[2][3]He was said to commonly write and recite poetry and was married to Zainab bint Saifi ibn Sakhr al-Khazrajiyah, with whom he had at least two children Khashram and Umm Jamil.
Immediately before the Battle of Badr, Hubab saw Prophet Muhammad dismount at the first well and asked him whether this location was divinely ordained or just the strategy of his human mind - and Prophet Muhammad answered it was the latter.
[2] Habab then suggested he knew of a better plan, and suggested they move further toward the enemy, make a reservoir of water from the next well and then fill it with sand - leaving the Muslim army able to withdraw to their trough for refreshment but the Quraish finding themselves unable to reach the water.
[4][5][6][7] That Prophet Muhammad was able to recognize Hubab's idea as a preferable strategy is considered an admirable trait on behalf of the former.
[10][11] Habab advised encamping between the two fortresses to hinder their communication with each other at the time of the Invasion of Banu Qurayza.