As-Sahaabah kalma ce da aka yi amfani da ita ga wanda zamansa da Annabi ﷺ ya daɗe, kuma zamansa da shi ya yi yawa, yana biye da shi yana karɓar ilimi daga gare shi ﷺ.

As-Sahaabah is a Lafzh (wording) that has been applied to the one whose Suhbah (companionship) with the Nabi (saw) has been lengthy and his sittings with him have been many involving pursuing him and taking from him (saw).

Al-Imaam Al-Haafizh ya ruwaito a cikin Isnaadinsa daga Sa'eed Ibn Al-Musayyib cewa ya ce: "Ba ma ƙidaya wanda ya kasance daga Sahaabah sai dai idan ya zauna tare da Manzon Allah ﷺ shekara ɗaya ko shekara biyu, kuma (ko) ya yi yaƙi (Ghazwah) tare da shi a Ghazwah ɗaya ko biyu."

Al-Imaam Al-Haafizh related in his ‘Isnaad’ from Sa’eed Ibn AlMusayyib that he said: “We do not count someone to be from the Sahaabah unless he resided with the Messenger of Allah (saw) for a year or two years and (or) went to battle (Ghazwah) with him on one or two Ghazwahs”.

Al-Maazaniy ya ce a cikin ‘Sharh Al-Burhaan’: "Idan muka ce Sahabbai 'Udool ne (masu adalci), ba mu nufin duk wanda ya ga Manzon Allah ﷺ, ko ya ziyarce shi lokaci-lokaci, ko ya haɗu da shi don wata manufa sannan ya tafi (da sauri). Abin da muke nufi kawai shi ne waɗanda suka zauna kusa da shi, suka taimake shi, suka bi hasken da Allah ya saukar, kuma waɗannan su ne masu samun nasara (Muflihoon)."