Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Responsive image


Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba

Abū Ḥudhayfah bin ʿUtbah[1] (Arabic: أبو حذيفة بن عتبة; died 633), full name Qays ibn Utbah ibn Rabi'ah ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusay ibn Kilab al-Qurashī al-ʿAbshamī[1] was from the early companions of the prophet Muhammad and the leader of his tribe, Banu 'Absham. He participated in several battles such as the battle of Badr.[2]

Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba
أبو حذيفة بن عتبة
Bornc. 581
Diedc. 633 (aged 51–52)
al-Yamama, Arabia
Cause of deathKilled at the Battle of al-Yamama
Known forBeing a companion of Muhammad
SpouseSahla bint Suhail
ChildrenMuhammad
Salim (adopted)
Parent(s)Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (father)
Safiya bint Umayya (mother)
RelativesAl-walid (brother)
Hind (sister)
FamilyBanu Abd-Shams (clan)
  1. ^ a b Ṭabaqāt Ibn Saʿd 3/1/59-60, Tārīkh Khalīfah: 111, al-Maʿārif: 272, al-Istiʿāb: 11/194, Usd al-Ghābah: 6/70-72, Tahdhīb al-Asmāʾ wa al-Lughāt: 2/212, al-ʿIbar: 1/14, al-ʿIqd al-Thamīn: 3/295, al-Iṣābah: 11/81.
  2. ^ SIYAR 'ALAAM AN-NUBALAA [Biography of the Nobles] (in Arabic) (3rd ed.). Al Risala Foundation. 1985. pp. 164–167.

Previous Page Next Page