Men Around the Messenger

While reading this book, we cannot help but be moved by the lives of the Companions herein depicted. How we long to have their awe and reverence for Allah! How we long to spend the same hours in worship as they! How we long to be as brave as they were in the face of danger! How we long to be as patient as they were under torture! This book fulfills the need for English-speaking Muslims to learn more about that first generation of Muslims. Indeed the Companions — the men and women who were contemporaries with the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) — inspire and encourage us. Read these stories and share them with your children, for these Companions are a part of our Islamic heritage that will, Allah willing, strengthen us as a nation if we try to follow their examples. “Men Around the Messenger” details the lives of 60 of the Companions (none of the Caliphs, discussed in other volumes), with an inspiring discussion of their courage and determination.