Khunays ibn Ḥudhāfa (

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: خنيس بن حذافة) (d. 2 AH/624) was a companion of

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. He died at the beginning of twenty-five months after Muhammad emigrated to Medina.

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Khunays was the son of Hudhafa ibn Qays from the Sahm clan of the Quraysh tribe in

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. His mother, Da'ida bint Hidhyam, was also from the Sahm clan. He had two brothers, Abd Allah and Qays. He was converted to Islam under the influence of

Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...

at an early date "before Allah's Messenger entered the house of Al-Arqam". He joined the emigration to Abyssinia in 616, along with his two brothers, seven cousins and four other members of the clan. Khunays was among those who returned to Mecca in 619 "under the protection of a citizen or by stealth." Soon afterwards he married

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, who would then have been about fourteen years old. When

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in 622, Khunays and Hafsa accompanied his party. At first they lodged with Rifa'a ibn Abd al-Mundhir. When Muhammad instructed each Muslim to take a brother in Islam, he paired Khunays with Abu Abs ibn Jabr, a brother-in-law of

Muhammad ibn Maslama Muhammad ibn Maslamah al-Ansari ( ar, محمد بن مسلمة الأنصاري, Muḥammad ibn Maslamah al-Anṣārī; 588 or 591 – 663 or 666) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was known as "The Knight of Allah's Prophet ...

. Khunays was the only member of the Sahm clan who fought at the Battle of Badr in March 624. He died "at the beginning of twenty-five months after the Prophet emigrated to Medina," i.e., in late August 624. He was buried at Al-Baqi', where Muhammad personally officiated at his funeral. He had no descendants. His widow, Hafsa was later married to prophet Muhammad.Ibn Hisham note 918.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051200/http://www.quraan.com/index.aspx?tabindex=9&tabid=24&bid=2&cid=60 *http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/woman_man_compare.htm 624 deaths Banu Sahm Year of birth unknown Sahabah who participated in the battle of Uhud Sahabah who participated in the battle of Badr Muhajirun Burials at Jannat al-Baqī {{Islam-bio-stub

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