It is narrated from Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt bin Khuwaylid (may Allah be pleased with him) was an ally of Banu Zuhrah, and it is also said that he was a freed slave (mawla) of Banu Zuhrah.

Imam al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) states that Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) was a freed slave (mawla) of Banu Zuhrah.

Khalifah bin Khayyat said that Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) was the slave of Thabit, the son of Umm Anmar, and Thabit himself was a mawla of al-Akhnas bin Shariq al-Thaqafi.

Ya'qub bin Ibrahim narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) was a mawla of Sayyiduna Utbah bin Ghazwan (may Allah be pleased with him). The most reliable of all these views is that of Imam al-Zuhri, because the narration reaching him has a completely sahih chain.

Kurdus states that Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam as the sixth person (to believe), and thus he was one sixth of the whole of Islam (at that time).

It is narrated from Ma'di Karib that the kunyah of Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Abdullah.

It is narrated from Urwah, concerning the names of the Companions who took part in the Battle of Badr, that he said: Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) is also (among them).