List of Famous people born in Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, or Huzaifah, was one of the Sahabah (companion) of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
Zayd ibn Thabit
According to Islamic traditions, Zayd bin Thabit was the personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was from the ansar (helpers). He joined the ranks of the Muslim army at age 19. After Muhammad's passing, he was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume from various written and oral sources. He was a noted expert on the Quran and spent much time reciting it.
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Sheikh Abdullah Awad Al Juhany is one of the Imams of the Grand Mosque Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. He holds a B.A from the faculty of Qur'an at The Islamic University of Madinah, and a doctorate (Ph.D) from Umm al-Qura University in Mecca.
Abdullah ibn Saba'
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sabāʾ al-Ḥimyarī was a 7th-century figure in Islamic history associated with a group of followers called the Sabaʾiyya (سبئية).
Sa'd ibn Ubadah
Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah ibn Dulaym was the chief of the Sa'ida clan of the Khazraj tribe in Medina in the early seventh century. He was later recognised as the chief of the whole Khazraj tribe, and then of all the Ansar. He was a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and he made an abortive attempt to nominate himself as caliph of Islam after Muhammad's death.
Mukhayriq
Mukhayriq was a rabbi who lived in Medina and fought alongside Muhammad in the Battle of Uhud on March 19, 625 at the valley located in front of Mount Uhud, in what is now northwestern Arabia.
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad was the third son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Maria al-Qibtiyya.
Muhsin ibn Ali
Muhsin ibn Ali, also spelled Mohsin or Mohsen, was a son of Fatimah bint Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib, and thus a maternal grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Abdullah ibn Salam
Abdullah ibn Salam, born Al-Husayn ibn Salam, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was a Jew who converted to Islam. He participated in the conquest of Syria and Palestine, but died in Medina.
Fatima al-Sughra bint al-Husayn
The Islamic figure Husayn ibn Ali had three daughters: Ruqayyah, Fāṭimah aṣ-Ṣughrā and Fāṭimah al-Kubrā.