The companions رضي الله عنهم
Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān رضي الله عنه
حذيفة بن اليمان
A companion assigned to obtain news of the enemy in severe wind and cold at al-Aḥzāb.
He carried out the assigned mission in the cold
His challenges and choices
- He described severe wind and cold on the night of al-Aḥzāb. After no one responded to repeated calls for someone to obtain enemy news, the Prophet ﷺ assigned him by name. He said that, once named, he had no alternative but to get up.
His standing in the sources
- He refrained from shooting Abū Sufyān رضي الله عنه because he remembered the Prophet's ﷺ instruction not to provoke the enemy. After he returned with the news and began to feel cold, the Prophet ﷺ wrapped him in a blanket.
Connected lives
- Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb رضي الله عنه
He refrained from shooting Abū Sufyān رضي الله عنه because he remembered the Prophet's ﷺ instruction not to provoke the enemy. After he returned with the news and began to feel cold, the Prophet ﷺ wrapped him in a blanket.
Sources and accounts
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Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān رضي الله عنه
He carried out the assigned mission in the cold
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1788He described severe wind and cold on the night of al-Aḥzāb. After no one responded to repeated calls for someone to obtain enemy news, the Prophet ﷺ assigned him by name. He said that, once named, he had no alternative but to get up.
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1788He refrained from shooting Abū Sufyān رضي الله عنه because he remembered the Prophet's ﷺ instruction not to provoke the enemy. After he returned with the news and began to feel cold, the Prophet ﷺ wrapped him in a blanket.
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1788Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1788
Connected accounts
Abū Sufyān ibn Ḥarb رضي الله عنه — He refrained from shooting Abū Sufyān رضي الله عنه because he remembered the Prophet's ﷺ instruction not to provoke the enemy. After he returned with the news and began to feel cold, the Prophet ﷺ wrapped him in a blanket.
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1788