Khalifah bin Khayyat states that: The name of Abu Ruhm is Kulthum bin Husayn bin Khalid bin Mu'aysir bin Badr bin Ahmas bin Ghifar, and it is also said: Kulthum bin Hisn bin Utbah bin Khalid. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for the Conquest of Makkah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed him as his deputy over Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for the Conquest of Makkah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Abu Ruhm Kulthum bin Husayn al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) as his deputy (governor) over Madinah.

It is narrated from the nephew of Abu Ruhm that he heard Abu Ruhm Kulthum bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), who was one of the Companions who gave the pledge beneath the Tree, say: "I took part in the Battle of Tabuk with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). One night I was travelling close to him (peace and blessings be upon him) when drowsiness overcame him (peace and blessings be upon him). My mount came very close to the she-camel of him (peace and blessings be upon him), so I began pulling my mount away from him (peace and blessings be upon him), until at some hour of the night sleep overcame me. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, the hardest thing for me concerning my people is that the Muhajirun of Quraysh, the Ansar, and the tribes of Aslam and Ghifar should stay behind from me.'"

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that: Hudhayfah bin Asid bin al-A'was bin Waqi'ah bin Haram bin Ghifar (and according to one view, Ibn Asid bin Khalid bin al-A'was); his kunyah was Abu Sarihah. He moved from Madinah to Kufah and died there.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Asid al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A wind will come in which Allah Almighty will take the soul of every believer, then the sun will rise from its place of setting, and this is the sign which Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has mentioned in His Book: 'its faith will not benefit a soul.'" [Surah al-An'am: 158]

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Asid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would bring forward two black-and-white rams. Slaughtering one of them, he would say: "O Allah, this is on behalf of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." And bringing forward the other, he would say: "O Allah, this is on behalf of those of my Ummah who have borne witness to Your Oneness and to my having conveyed (the message)."

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that: Attab bin Asid bin Abi al-Is bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf; the mother of Attab bin Asid and of Khalid bin Asid was Zaynab bint Abi Amr bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Attab (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor of Makkah, and when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, Attab was his (peace and blessings be upon him) agent (governor) in Makkah. He died in Makkah in Jumada al-Akhirah in the year 13 AH.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the night he drew near to Makkah during the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Makkah there are four men of Quraysh whom I consider above shirk and whose acceptance of Islam I desire." It was said: O Messenger of Allah! Who are they? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Attab bin Asid, Jubayr bin Mut'im, Hakim bin Hizam and Suhayl bin Amr."

It is narrated from Amr bin Abi Aqrab that: I heard Sayyiduna Attab bin Asid (may Allah be pleased with him), while leaning his back against the House of Allah, say: "By Allah! From this office (the governorship) to which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed me, I have gained nothing except these two joined (or knotted) garments, and those too I gave to my slave Kaysan to wear."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Attab bin Asid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the zakah of vineyards: "They are to be estimated (khars) just as date palms are estimated, then their zakah is to be paid in the form of raisins, just as the zakah of date palms is paid in the form of dried dates (tamr)."