Hilāl ibn Umayya
هِلَال بْن أُمَيَّة الْوَاقِفِيّHilāl ibn Umayya al-Wāqifī
Biography
An elderly Anṣārī Companion and a veteran of Badr, one of the three, with Kaʿb ibn Mālik and Murārah ibn al-Rabīʿ, who stayed behind from Tabūk and, refusing to fabricate an excuse, confessed the truth. Through the fifty-day boycott he clung to the wall of his house, weeping day and night. Being too old to fend for himself, his wife sought and received the Prophet's ﷺ leave only to bring him his food, telling him the old man had had no thought but weeping since the command came. Their repentance was accepted in Qurʾān 9:118.
Significance
The eldest of the Three whose repentance the Qurʾān records (9:118); the permission granted his wife to serve him marks the limit of the boycott's mercy.
Stories
Kaʿb Tells the Truth: The Smile of an Angry Man
historicalShaykh Yasir Qadhi explains: When Kaʿb heard the Prophet ﷺ was returning, his mind raced through every excuse, until, knowing the Prophet ﷺ had truly…
Read the full story →The Fifty-Day Boycott and the Ghassānid King's Letter
historicalShaykh Yasir Qadhi explains: The Prophet ﷺ then forbade all the Muslims to speak with the three who had told the truth. The hypocrites were left unpu…
Read the full story →Kaʿb ibn Mālik's Repentance Accepted
historicalShaykh Yasir Qadhi explains: After fifty nights, Kaʿb was in the state Allāh Himself would describe: وَعَلَى الثَّلَاثَةِ الَّذِينَ خُلِّفُوا حَتَّىٰ…
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