Excerpted from: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
Who was the last Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) to pass away?
Sayyidunā Abū Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah (رضي الله عنه) was the last Companion to pass away — this is a matter of consensus (ijmāʿ). However, there are differing opinions regarding the exact year of his death.
هو آخر من رأى النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم وفاة بالإجماع
"Among those who saw the Prophet ﷺ, the one who passed away last — by consensus — was Abū Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah (رضي الله عنه)."
[Al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah, 12/671]
❖ Question:
Who was the last Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) to pass away?
❖ Answer:
Sayyidunā Abū Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah (رضي الله عنه) was the last Companion to pass away — this is a matter of consensus (ijmāʿ). However, there are differing opinions regarding the exact year of his death.
✿ Statement of Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Kathīr (رحمه الله) [d. 774 AH]:
هو آخر من رأى النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم وفاة بالإجماع
"Among those who saw the Prophet ﷺ, the one who passed away last — by consensus — was Abū Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah (رضي الله عنه)."
[Al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah, 12/671]