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Ashab al-Suffa or Ahl al-Suffa was a group of the Prophet's Companions. The suffa or zulla (bench or banquette) was a long, covered portico or vestibule, which formed part of the mosque at Medina. This was the sole home of these men, and they spent their time in study and worship. They are sometimes said to have been as many as four hundred. The prominent ashab al-suffa were Bilal bin Rabah, Salaman al-Farsi, Abu Ubayda bin al-Jarrah, Abu Yaqzan Ammar bin Yasir, Abdullah bin Masud al-Hudhali, Utba bin Masud, Miqdad bin al-Aswad, Khabbab bin Aratt, Suhayb bin Sinan, Utba bin Ghazwan, Zaid bin al-Khattab, Abu Kabsha, Abul Marthad Kinana bin Rabi al-Farisi, Abu Dharr Jundab bin Junada al-Ghifari, Abdullah bin Umar, Sufwan bin Bayda, Abu Darda Uwaym bin Amir, Abu Lubaba bin Abd al-Mundhir and Abdullah bin Badr al-Juhani (Kashf al-Mahjub, p. 81, by Hujwiri).