Dear Islamic brothers, that fortunate Qurayshi trader was none other than a beloved Companion from among the ‘Ashrah Mubasharah, Sayyiduna Talha bin Ubaydullah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. For the purpose of attaining blessings and the descending of mercy, let us listen to just a few aspects of his blessed life.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Name, lineage, teknonym and title

In his commentary on Sunan Abi Dawud, Allamah Badr al-Din ‘Ayni رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه mentions his lineage as follows: Sayyiduna Talha bin Ubaydullah bin Uthman Qurashi Taymi Madani رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. His teknonym is Abu Muhammad. He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ was granted the following titles by the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: al-Fayyaad, al-Jood, and al-Khayr. Hence, Sayyiduna Talha bin Ubaydullah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ himself states, “During the Battle of Uhud, the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم   referred to me as ‘Talha-tul-Khayr,’ in the Battle of ‘Asheerah as ‘Talha-tul-Fayyaad,’ and in Battle of Hunayn as ‘Talha-tul-Jood.’”^[1]

Imam Abdul Rauf Munawi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه said, “The reason the noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم conferred these titles upon him was because of his immense generosity.”^[2]  Sayyiduna Talha bin Ubaydullah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ lived in Makkah and was from the Banu Taym tribe of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ. He رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ also had a link with the lineage of the noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم; just like Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ, his lineage converges with that of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم after 7 generations (at Sayyiduna Ka’b bin Murrah).^[3]