about their elevated status, we will praise them whenever we can, we will name masjids after them, we will commemorate days related to them, and we will chant slogans in their name اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.

Praise of the Companions has persisted until now and will never cease until the Day of Judgement.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

An introduction to MuꜤāwiya

The Companion MuꜤāwiya رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ was the first king in Islamic history. He was the son of the famous Meccan personality, Abū Sufyān رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ.

His teknonym is Abū ꜤAbd al-Raḥmān, whilst Nāṣir al-Dīn and Nāṣir al- Ḥaq are his titles. He was born in Mecca, five years before the Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم announced prophethood.

He was tall, had a beautiful fair complexion, and harboured immense aura. He would apply henna to his beard and head hair. He was forbearing, dignified, wealthy, a leader of people, graceful, and fair. 

Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad Diyār Bakrī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said, “MuꜤāwiya was an awe-inspiring, insightful, brave, generous, and forbearing king. He accepted Islam in 6 AH, on the day the Treaty of Hudaybiya was agreed.”^[1]

The salam of Jibrīl

The Companions رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهُم were the exceptionally reliable people to whom the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم entrusted responsibility of writing the Quran. MuꜤāwiya رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ was one of these scribes.