Kharjah ibn Hudhafah

Kharija ibn Hudhafah ibn Ghanm ibn Amir ibn Abdullah ibn Ubayd ibn Awij ibn Adi ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy al-Qurashi al-Adawi. His mother was Fatimah bint Amr ibn Bujayra al-Adawiyah.

He was one of the knights of Quraish, it is said: he was equal to a thousand cavalrymen. Amr ibn al-As wrote to Umar ibn Al-Khattab, asking him to provide him with three thousand cavalrymen. Umar ibn Al-Khattab provided him with Kharija ibn Hudhafah, Zubayr ibn al-Awwam, and al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad.

Kharija witnessed the conquest of Egypt, it is said: he was a judge for Amr ibn al-As, and it is said: he was on a stipend for him in Egypt. He remained in Egypt until one of the three Kharijites who were sent to kill Ali, Mu'awiyah, and Amr was killed him, thinking he was Amr. When he was killed, he was taken and brought to Amr ibn al-As, who said: Who killed you? It was said: Kharija, so he said: I wanted to kill Umar, but Allah replaced him with Kharija.

It is said: rather, Amr ibn al-As said to the Kharijite, and it is said: that the Kharijite who killed Kharija in Egypt was Kharija ibn Hudhafah, the brother of Abdullah ibn Hudhafah, from the Banu Salm tribe, relatives of Amr ibn al-As, and he was not anything.

The grave of Kharija ibn Hudhafah is well-known in Egypt among its people.

Al-Bukhari mentioned him in his history and considered him an Adawi, and he narrated a hadith about the witr prayer that will be mentioned.

Al-Abu Ishaq ibn Ishaq narrated him in his book Al-Ahadith and Al-Mathani, and considered him a Sahmi, and he narrated the hadith about the witr prayer as well.

We were informed by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Mehran al-Faqih, and others through their chains, to Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said: Our companion Qutayba informed us, that Layth informed us, from Yazid ibn Abu Habib, from Abdullah ibn Rashid al-Zufi, from Abdullah ibn Abu Murrah al-Zufi, from Kharija ibn Hudhafah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us and said: 'Indeed, Allah has provided you with a prayer that is better for you than the best horses: the witr prayer. Allah has made it for you between the prayer of 'Isha and until the dawn.'