It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that the mother of Sayyiduna Nafi' bin Utbah bin Malik bin Uhayb bin Abd Manaf bin Zuhrah was from the tribe of Kinanah, and her name was Zaynab bint Jabir.

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that the mother of Sayyiduna Nafi' bin Utbah bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) was Zaynab bint Khalid bin Ubayd bin Suwayd bin Jabir; and it is also said that his mother was Atikah bint Awf, the sister of Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nafi' bin Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that some Bedouin people, dressed in woollen garments, came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I got up and stood between them and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (as a screen). Then I thought that these people were his (peace and blessings be upon him) confidants, but even so my heart wished that I stay close to him. So I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "You will fight the Arabian Peninsula and Allah will grant its conquest; then you will fight Persia and Allah will grant its conquest too; then you will fight the Dajjal and Allah will grant you victory (by overpowering him)."