Budayl ibn Warqa' al-Khuza'i

A Khuza'a chief in the truce years: he sheltered the Khuza'a fugitives in his house, led their delegation to Medina, met Abu Sufyan at Asfan and concealed his news, spied on the army with him at Marr al-Zahran then slipped away and told the Prophet their number ¹. Under the ascription "Budayl ibn Umm Asram" he answered the verse of al-Akhzar ibn Lu't ².

When Banu al-Dil surprised Khuza'a at al-Watir, they fortified themselves in the house of Budayl ibn Warqa' and the house of Rafi' their client ³.

Budayl came in a party of Khuza'a and told the Prophet of Quraysh's backing Banu Bakr and breaking the pact ⁴. On his way back he met Abu Sufyan at Asfan and denied having seen anything or anyone come to him — though he had been to Medina ⁵.

Abu Sufyan spied on the army at Marr al-Zahran with Hakim ibn Hizam and Budayl; when they saw the fires each turned back with his news — in one account Budayl told Abu Sufyan he feared Muhammad had made ready, then slipped away, came to the Prophet and told him their condition and number ⁶.

Under the ascription "Budayl ibn Umm Asram" he answered al-Akhzar ibn Lu't al-Dili's poem with a long poem restoring the merit to Khuza'a ⁷. Al-Isti'ab's genealogists differed on his ascription, as in the note ².