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– Khubaib ibn Yasaf ibn ʿInabah (1) ibn ʿAmr al-Ansari, the son of Khudayj ibn ʿAmir ibn Jusham ibn al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj, of the Khazraj branch of the Ansar.

He had the following children: Abu Kathir ʿAbd Allah, ʿAbd al-Rahman, and Unaysah.

His wife was Jamila, daughter of ʿAbd Allah ibn Ubayy ibn (2) Salul, and his progeny has died out.

Ibn Saʿd reports: Yazid ibn Harun informed us; Mistalim (3) ibn Saʿid informed us; Khubaib ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Khubaib ibn Yasaf narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, who said:

I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was preparing for an expedition, together with a man from my tribe, and we had not yet embraced Islam.

We said, “We are ashamed that our people should witness a battle in which we take no part.”

He asked, “Have the two of you accepted Islam?”

We replied, “No.”

He said, “We (4) do not seek the help of polytheists against polytheists.”

So we accepted Islam and went out with him. I killed a man who had struck me once, and afterward I married his daughter. She would say to me, “May I never lose the man who girded you with this sash!”

I would reply, “And may you never lose the man who sped your father on his way to the Fire.” (5)

Maʿn reported: Malik narrated to us, from al-Fudayl ibn Abi ʿAbd Allah, from ʿAbd Allah ibn Niyar, from ʿUrwah, from ʿAʾishah, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out for Badr. When he reached Harrat al-Wabrah, a man famed for his boldness and valor caught up with him, and the Muslims were delighted.

She said: He then said, “I have come—”