (two migrations). And he witnessed Badr and whatever came after it. And he was one of the ten Companions promised Paradise. He died at al-Madīnah in the year 32H.
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11) Ibn ‘Abbās

He is ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbās Ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib Ibn Hāshim Ibn ‘Abd Manāf, he was the nephew of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم). He was born three years before the Hijrah (migration). And the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) supplicated for him to attain understanding of the Qur’an. So he was referred to as an ocean and a Scholar due to the vastness of his knowledge. He died in the year 68H in Tā’if. He was one of the mukaththireen (narrators of many ahādīth) from the Companions. And he was one of the ‘Abādilah (Companions named ‘Abdullāh), he was from the fuqahā’ (jurists) of the Companions.
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12) Abu Hurayrah

He is ‘Abdur-Rahmān Ibn Sakhr – according to what is correct – ad-Dawsī, the noble Companion. He accepted Islām in the year of Khaybar, the seventh year after the Hijrah. He was a memorizer from the Companions, he narrated 5374 ahādīth. He died in the year 57H, and it is said that he died in the year 58H, and it is said he died in the year 59H. He was seventy eight years old.
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13) Abdullāh Ibn ‘Umar

He is Abdullāh Ibn ‘Umar Ibnul-Khattāb al-‘Adawī (رضي الله عنه), Abū ‘Abdur-Rahman. He was born shortly after the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was sent. And he was young on the day of Uhud, he was a young man of fourteen years. And he was one of the mukaththirīn from the Companions and one of the ‘Abādilah (Companions named ‘Abdullāh). And he was from the staunchest of people in following the narrations. He died in the year 73H – either at the end of it or at the beginning of the next year.
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14) Abu Sa’īd al-Khudrī

Sa’d Ibn Mālik Ibn Sinan Ibn ‘Ubayd al-Ansārī al-Khazrajī, Abī Sa’īd al-Khudrī. He and his father were Companions. He was young on the day of Uhud, then he became the first of those who participated in al-Khandaq. He narrated many ahādīth. He died in al-Madīnah in the year 63H, or 64H, or 65H. And it is said that he died in the year 74H.
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15) Hudhayfah Ibnul-Yamān

He is Hudhayfah Ibnul-Yamān. And the name al-Yamān is Hasīl. And it is called: Hasal al-‘Abasī. He was an ally of the Ansar, a noble Companion from the sābiqīn (the first ones to embrace Islām). He died during the early part of ‘Alī’s (رضي الله عنه) caliphate in the year 36H.
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16) Al-Barā’ Ibn ‘Āzib

He is al-Barā’ Ibn ‘Āzib Ibnul-Hārith Ibn ‘Adiyy al-Ansāri al-Awsī, a Companion and the son of a Companion. He resided in al-Kūfah. He was young on the day of Badr. He and Ibn ‘Umar were of the same age. He died in the year 27H.
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17) Umm Salamah

She is Hind Bint Abī Umayyah Ibnul-Mughīrah Ibn ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Umar Ibn Makhzūm al-Makhzūmiyyah, Umm Salamah. She is a Mother of the Believers, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) married her after Abī Salamah in the year 4H, and it is said this was in the year 3H. And she lived for sixty years after that. She died in the year 62H, and it is said she died in the year 61H, and it is said earlier than that. And the first view is the most correct.
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18) ‘Awf Ibn Mālik

He is ‘Awf Ibn Mālik Ibn Abī ‘Awf al-Ashja’ī al-Ghatfānī, Abū Hammād and he is called other than that. He was a noble and famous Companion. He participated in the Battle of Mu’tah along with Khālid Ibn Walīd and the leaders before him. And he participated in the Conquest of Makkah and he held the banner of his people that day. And he participated in the Conquest of Shām and lived in Damascus. He died in the year 73H.
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19) ‘Ubādah Ibnus-Sāmit

He is ‘Ubādah Ibnus-Sāmit Ibn Qays al-Ansārī al-Khazrajī, Abdul-Walīd al-Madanī. He was one of the chiefs, a famous participant in the Battle of Badr. He died in ar-Ramlah in the year 34H. He was of seventy-two years, and it said that he lived up until the caliphate of Mu’āwiyah. Sa’d Ibn ‘Afīr said: His height was ten handspans.
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20) ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Amr Ibnul-Ās

He is ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Amr Ibnul-Ās Ibn Wā’il Ibn Hāshim Ibn Sa’īd Ibn Sa’d Ibn Sahm as-Sahmī, Abū Muhammad. And it is said he was Abū ‘Abdur-Rahman. He was one of the sābiqīn (early ones to embrace Islam), al-mukaththirīn (narrators of many ahadith) from the Companions. And he was one of the fuqahā’ (jurists) from the ‘Abādilah (Companions named ‘Abdullāh). He died in Dhul-Hijjah during the nights of al-Harrah according to the most correct view in at-Tā’if. This was the preponderant view according to Ibn Hajr (d.852H). And Ahmad Shakir (d.1377H) – rahimahullah – held the preponderant view that he died in the year 56H in Egypt. Refer to his checking of al-Musnad (9/188).
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21) Anas Ibn Mālik

He is Anas Ibn Mālik Ibnun-Nadr al-Ansārī al-Khazrajī. He was a servant of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), he served him for ten years. He was a famous Companion. He died in the year 93H according to the most correct opinion and he had exceeded one hundred years of age.
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22) ‘Imrān Ibn Husayn

He is ‘Imrān Ibn Husayn Ibn ‘Ubayd Ibn Khalf al-Khuzā’ī, Abu Najid. He and Abū Hurayrah accepted Islām in the year of Khaybar. And he witnessed the military expeditions. And he was from the leaders of the Companions. He died in the year 52H in al-Basrah.
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23) An-Nu’mān Ibn Bashīr

He is an-Nu’mān Ibn Bashīr Ibn Sa’d Ibn Tha’labah al-Ansārī al-Khazrajī. His parents were Companions as well. And he was the first child born in al-Madīnah after the Hijrah to the Ansār in Jumādal-‘Ūlā, in the year 2H. He became the governor of al-Kūfah, then he lived in ash-Shām and became a judge there. He was killed at Emesa in the year 65H and he was of sixty four years.
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24) Samurah Ibn Jundub

He is Samurah Ibn Jundub Ibn Hilāl al-Fāzarī, an ally of the Ansar, a famous Companion. He had many ahādīth. He died in al-Basrah, in the year 58H.
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25) Hamzah Ibn ‘Amr al-Aslami

He is Hamzah Ibn ‘Amr Ibn ‘Uwaymir al-Aslamī, Abu Salih or Abu Muhammad al-Madanī, the noble Companion. He witnessed the conquest of ash-Shām. And he was the one who gave as-Siddīq the good news on the day of Ajnādīn. Al-Wāqidī said, “And he was the one who gave Ka’b Ibn Mālik the good news that Allah had accepted his repentance. So he gave him his clothes.” He died in the year 61H and he was of seventy one years of age, and it is said that he was eighty.
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رضي الله عنهم (May Allāh be pleased with them).