Hisham ibn Abi Hudhayfa
هشام بن أبي حذيفة
Of Banu Makhzum; Ibn Ishaq names him among the emigrants to Abyssinia. Ibn Abd al-Barr, cited in the editors' margin, reports that al-Waqidi says 'Hashim ibn Abi Hudhayfa'.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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
Of Banu Makhzum; Ibn Ishaq names him among the Abyssinian emigrants — and in the editors' note Ibn Abd al-Barr mentions al-Waqidi's saying "Hashim ibn Abi Hudhayfa". 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him third of three men of Banu Makhzum in "the rest of the Abyssinian emigrants", as "Hisham ibn Abi Hudhayfa ibn al-Mughira". 1 The editors transmit in the note, from Ibn Abd al-Barr's Isti'ab, that al-Waqidi calls him "Hashim ibn Abi Hudhayfa", that Ibn Abd al-Barr counts "Hisham" an error, and that Musa ibn Uqba and Abu Ma'shar did not mention him among the emigrants to Abyssinia. 1
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Makhzum 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- A name disagreement: Hisham (Ibn Ishaq) or Hashim (al-Waqidi); and neither Musa ibn Uqba nor Abu Ma'shar mentions him among the Abyssinian emigrants — this is from the editors' note citing the Isti'ab (p. 7), and only its facts are recorded.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Makhzum
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-MakhzumiUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)The second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAbu al-Rum ibn UmayrAbu Hatib ibn AmrAdi ibn Nadla
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/7
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hisham ibn Abi Hudhayfa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hisham-ibn-abi-hudhayfa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.