Short Biographies of the Prophet and His Ten Companions who Were Given the Tidings of Paradise

Book excerpt: The renowned Muslim scholar Al-Hafiz Abdul-Ghani Al-Maqdisi has compiled this book bearing the abridged biographies of the Prophet and his Ten Companions who were given the glad tidings of Paradise. It is our duty to know about the lives of the Prophet and his Companions in order to learn the teachings of Islam. For that purpose many books have been written to elaborate the subject with every possible detail available. But amongst all of them this book holds a special position as it has all the information condensed in a very simple style. Short Biographies of the Ten Companions Who were given the Tidings of Paradise Abu Bakr As-Siddiq (R) Abu Hafs, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (R) Abu 'Abdullah, 'Uthman bin 'Affan (R) Abul-Hasan, 'Ali bin Abu Talib (R) Abu Muhammad, Talhah bin 'Ubaidullah (R) Abu Abdullah, Az-Zubair bin AI-'Awwam (R) Abu Ishaq, Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas Abul-A'war, Said bin Zaid bin 'Amr Abu Muhammad, 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf bin 'Abd 'Awf (R) Abu 'Ubaidah, 'Aamir bin 'Abdullah bin Al-Jarrah.