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HEROES OF ISLAM

Stories of the Prophet's Great Companions

Give your child real heroes. Forty men and women who stood beside the Prophet ﷺ, believed before it was easy to believe, and carried his message with courage and honesty, each told as a gripping true story, and every fact sourced.

Ages 9 and up 328 pages Questions after every story Fully referenced
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Heroes of Islam, book cover
WHY THIS BOOK MATTERS

Children will always find heroes. The question is whose.

A child who grows up knowing the companions carries something no textbook alone can give: a living example to return to for the rest of their life. These stories are written to be read like adventures, with a real scene that pulls the reader in, yet they stay faithful to reliable scholarship. Where a popular tale is not found in the strongest sources, the book says so gently and tells the child what is certain instead.

For families One companion a week makes forty weeks of bedtime stories and dinner-table conversations.
For young readers Read start to finish, or open at any hero. Each story stands on its own.
For Islamic Studies teachers A ready reading and comprehension lesson for every companion, with a challenge question to stretch the strongest students.
INSIDE EVERY CHAPTER

Six steps, one unforgettable hero

1A true opening scene that puts you right in the moment
2Who they were: what they looked like and what made their character special
3The turning point that changed their life
4Trials and triumphs that followed
5Think About It: linking their story to the reader's own life
6Understanding Check: questions, plus a challenge question
Every hadith and Qur'anic citation is listed in the Compiled References at the back of the book.
Opening page of Chapter 1, Abu Bakr As-Siddiq Chapter 1 opening
Understanding Check questions for Chapter 1 Understanding Check
MEET THE FORTY

Four parts, men and women alike

PART ONE The Leaders and the Promised Ten The four Rightly-Guided Caliphs and the companions given glad tidings of Paradise in their lifetimes.
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq Umar ibn Al-Khattab Uthman ibn Affan Ali ibn Abi Talib Talha ibn Ubaydullah Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Awwam Abdur-Rahman ibn Awf Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Sa'id ibn Zayd Abu Ubaydah ibn Al-Jarrah
PART TWO Pioneers of Faith Companions who were each first at something remarkable: first to believe, first to call the adhan, first to risk everything.
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Zayd ibn Harithah Bilal ibn Rabah Ammar ibn Yasir & Sumayyah Suhayb Ar-Rumi Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari Mus'ab ibn Umayr Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib Khubayb ibn Adi Asma bint Abi Bakr
PART THREE Knowledge and Redemption Enemies who became devoted believers, and seekers whose thirst for truth shaped Islamic scholarship.
Thumamah ibn Athal Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl Umayr ibn Wahb Khalid ibn Al-Walid Salman Al-Farisi Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Abu Hurairah Zayd ibn Thabit Aisha bint Abi Bakr Abdullah ibn Abbas
PART FOUR Courage and Devotion Men and women whose loyalty and steady faith carried those around them through the hardest moments.
Ja'far ibn Abi Talib Fatimah bint Muhammad Abu Ayyub Al-Ansari Anas ibn Malik Umm Salamah Nusaybah bint Ka'ab Umm Sulaym bint Milhan Umm Haram bint Milhan Safiyyah bint Abdul-Muttalib Al-Khansa
"To every child who has ever wondered what it truly means to be brave, honest, generous, and true, this book is for you." From the dedication
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About the author

Omer Niazullah is a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah who has spent over two decades teaching Arabic and Islamic Studies in international schools. He is passionate about raising a generation of children who know their history and their heroes, and about placing beneficial knowledge clearly and warmly into young hands.