The Four Companions

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The Four Companions, also called the Four Pillars of the Sahaba is a Shiʿah term for the four Sahaba who stayed most loyal to Imam Ali after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad:

• Abū Dharr al-Ghifāri
• Ammār ibn Yāsir
• al-Miqdad ibn Aswād al-Kindi
• Salman al-Fārsī

Those among Muhammad's companions who were closest to both Muhammad and Imam Ali were called Shiʿah of Ali "partisans of Ali" during Muhammad's lifetime, and it was for these primarily that the following hadith was said:

Glad tidings, Ali! Verily you and your Shiʿah will be in Paradise.

These companions are later referred to as "The Real Shiʿah". Abdullah ibn Abbas, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr and Malik al-Ashtar were other such partisans. However, it is only The Four Companions that are believed to have attained the rank of "The Real Shiʿah" and remained so.

See also

• Hadith of the pond of Khumm
• Sulaym ibn Qays

References

External links

• Ahl ul-Baith