Abu al-Tufayl

Abu al-Tufayl Amir ibn Wathila al-Kinani (أبو الطفيل عامر بن واثلة الكناني; c. 625–732) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and of a number of Shia imams. He was also a poet. Abu al-Tufayl went to Kufa during the reign of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman and then to Al-Mada'in. For many years, he was a companions of Ali. Abu al-Tufayl also studied scientific matters from Ali bin Abi Talib. After the death of Ali, he returned to Mecca and stayed there to the end of his life, around 102/732.

Life
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 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.