What is the best book about the Companions and their lives?
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To learn about the Companions () through books, for detailed accounts, one can refer to "Al-Isabah fi Tamyiz al-Sahabah" by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani; for medium-length accounts, "Hayat al-Sahabah" by Kandhlawi; and for concise accounts, "Hayat al-Sahabah" by Al-Basha.
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