Ibn Ubayy is a more well-known figure from the time of the Prophet ﷺ who was an undercover enemy of Islam. But less commonly known is a man named Abu Amir, who was actually his cousin. He was an open opponent to Islam rather than an undercover hypocrite. His case was—
—was that he was among the Hunafā of Arabia; these people were a dissident religious group who renounced the paganism of the Arab majority, and followed instead the pure monotheism of their ancestors, the prophets Abraham and Ishmael.
Naturally, a lot of the Hunafā became followers of Muhammad ﷺ after he announced his prophethood, as they recognized Islam as being the true representation Abraham's teachings. Abu Amir, though, was an exception.
Since he had been a respected leader-figure among the Hunafā, he resented the Prophet's ﷺ own growing popularity as leader of the Yathribites at the time, and saw it as a threat to his own position. So he accused the Prophet ﷺ of distorting the pure faith of Abraham.
His bitterness against the Prophet's ﷺ position led him to leaving Yathrib/Medina first, then Arabia entirely later. He laid a curse to the Prophet ﷺ saying that whoever between them is lying should die a lonely death. His own curse came true as he died later alone in Syria.
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