Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna al-Arqam bin Abi al-Arqam al-Makhzumi (may Allah be pleased with him). It is narrated from Urwah bin al-Zubayr that among the names of those from Quraysh who took part in the Battle of Badr, from Banu Makhzum, was Sayyiduna al-Arqam bin Abi al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him). The name of his father Abu al-Arqam was Abd Manaf bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum, and al-Arqam's kunyah was Abu Khindif.

It is narrated concerning Sayyiduna al-Arqam bin Abi al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) that the name of his father Abu al-Arqam was Abd Manaf bin Asad bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum. He was one of the people of Badr. He, Sayyiduna Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah and Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz'un (may Allah be pleased with them) accepted Islam at the same time, and Sayyiduna al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) was among the last of the people of Badr to pass away.

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that, according to the account of Banu Makhzum, the mother of Sayyiduna al-Arqam bin Abi al-Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) was Tumadir bint Hidhyam, who belonged to Banu Sahm bin Amr bin Husays.