At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Born in the land of Abyssinia to his father Abu Hudhayfa; Ibn Ishaq names him in "their children in Abyssinia" of Banu Abd Shams. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him in "their children in Abyssinia" of Banu Abd Shams, counting him among the five men born there. 1 The text states neither his mother's name nor his father's name beyond "Abu Hudhayfa"; and his father is not mentioned in the count of the emigrants of Banu Abd Shams on pp. 3-4.
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Abd Shams 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- His father "Abu Hudhayfa" does not appear in the main lists (pp. 3-10); the son's appearance here is evidence of his presence in Abyssinia, but he is uncounted.
Connections
People and things also explored
Ama bint Khalid ibn Sa'id· Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As· Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As· Sa'id ibn Khalid ibn Sa'id· Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan· The emigrants to Abyssinia· The second migration to Abyssinia· Aban ibn Sa'id ibn al-As
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936) , 4/11
- Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad ibn Abi Hudhayfa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-ibn-abi-hudhayfa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.