Habbab, who was among those who passed away in the twenty-third year of the Hijra, has the following lineage: Habbab b. Munzir b. Jamūḥ b. Zayd b. Ḥarām b. Qāṭiʿ b. Ghanm b. Kaʿb b. Salama, Abū ʿAmr of the Anṣār, from the Khazraj, and it is also said he was from the Sulaym.
It is related that he was a person of sound judgment. For, on the day of Badr, he suggested to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Muslim army should encamp at the water source nearest to the enemy and that the wells behind them should be closed off, and his opinion proved correct. An angel descended and confirmed his view. At the gathering held by the Anṣār under the shade of Banū Sāʿida, together with Abū Bakr and ʿUmar, he said:
"I am a great tree under whose shade camels with mange rub themselves to scratch, and I am a deeply rooted tree that unites its people. Let there be one leader from us and one from you. Let us carry out this matter jointly." However, Abū Bakr and the Companions (ṣaḥāba) rejected his proposal.