It is narrated from Hazrat Abu al-Tufail that there was some dispute between Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) and another man from among the people of Aqabah. So he asked, "I ask you by Allah, (tell me) what was the number of the Companions of Aqabah?" Upon this, the people also said, "Tell him, because he has asked you." Then Hazrat Abu Musa Ash'ari said, "Indeed, we have received the information that they were fourteen." Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "And if you had been among them, they would have been fifteen. I swear by Allah that twelve of them were at war with Allah and His Messenger in this world and the Hereafter. And three made excuses and said, 'We did not hear the call of the Messenger of Allah, and we do not know what the people want.'"