It is narrated from Fil, the freed slave of Ziyad, that he said: Ziyad sent me to Sayyiduna Hujr bin Adi (may Allah be pleased with him) (who is also called Ibn al-Adbar), but he refused to come. Then he sent me a second time, and again he refused. Then Ziyad sent him a message: "I warn you of the outcome of matters whose initiators were destroyed."

It is narrated from Ziyad bin Ilaqah that he said: I saw Sayyiduna Hujr bin al-Adbar (may Allah be pleased with him) when Ziyad was taking him (as a prisoner) to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him). He was mounted on a camel, with both his legs hanging down on one side.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that the kunyah of Sayyiduna Hujr bin Adi al-Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Abd al-Rahman. He came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as part of a delegation. He took part in the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, and in the Battles of the Camel and Siffin with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) had him killed at a place called "Marj Adhra'". He had two sons, Abdullah and Abd al-Rahman, whom Mus'ab bin al-Zubayr took captive and killed. Sayyiduna Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred in the year 53 AH.

It is narrated from Nafi' that he said: During the nights when Sayyiduna Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) was being sent to Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), people were bewildered and anxious, asking: "What has been done with Hujr?!" When the news (of his martyrdom) reached Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) while he was sitting in the market with his knees drawn up and wrapped in his cloth, he immediately undid the wrap, sprang up and set off. I could hear the sound of his weeping from behind him as he walked away.

It is narrated from Abu Ishaq that he said: I saw Sayyiduna Hujr bin Adi (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was saying: "Listen! I remain firm upon my pledge of allegiance; I will neither revoke it nor seek to withdraw from it. Allah and the people are witnesses to it."