''Usd al-ghābah fi maʿrifat al-Saḥabah'' (), commonly known as ''Usd al-Gabah'', is a book by Ali ibn al-Athir. Written in 1200 and published in 2012, it is a biography of

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

and 7,554 of his companions.

Structure

The accounts are ordered alphabetically. The title relies primarily on four other works: ''Ma'rifat al-Sahabah'' by ''Abi Na'im'', ''al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab'' by Ibn ' Abd al-Barr, ''Ma'rifat al-Ashab'' and ''al-Dhayl 'ala Ma'rifat al-Ashab'', both by

Ibn Manda Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad bin Isḥāq Ibn Manda (d. 395/1004–5) was an eminent Isfahani Sunni Hadith scholar of Persian origin. Overview of the Ibn Manda Family In classical ''hadīth'' literature, the name "Ibn Manda" may refer to variou ...

h. Ibn Hajar says in '' Taqrib'' that he was truthful, but habitually connected disjointed narrations without mentioning his sources.

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