Abdullah ibn Abi Hadrad al-Aslami

A noble Companion of Banu Aslam. The Prophet assigned him to delicate reconnaissance and intelligence missions, among them being sent as an undercover scout into Hawazin's army at Awtas, just before Hunayn ¹.

The Prophet summoned him when news reached him of Hawazin's march. He ordered him to enter their ranks and stay among them until he had learned their preparations ². Ibn Abi Hadrad entered Hawazin's camp in disguise. He heard Malik ibn Awf urging his people and ordering them to strike at the first light of dawn. He slipped out by night to bring the Prophet their plan ¹.

Ibn Ishaq credits him with two raids, which he narrates himself. The first is Batn Idam, in which Amir ibn al-Adbat was killed after giving the greeting of Islam. The verse of Surat al-Nisa' (4:94) was revealed concerning it ³. The second is al-Ghaba, in which Rifa'a ibn Qays al-Jushami shot an arrow into the heart of a man and cut off his head. The Prophet helped him from the spoils with thirteen camels toward his dowry, which was two hundred dirhams ^{4 5}.