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Hilal ibn Umayya al-Waqifi

هلال بن أمية الواقفي

One of the three who were left behind after Tabuk; of Banu Waqif. An old man, in his wife's words, and she was permitted to serve him during the separation from wives.

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The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Summary

One of the three left behind, of Banu Waqif; an old man by his wife's account, to whom leave was given to serve him during the shunning of the wives. 1

In the story

Ibn Ishaq names him among the three, and Ka'b names him "Hilal ibn [Abi] Umayya al-Waqifi". 2 His wife told the Prophet he was an old man at a loss with no servant, weeping since his affair began; he gave her leave to serve him on condition he not come near her. 3

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • "Abi" is an addition in brackets from manuscript (a) (p. 178 n. 1); elsewhere in the report the likelier reading is "Hilal ibn Umayya".
  • He is named in the text only by his descent from Waqif.

Connections

Participated in
The three who were left behind after TabukThe order that the three keep apart from their wivesThe acceptance of the repentance of the threeThe fifty-night boycott of the three
Member of
Banu Waqif
Mentioned in
Ka'b ibn Malik's account of staying behind at Tabuk

People and things also explored

Murara ibn al-Rabi al-AmriThe three who were left behind after TabukKa'b ibn Malik al-AnsariMuhammadMedinaKa'b ibn Malik's account of staying behind at TabukThe fifty-night boycott of the threeThe acceptance of the repentance of the three

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/175, 178-179
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/178
  3. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/179
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Murara ibn al-Rabi al-Amri

One of the three who were left behind after Tabuk; of Banu Amr ibn Awf. He kept to his house during the boycott, and Ka'b relates that he spoke as Ka'b had spoken.