Eminent Muslim Personalities of African Origin

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Other Eminent Personalities from the Sahabah and Tabi’in   Sahabah Abu Laqit al Habashi: One of the freed slaves of Rasulullah salla Llahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. He lived till the caliphate of Sayyidina ‘Umar ibn al Khattab radiya Llahu ‘anhu. It is said that he was Nubian.[1] Aslam al Aswad: A slave of a man from the Banu Nabhan from Tayyi’. He participated […]

BACK⇒ Return to Table of contents   Foreword By (Molana) Fazlur Rahman A’zami Sheikh al Hadith, Madrasah Arabia Islamia, Azaadville, South Africa   In the Name of Allah, the Exceedingly Compassionate, the Excessively Merciful We praise Him and send salutations upon his noble Messenger. Molana Ebrahim Rawat (May Allah preserve him) has prepared a book in English on the Sahabah, Tabi’in, scholars, and elders of African origin, which will prove […]