Hudhayfah was appointed governor of al-Madāʾin by ʿUmar, remained in that post until after the assassination of ʿUthmān, and died forty nights after ʿUthmān’s death.

Hudhayfah said, “Nothing kept me from witnessing the Battle of Badr except that my father and I had set out and the idolaters of Quraysh captured us. They said, ‘You two are heading for Muhammad!’ We replied, ‘Our only destination is Medina.’ They then bound us by oath that we would return to Medina and not fight alongside him. When we informed the Prophet ﷺ, he said, ‘We shall fulfill their covenant and seek Allah’s help against them.’ (1)

The Prophet ﷺ had confided to Hudhayfah the names of the hypocrites and entrusted him with knowledge of the trials that would befall the Ummah. (2)

ʿUmar once implored him, ‘Am I among the hypocrites?’ Hudhayfah replied, ‘No—and after you I will vouch for no one.’ (3)

Hudhayfah is the one whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dispatched on the night of al-Ahzāb to infiltrate the enemy camp and bring back intelligence, (4) and through him Dīnawār was conquered by force. (5) His virtues are too many to enumerate—may Allah be pleased with him.

Abū Isḥāq narrated—from Muslim ibn Nudhār—from Hudhayfah, who said: “The Prophet ﷺ took …”