Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman
حذيفة بن اليمان
A prominent Companion known as the 'Keeper of the Prophet's Secrets'; at the climax of the Battle of the Trench, the Prophet sent him across the lines on a freezing, gale-swept night into the confederate camp to gather intelligence, bringing back news of Abu Sufyan ordering the final retreat.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion · Commander
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Converts and those who leaveBattles
Place in the story
- Companion · c. 624 CE · c. 2 AH†Tradition
- OfficialtowardMuhammad · 627 CE · 6 AH†Tradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Connections
- Born in
- Medina
- Member of
- The Ansar
- Participated in
- The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)The hypocrites' ambush at the pass on the return from Tabuk
People and things also explored
MuhammadRufayda al-AslamiyyaZayd ibn ThabitThe early Muslim communityAbdullah ibn Amr ibn HaramAbdullah ibn AtikAsim ibn ThabitBishr ibn al-Bara'
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Sahih Muslim
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/hudhayfa-ibn-al-yaman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.