The Kunya of the Companions

The Companions of the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) and the name(s) that they were honoured with:

Abu Bakr - The Siddique

Uthman ibn Affan - The possessor of two lights and The Rich

Ali ibn Abu Talib - The Lion of Allah and The Father of Dust

Hamzah ibn Abdul Muttalib - Master of the martyrs and The Lion of Allah

Khalid ibn Al-Waleed - The Sword of Allah

Uqbah ibn Amir - The Redif of the Messenger of Allah

Muhammad ibn Maslamah - The knight of the Prophet

Abdullah ibn Abbas - The learned one of this Ummah

Abdullah ibn Umar - The brother of the night

Abdullah ibn Masud - The friend of the Qur'an

Hassan ibn Thabit - The poet of the Messenger of Allah

Thabit ibn Qays - The speaker for the Messenger of Allah

Abu Dujanah - The Red-Banded Warrior

Abbad ibn Bishr - The friend of the Qur'an

Jafar ibn Abu Talib - The father of the Poor

Rabiah ibn Kab - The shadow of the Messenger of Allah

Abu Hurayrah - The father of the kittens

Abdullah ibn Abdul Uzzah - Dhil Bejadeyn

Jafar ibn Abu Talib – At-Tayyar

Talha Ibn Ubaydullah – The living martyr

Al-Hassan wal Hussain - The Youth of Paradise


Female Companions

Asma bint Abu Bakr - The possessor of two belts

Asma bint Umays - The navigator woman

Aishah Bint Abi Bakr - The red colored Lady

Atikah bint Nafil - The wife of the martyrs

Fatima bint Hazm - Mother of sons

Fatima tuZahra - The mother of her father, The Resplendent, Al-Batul, At-Tahirah

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid – Al-Kubra, The Black Woman Al-Khansa - The Mother of Martyrs

Zaynab bint Khuzaymah – The Mother of the Poor



based on a hadith