(from the article `Rashidun`) ...of the Prophet Muammad. His example, however, in both private and public life, came to be regarded as the norm (sunnah) for his successors, and a ... ...the muhjirn, i.e., the early Muslims who followed Muhammad, on a par with the eight clans of Medina (called the anr, or `helpers`); collective... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/79