Shia view of the Sahaba: Encyclopedia II - Shia view of the Sahaba - The list of the Shi'a view of the Sahaba

Shia view of the Sahaba - The list of the Shi'a view of the Sahaba

Shia view of the Sahaba - strongly positive view

This can be defined as sahaba that Shi'a believes to have in action aided the Ahl ul-Bayt and are expected to go to the higher levels of heaven, although God knows best. 17 included so far

Famous sahaba:

Ja'far ibn Abu Talib Ali's brother.

Abdullah ibn Ja'far Zainab bint Alis husband.

Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib (insert text)

Obaidah ibn al-Harith was the first Muslim to be killed in battle. He was a cousin of Muhammad and Ali, and he was the first Martyr of the battle of Badr.

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib is in contrast to Sunnis considered Muslim by Shias, arguing that Ali inherited him which would be forbidden if he where an unbeliever.

Aminah bint Wahab was Muhammads mother and Muslim, although she was died before Muhammads call.

Fatima bint Asad was Alis mother and like a mother to Muhammad.

Salman the Persian gave Muhammad the idea to dig the trench, is said that he was elevated in merited to the same level as the Ahl ul-Bayt. He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Bilal ibn Ribah stopped singing the adhan after Muhammad as his protest of Ali's right being usurped. Was highly praised by Imam Jafar al-Sadiq as a lover of Ahl ul-Bayt.

Abu Dharr Ghifari is called by Muhammed as "the most truthful man between heaven and earth", loudly opposed Uthmans caliphat, was exiled to death by Uthman.

Abdullah ibn Abbas was a staunch follower of Ali. Did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so. Accompanied Ali when he demanded his inheritance from Umar and sought very badly of Umar and Abu Bakr. Strongly argued against Umars prohibition of temporary marriage. Convinced 20'000 of 24'000 the Khawarij to return to Ali. Cried at the age of 70 when recalling Umar calling Muhammad "Delirius".

Malik ibn Ashter was Ali's general when he came close to killing Muaviya, then became his governor, has long and beautiful letter addressed to him in Nahj ul-Balagha in which Ali gives guidance in how to uphold a government. That letter was reffered to in the United Nations as a advice to arabs.

Ammar ibn Yasir was killed by Muawiyas army in the Battle of Siffin when he was 90 years old, as predicted by Muhammad.

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib had his body desecrated in the battle of Uhud by Hind binte Utbah

Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr was Abu Bakr's son and a great companion of Ali. He was choosen to govern Egypt, killed and tortured by Muawiya. He was against Uthmans rule.

Umm Khultum bint Ali was taken to Yazids palace after the Battle of Karbala.

Zaynab bint Ali was taken to Yazids palace after the Battle of Karbala.

Khabbab ibn al-Aratt was a great roll model in life.

Less famous sahaba:

Akib ibn Usaid was the first governor of Makkah.

Shia view of the Sahaba - positive view

This can be defined as sahaba that Shia believes to have in words aided the Ahl ul-Bayt and are expected to go to the heaven, although God knows best. 28 included so far

Famous sahaba:

Aqeel ibn Abu Talib (insert motivation)

Talib ibn Abu Talib (insert motivation)

Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (insert motivation)

Asma bint Umais was Abu Bakr's wife. When Abu Bakr died, she married Ali.

Miqdad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi (insert motivation)

Zaid ibn Arqam reiterated the hadith of thaqalyan in Sahi Muslim.

Sa'ad ibn Mu'adh (insert motivation)

Abd al-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr (insert motivation)

Less famous sahaba:

Zaid mawla Muhammad was the freed slave of Muahmamd and the father of Usama.

Usama ibn Zaid was made commander over Umar, Abu Bakr and Uthman at the age of 18 a few days before Muhammad's demise. When Umar and others protested regarding his young age, Muhammad silenced the protests.

Ubaidullah bin Abdullah retold the event of the pen and paper as he heard from Ibn Abbas.

Lubaynah accepted Islam, and Umar who had not accepted Islam by that time would beat her mercilessly until he was tired. He would then say, "I have only stopped beating you, because I am tired." She would say. "May God treat you in the same way".

Fazl ibn Abbas He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Buraida Aslami He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Ubai ibn Ka'b He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Khuzaima ibn Thabit Dhu'sh-Shahadatain He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Abu'l-Hathama Bin Tihan He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Sahl ibn Hunaif He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Uthman ibn Hunaif Dhu'sh-Shahadatain He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Abu Ayub Ansari He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Hudhaifa ibn Yaman He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Sa'd ibn Ubaida He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Qais ibn Sa'd He did not give allegiance to Abu Bakr, until Ali supposedly did so.

Malik ibn Nuwayra was killed by Khalid ibn Walid before his wife was raped and killed.

Layla bint al-Minhal was Malik ibn Nuwayras widow that got raped and killed by Khalid ibn Walid

Arwa bint Abd al-Muttalib was one of the meritorious women.

Shia view of the Sahaba - neutral view

This can be defined as sahaba that Shia believes to have held a neutral position to Ahl ul-Bayt, or later on changed their position. No general expected view regardin their aftelife. 9 included so far

Famous sahaba:

Talha (insert motivation)

Zubayr ibn al-Awwam aided Ali in the shed of bani Saad and refused to give allegiance to Abu Bakr, gave again allegiance when Ali was selected as Caliph, then broke that allegiance and went to war with him in the Battle of the Camel, and ultimately left that battle to be killed by people in Ali's army, against Ali's wishes.

Abdullah ibn Zubayr turned his father against Ali, argued with ibn Abbas for the legitimacy of the ban against temporary marriage, fought Yazid for the Caliphat.

Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqqas (insert motivation)

Abdullah Umar ibn Abbas did not give oath of allegiance to Yazid

Less famous sahaba:

Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf demanded that Ali was to follow the Quran, the way of Muhammad and also the way of Umar and Abu Bakr in order to be the third Caliph. Ali refused, Uthman became Caliph.

Um Ruman was Abu Bakr wife

Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah (insert motivation)

Said ibn Zayd (insert motivation)

Shia view of the Sahaba - negative view

This can be defined as sahaba that Shia believes to have in words opposed the Ahl ul-Bayt and are expected to initialy go to hell, althought God knows best. 7 included so far

Famous sahaba:

Anas ibn Malik was famous for his disillusionment towards Ali

Abdullah ibn Umar contradicted his father regarding temporary marriage and also other of his misunderstandings, did not give oath of allegiance to Ali, disliked Ali, gave his oath of allegiance to Muawiya and received hundreds of thousands of dirham from him. He gave his oath to Yazid and demanded that no one that had done the same may oppose Yazid.

Abu Huraira was severely beaten by Umar ibn al-Khattab on several occasions, once when he was fired as governor while being accused of theft. Umar also called him a liar and forbade him to narrate ahadith from Muhammad. Later he strated to work for Muawiya as a irreligious serial fabricator of false hadith.

Abu Sufyan ibn Harb for he was Muhammads arch enemy and Muawiyas step father.

Less famous sahaba:

Abdullah bin Aamir Hadhrami was assigned as guvernor by Uthman.

Ziyad ibn Abu Sufyan father of Ubayd-Allah ibn Ziyad, the man that killed Muslim ibn Aqeel

Shia view of the Sahaba - strongly negative view

This can be defined as sahaba that Shia believes to have in action opposed the Ahl ul-Bayt and are expected to go to the deepest levels of hell, althought God knows best. 8 included so far

Famous sahaba:

Amr ibn al-As aided Muawiya during the Battle of Siffin and on his order poisoned Malik ibn Ashter.

Hind bint Utbah was Abu Sufiyan ibn Harb wife and Muawiyas mother. She desecrated the body of Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib in the battle of Uhud.

Abu Bakr ibn abu Qahafa with Umars help he usurped Ali's caliphate and Fatima Zaharas inheritance and the land of Fadak, gifted to her by Muhammad after having violated Muahmmads order by leaving Usama's dispatchment. He made Khalid ibn Walid his general and protected Khalids atrocities from Umars wrath.

Umar ibn al-Khattab Regarded as an unholy and ignorant usurper and illegitimate leader; see his main Wikipedia entry for partial further details of the Shia view (and the sharply contrasting Sunni view).

Uthman ibn Affan Established a hereditary system of government, gave enormous amount of money to the Umayyed, doubled the morning prayer, gave Muawiya power, continued with Umar's bid'ah, sent Abu Dharr Ghifari to Muawiya and then sent him to exile where he died, returned Marwan ibn Al-Hakam from Muhammads exile.

Khalid ibn al-Walid murdered muslims during Muhammad's life. After Muhammad's departure, he and Umar on Abu Bakrs order broke in to Ali's house, giving Fatima a deadly injury, and dragged Ali to Abu Bakr. Khalid mercilessly butchered a whole tribe of devout Muslims. Afterwords he raped and then killed one of the widows, Layla Bint al-Minhal. After that it became a routine for the Muslim rulers and commanders to kill, loot and plunder the Muslim communities for worldly gains. Labeled a fasiq muslim.

Muaviya ibn Abu Sufyan opposed Alis caliphat, broke his agreement with Hasan, poisoned Hasan, established the 80 year long practice of cursing Ali and lastly but not least: Allowed Yazid to come into power. labled a munafiq muslim.

Marwan ibn al-Hakam killed his commander Talha.

Less famous sahaba:

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "The list of the Shi'a view of the Sahaba", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki