Among them is Ḥunayn, the Prophet’s freedman. He is the grandfather of Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥunayn. It is related that he served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and prepared water for his ablution. When the Prophet ﷺ had finished, Ḥunayn would carry the leftover water out to the Companions: some would drink from it, while others would wipe themselves with it. One day Ḥunayn kept the water back and hid it in a jar, so the Companions complained to the Prophet ﷺ. He asked, “What are you doing with it?” Ḥunayn replied, “I am saving it so I can drink it, O Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “Have you ever seen a servant who gathers what this one gathers?” The Prophet ﷺ then gave him to his uncle al-ʿAbbās, who set him free.

Among them is Dhakwān; his notice will appear under the entry for Ṭahmān.

Among them is Rāfiʿ—or Abū Rāfiʿ—also called Abū al-Bahī. Abū Bakr ibn Abī Khaythamah relates: “He had belonged to Abū Uhāyḥah Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ the Elder. After Saʿīd’s death, his sons inherited him; three of them freed their respective shares and took him with them to the Battle of Badr, where all three were killed. Abū Rāfiʿ afterward bought the remaining shares owned by Banū Saʿīd in their freedman, except for the share of Khālid ibn Saʿīd. Khālid presented his share to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who accepted it and emancipated him. Abū Rāfiʿ would say, ‘I am the freedman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ,’ and his children said the same after him.”

Among them is Rabāḥ al-Aswad. He acted as doorkeeper for the Prophet ﷺ, and it was he who obtained permission for ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb to enter the Prophet ﷺ in the upper chamber on the day the Prophet swore to abstain from his wives and secluded himself there. His name is explicitly mentioned in the report of ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār, from Abū Zumayl, from Simāk ibn al-Walīd, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from ʿUmar. Imām Aḥmad said: “Wakīʿ narrated to us; ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us, from Iyās ibn Salamah ibn al-Akwaʿ, from his father, who said: ‘The Prophet ﷺ had a servant named Rabāḥ.’ ”

Among them is Ruwayfiʿ, his freedman ﷺ. Muṣʿab ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Zubayrī and Abū Bakr ibn Abī Khaythamah list him among the Prophet’s freedmen. They state that his son visited ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz during his caliphate, and the caliph granted him a stipend. They add that Ruwayfiʿ left no surviving descendants.