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. 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. 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
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. When
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr asked for allegiance from
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya, who refused, Ibn al-Zubayr imprisoned him along with some of his companions, including Abu al-Tufayl, in the branches of Bani Hashim. Abu al-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. In response to
Mu'awiya's question regarding his presence in the murder of
Uthman, Abu al-Tufayl answered in the assembly of Mu'awiya I that he was present at the scene of Uthman's murder but he did not participate in it. He emphasized his strong friendship with Ali to Mu'awiya. He and his son, whose name was al-Tufayl, participated in the uprising that
Ibn al-Ash'ath started against Hajjaj. In the war that took place in Muharram 82, his son al-Tufayl was killed, and Abu al-Tufayl wrote a poem in grief over his death. The last of Muhammad's companions to die was Abu al-Tufayl, in 732. == See also ==