al-Hubab ibn al-Mundhir
الحباب بن المنذر
A Khazraji Companion whose counsel at Badr — to occupy the nearest well, block the others and build a reservoir — the Prophet accepted, giving the Muslim camp control of the water.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
The water counsel
The night before the battle he asked the Prophet: is this a place God sent you down to, which we may neither pass nor fall short of — or is it opinion and war and stratagem? When the Prophet said it was opinion and war and stratagem, he counselled settling the army on the water nearest the enemy, sealing the wells beyond it, and building a cistern to drink from while none drinks below it 1.
The Prophet took his counsel; the Muslims camped on the water and cut it off from Quraysh, who had camped at the far side of the valley behind the dune 1.
Connections
- Member of
- The Ansar
- Participated in
- The Battle of BadrUhud war council and Muslim mobilization
People and things also explored
Sa'd ibn Mu'adhThe Battle of UhudAwf ibn al-Harith (Ibn Afra')Hamza ibn Abd al-MuttalibMu'adh ibn Amr ibn al-JamuhMu'awwidh ibn AfraMus'ab ibn UmayrSa'd ibn Khaythama
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 211
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Hubab ibn al-Mundhir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hubab-ibn-al-mundhir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.