and Thalaba ibn Saʿd; Thaqf ibn Farwa; ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr; Ḍamra al-Juhani; ʿAmr ibn Iyas; Nufal ibn ʿAbd Allah; ʿUbada ibn al-Hasḥās; ʿAbbas ibn ʿUbada; Nuʿman ibn Malik; al-Mujadhdhar ibn Ziyad al-Balawi; Rifāʿa ibn ʿAmr; Malik ibn Iyas; ʿAbd Allah, the father of Jābir; ʿAmr ibn al-Jamūḥ, his son Khallad, and his client Asir; Sulaym ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥadīda and his client ʿAntara; Suhayl ibn Qays; Dhakwān; and ʿUbayd ibn al-Muʿalla ibn Lawdhān.
8 – Abū Salama ibn ʿAbd al-Asad ibn Hilāl* (t, q), son of ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar ibn Makhzūm ibn Yaqaẓa ibn Murra ibn Kaʿb.
A man of high standing, he was the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ foster-brother through nursing and, through his mother Barrah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, also his first cousin.
He belonged to the earliest ranks of believers, emigrated to Abyssinia and later to Medina, fought at Badr, and died a few months thereafter. He left behind children (1) who were themselves Companions, among them ʿUmar and Zaynab.
When his widow, Umm Salama, completed her waiting period, the Prophet ﷺ married her.
She related from her husband the formula to be said at the moment of affliction. She used to say, “Who could be better than Abū Salama!” never imagining that Allah would compensate her loss with anyone comparable. Yet when she was granted the Master of humankind, her joy was boundless.