This is a list of the non-Muslim interactors with Muslims during Muhammad's era. In Islam, the á¹¢aḥÃÂbah ( "companions") were the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. This form is plural; the singular is á¹¢aḥÃÂbi (fem. á¹¢aḥabiyyah). A list of the best-known companions can be found at List of companions of Muhammad
In pre-Islamic Abyssinia, the Abyssinian merchants traded with their Arabic counterparts. After Muhammad declared 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.