وَهُوَ مَنْ لَقِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُؤْمِنًا بِهِ وَمَاتَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ
A Companion is someone who met the Prophet ﷺ while believing in him and died upon Islam.
The definition attributed to al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī gives two essential requirements: meeting the Prophet ﷺ while in faith and dying as a Muslim.
Simply living in the Prophet's lifetime is insufficient; both meeting while believing and dying upon Islam matter.
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Love of the Companions and the Definition of a Ṣaḥābī
وَهُوَ مَنْ لَقِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُؤْمِنًا بِهِ وَمَاتَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ
A Companion is someone who met the Prophet ﷺ while believing in him and died upon Islam.
The definition attributed to al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī gives two essential requirements: meeting the Prophet ﷺ while in faith and dying as a Muslim.
Simply living in the Prophet's lifetime is insufficient; both meeting while believing and dying upon Islam matter.