It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Mu'awiyah went to Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah bin Rabi'ah and found him weeping. He asked: "What makes you weep? Is it some pain, or greed for the world?" He replied: "Not at all; rather, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) make a covenant with me." I asked: What was it? He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said: "Perhaps you will live to see a time when people will form factions (for the sake of the world), and you will be among them." And (I weep because) I have certainly been among them. There is a glaring error (wahm) in this hadith, namely that Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) had been martyred before Mu'awiyah accepted Islam. In fact, Mu'awiyah said this to his uncle Abu Hashim bin Utbah bin Rabi'ah on the occasion of the Battle of Siffin.

The evidence for the correctness of what I have mentioned is that Mu'awiyah went to Abu Hashim, and then he narrated the whole story in the same way. The hadith scholars differ about the actual name of Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah bin Rabi'ah; according to one view his name is "Hushaym".

As Ibrahim bin al-Mundhir states, the name of Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah bin Rabi'ah is "Hushaym". It is also said that his name is "Hisl".

Yahya bin Ma'in says that the name of Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah bin Rabi'ah is "Hisl". (Imam al-Hakim says:) I fear that he has made a slip here, because "Hisl" is the title of the father of Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman. According to another view, his name is given as "Isl".

It is narrated from Ikrimah that Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah used to be called "Hisl" or "Isl". It is also said that his name is "Miqsam".

Muhammad bin Sa'd states: It is said that the name of Sayyiduna Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah is "Hushaym", and it is also said that his name is "Miqsam".

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave an order (concerning those killed at Badr), and they were thrown into a well. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood over them and, addressing them, said: "O people of the well! Have you found true what your Lord promised you? For I have found true what my Lord promised me." His Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Are you speaking to people who have died? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They now know that what your Lord promised you is absolutely true." Then, when the order was given concerning them and they began to be dragged away, as the father of Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah (Utbah) was dragged towards the well, signs of displeasure appeared on Abu Hudhayfah's face. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O Abu Hudhayfah! By Allah, it seems that what has happened to your father has grieved you?" He said: By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I have no doubt about Allah and His Messenger (being true); but the matter is that my father was an extremely forbearing, sound-minded and insightful man, so I hoped that this understanding and insight of his would bring him to the guidance of Islam. But when I saw that the opportunity had been lost and his end was what it was (upon disbelief), that grieved me. The narrator says: Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for good for him. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Qutbah bin Amir bin Hadidah (may Allah be pleased with him) took part in the Battle of Badr with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he is the Companion concerning whom this verse was revealed: "And it is not righteousness that you enter houses from their backs" [Surah al-Baqarah: 189] . Also, his brother is Yazid bin Amir bin Hadidah, whose kunyah was Abu al-Mundhir.

Asim bin Umar bin Qatadah narrates from the elders of his people that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out (to preach) in that Hajj season in which he met that group of the Ansar. He (peace and blessings be upon him) presented the call of truth to the Arab tribes. Then they went back from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to their lands, having believed and affirmed his truth, and among these sincere ones was Sayyiduna Qutbah bin Amir bin Hadidah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Ibn Ka'b bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Qutbah bin Amir bin Hadidah (may Allah be pleased with him) in Safar of the year 7 AH with a detachment of twenty men towards a group of the Khath'am tribe. Mention of the virtues of Sayyiduna Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him):