Non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era


This is a list of the non-Muslim interactants with Muslims during Muhammad's era. In Islam, the Ṣaḥābah were the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. This form is plural; the singular is Ṣaḥābi. A list of the best-known companions can be found at List of companions of Muhammad

Arabian Peninsula

(from Banu Nadir, Banu Qurayza, Banu al-Harith and Khaybar)

Abyssinia

In pre-Islamic Abyssinia, the Abyssinian merchants traded with their Arabic counterparts. After Muhammad claimed to be the last Prophet of God, the Pagan Arabs persecuted the Muslims. Many Muslim families migrated to Abyssinia. And the local Abyssinians converted to Islam, before Muhammad declared that the new faith was completed.