
The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam
Salama ibn al-Akwa (ra): The Fastest Runner In Medina | The Firsts
He chased a band of mounted raiders on foot, alone, with nothing but a bow.
Salama ibn al-Akwa’ (ra) was the fastest of the Prophet’s ﷺ Companions, and Dr. Omar Suleiman calls him the closest thing the Sahabah had to a track runner. His biographers say he could outrun a galloping horse, and he fought as an archer on foot, shooting as he ran. When raiders drove off the Prophet’s ﷺ camels a few days before Khaybar, he ran after them until the horsemen caught up, and the Prophet ﷺ called him the best of the Muslims’ foot soldiers. Under the tree at Hudaybiyyah he was the first to pledge allegiance, and the Prophet ﷺ had him pledge three times.












































































































































































































