Abu al-Tufayl

Abū Ṭufayl, ʿĀmir b. Wāthila b. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿUmayr (or ʿAmr) b. Jābir b. Ḥamīs (Jakhsh) b. Judayy (Jurayy) b. Saʿd b. Layth al-Kinānī[4] He was born in the year that coincided with the battle of Uhud, which is why he was present in the last eight years of Muhammad's life.[5]

He was a narrator of hadiths, a limited number from Muhammad and a large number from his important companions, including Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Muadh ibn Jabal and Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud. Among the imams, he narrated hadiths from Ali, Hasan ibn Ali, and Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. It is stated in sufficient principles that he narrated hadith from Muhammad al-Baqir and also according to the causes of Shari'ah from Ja'far al-Sadiq. It is clear that the narrations of Abu l-Tufayl from Jafar Sadiq were before Jafar Sadiq reached the Imamate and during the life of Muhammad al-Baqir.[6]

When Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr asked for allegiance from Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, who refused, Ibn Zubayr imprisoned him along with some of his companions, including Abu l-Tufayl, in the branches of Bani Hashim. Abu l-Tufayl was in prison until the uprising of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi. He was the standard-bearer of the army in Mukhtar's uprising to avenge the blood of Hussein.[7][8]

In response to Mu'awiya's question regarding his presence in the murder of Uthman abul tufail answered in the murder of uthman abu tufail answered in the assembly of muawiya I that he was present at the scene of uthmans murder but he did not participate in it.[9] He emphasized his strong friendship with Ali to Mu'awiya.[10]

He and his son, whose name was Tufail, participated in the uprising that Ibn al-Ash'ath started against Hajjaj. In the war that took place in Muharram 82, his son Tufail was killed, and Abu l-Tufayl wrote a poem in grief over his death.[11][12] The last of Muhammad's companions to die was Abu 'l-Tufayl, in 732.[13]