Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah

Abū Ḥudhayfa ibn ʿUtba (Arabic: أبو حذيفة بن عتبة; died 633), full name Qays '''ibn Utba ibn Rabi'a ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusay ibn Kilab al-Qurashī al-ʿAbshamī

Biography Abū Ḥudhayfah bin ʿUtbah converted to Islam before entering the House of Al-Arqam, it was said that he was tall, handsome, with even teeth, and was said that he was known as ‘the squinting one’.

He emigrated twice to Abyssinia where his son, Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfah, was born and his mother was Sahla bint Suhayl ibn Amr who later married Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf.

His brother, Abu Hisham bin ʿUtbah embraced Islam on the day of the conquest of Makkah, it was recorded that he had a good belief, he fought for Islam and settled in Syria where he became pious and devout. He died during the Caliphate of Uthman.

His brother narrated on the authority of the Prophet where his narrations can be found in Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Al-Nasa’i, and Ibn Majah.

After the death of Abū Ḥudhayfah, Uthman took care of his son, Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfah. Muhammad later went to Egypt during the Caliphate of Uthman and became one of the fiercest agitators against him and was nicknamed "The Rebel" however Muawiyah tricked him and imprisoned him for his rebellion against the Caliph. Muhammad was later killed however some narrators such as Ibn Qutaybah said that he was killed by Rushdin, the freed slave of Muawiyah, while Ibn al-Kalbi said that Muhammad was killed by Malik ibn Hubayrah al-Sakuni.

It was said that he lived for 53 years.