Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him), a veteran of Badr, Abu Abdullah, an ally of Banu Zuhrah bin Kilab bin Murrah bin Kab bin Luayy bin Ghalib bin Fihr, also said to be their freed slave; his lineage is disputed, and those who trace him to the Arabs say he is from Tamim bin Murr bin Tabikhah bin Ilyas bin Mudar

Urwah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: "Among those who took part in Badr: Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt bin Khuwaylid bin Sa'd bin Jadhimah bin Ka'b bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him)."

Al-Zuhri narrated: "Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) was a mawla (client) of Banu Zuhrah. He took part in Badr, and his kunyah was Abu Abdullah. He passed away in the year 37 AH, when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was returning from Siffin to Kufah, and he was the first of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to be buried in Kufah. Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) embraced Islam in Makkah."

The narrator said: I heard Kurdus say: "Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) became Muslim as the sixth of six; he was a sixth of Islam."

Ma'dikarib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about the letters "Ta Sin Mim" of Surah al-Shu'ara. He said: "It is not with me; rather, go to the one who took it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). You must go to Abu Abdullah Khabbab bin al-Aratt."

Abu Wa'il (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: I went in to Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "In this chest there are eighty thousand, for which a tie has never been fastened, nor has any beggar been refused from them, and I wish that they were such and such" - he either said: "like dung pellets" or something else.

Sayyiduna Tariq bin Shihab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: Some of the remaining Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) in his illness, and they said: Rejoice, O Abu Abdullah! Tomorrow you will join your brothers. The narrator said: He wept, then said: "Those people passed away with their rewards complete, and I fear that my reward for those deeds may be what (of the world) has been given to us after them."

The narrator reported: Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) left instructions that he be buried on the outskirts behind Kufah.

Zayd bin Wahb (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: We were travelling with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) as he was returning from Siffin, until, when he reached the gate of Kufah, we saw seven graves to our right. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What are these graves?" The people said: O Commander of the Believers! Sayyiduna Khabbab bin al-Aratt (may Allah be pleased with him) died after you left for Siffin, and he left instructions that he be buried on the outskirts behind Kufah. People used to bury their dead in their courtyards and at the doors of their houses; when the people saw that Khabbab had instructed to be buried on the outskirts, the people also began to bury there. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "May Allah have mercy on Khabbab! He accepted Islam willingly, emigrated obediently, lived as a mujahid, and endured trials in his body in many states, and Allah never lets the reward of one who does good deeds go to waste." Then he drew near the graves and said: "Peace be upon you, O people of these abodes, from among the believers and the Muslims! You are our forerunners who have gone ahead, and we shall soon follow after you. O Allah, forgive us and them, and by Your pardon overlook (the faults of) us and them. Blessed is the one who remembered the Hereafter, worked for the Reckoning, was content with sufficiency, and was pleased with Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."