Talha and az-Zubayr

Talha ibn Ubaydillah and az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam were among the early Muslims and were close to the Prophet ﷺ. At the battle of Uhud, when the Muslim lines were broken, Talha stayed beside the Prophet ﷺ and shielded him from the enemy; his hand was injured so badly that it became paralysed (Bukhari 3724).

Az-Zubayr was the Prophet's cousin, the son of his aunt Safiyya. The Prophet ﷺ said: "Every prophet has a disciple (hawari), and my disciple is az-Zubayr" (Bukhari 2846, Muslim 2415). He was among the bravest in battle, and he migrated twice, to Abyssinia and to Madinah.

Both were wealthy merchants who spent in the way of Allah. Lesson: be there for your community when it is in difficulty; courage and loyalty are part of faith. Accounts of the Companions come from authentic reports, and where a detail is only reported in weaker sources we leave it out. We speak of all the Companions with respect and ask Allah to be pleased with them.