Abu Qatada

b as: Abu Qatada Al-Ansari's name is Al-Harith ibn Rabi' ibn Baldama ibn Khanas ibn Ubaid ibn Ghanam ibn Ka'b ibn Salamah ibn Sa'd Al-Ansari Al-Khazraji Al-Sulami, a knight of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; another report states that his name was Al-Nu'man. Al-Kalbi said it, and Ibn Ishaq said it. We have mentioned him in them, and Al-Harith more. And his mother is Kabsha bint Mutahhar ibn Haram ibn Sawad ibn Ghanm ibn Ka'b ibn Salamah. There was disagreement about his witnesses to Badr. Some of them said: It was Badriya. Neither Ibn Uqba nor Ibn Ishaq mentioned him about Badriya. He witnessed Uhud and all the scenes that came after it.

Al-Hussein bin Yuhan bin Atwiyah bin Al-Numan Al-Bawri Al-Yamani, a resident of Isfahan, and Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad bin Uthman bin Abi Ali told us, they said: Abu Al-Fadl Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahid Al-Nili told us, Abu Al-Qasim Al-Khalili told us, Abu Al-Qasim Ali bin Ahmed told us. Al-Khuza'i, Abu Saeed Al-Shashi told us, Abu Issa Muhammad bin Issa told us, Hussein bin Muhammad told us, Sulaiman bin Harb told us, Hammad bin Salamah told us, on the authority of Humaid, on the authority of Bakr bin Abdullah Al-Muzani, on the authority of Abdullah bin Rabah, on the authority of Abu Qatada, that the Prophet ﷺ: "When he got married at night, he would lie on his right side, and if he lay down before dawn, he would raise his arm and place his head on his palm." Abdullah bin Abi narrated Qatada, on the authority of his father, said: the Prophet ﷺ caught up with me on the day of Dhul-Qard and looked at me.