Usd al-ghābah fi maʿrifat al-Saḥabah (), commonly known as Usd al-Gabah, is a book by Ali ibn al-Athir. Written in 1200, it is a biography of Muhammad and 7,554 of his companions.
Structure The accounts are ordered alphabetically. The title relies primarily on four other works: Ma'rifat al-Sahabah by Abi Na'im, al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab by Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Ma'rifat al-Ashab and al-Dhayl 'ala Ma'rifat al-Ashab, both by Ibn Mandah.
Ibn Hajar says in Taqrib that he was truthful, but habitually connected disjointed narrations without mentioning his sources.
See also Al-Majdi fi Ansab al-Talibiyyin
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