Introduction

The name of the companion who I will mention today from among the Badri companions is Hazrat Hilal (ra). His full name was Hazrat Hilal (ra) bin Umayyah Waqifi. Hazrat Hilal (ra) belonged to the Bani Waqif clan of the Aus tribe of the Ansar. His father’s name was Umayyah bin Amir and his mother’s name was Unaisah bint Hidam, who was the sister of Hazrat Kulthum (ra) bin Hidam. Kulthum (ra) bin Hidam is the companion whose house in Quba the Holy Prophet (sa) stayed upon his migration to Medina.

(Usdul Ghabah, Vol. 5, pp. 380-381, Hilal bin Umayyah (ra), Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2003) (Ma‘rifatus Sahabah, Vol. 4, p. 383, Hadith 2995, Hilal bin Umayyah, Dar-ul-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 2002)