Hanzala Ibn Abi Amir

Hanzala Ibn Abi Amir (Arabic: ﺣﻨﻈﻠـة ﺍﺑﻦ ﺍﺑﻲ ﻋﺎﻣﺮ) (c. 601 – 625) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

[4][5] Hanzala had left for the battlefield to respond the call of Jihad leaving his wife Jamila, daughter of Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, on the first wedding night.

Muhammad is said to have seen angels giving Hanzala a bath in between heaven and earth with fresh rainwater kept in silver vessels.

Because of this honour, Hanzala earned the title of Ghaseel al-Malāʾika (Arabic: غسيل الملائكة) or the one cleansed by the angels.

His son, Abd Allah ibn Hanzala, would command the people of Medina in opposition to the Umayyad Caliph Yazid I.

Angels washing Hanẓala's body, fallen in the Battle of Uhud (625), from "The Life of the Prophet" ( Siyer-i Nebi ). Created by Mustafa Darir, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul ), dated 1594-1595