Jubayr ibn Mut'im

Jubayr ibn Mut‘im (Arabic: جبير بن مطعم‎) (d. AH 57 (676/677)[1] or AH 59 (678/679)[2]) was a Sahabi (Companion of the Prophet Muhammad) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Makkah who accepted Islam despite initially being a non-believer.

Biography

He was the son of Mut`im ibn `Uday.[1]

Aisha

In 2 BH (620 CE), Abu Bakr had initially engaged his daughter Aisha to Jubayr ibn Mut'im, but this arrangement was canceled in favor of her marriage to Muhammad.[3] Mohammad first wife Khadijah had died in 619 AD a Chapter which Lings called "The Year of Sadness" which begins by referring to 619 AD [4] and he reference to the engagement to Jubayr two chapters later ( p. 106) beginning "In the Year which followed The Year of Sadness".[5]

He was especially known for his knowledge of genealogy.[1] He was the owner of Wahshy ibn Harb, the slave who killed Hamza ibn 'Abdul Muttalib. He adopted Islam in the period between the Hudaibiah Treaty and the Conquest of Mecca.[1]

He had two sons, Nafi' ibn Jubayr[6] and Muhammad ibn Jubayr.[7] He is included in the Isnad of several hadith,[8] among them being the hadith of the two weighty things.[2]

See also

References

(See Discussion)

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://dictionary.al-islam.com/Arb/Dicts/SelDict.asp?DI=26&CurrPage=3&TL=1&Theme=26&RDF=1%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. 1 2 Al-islam.org
  3. ↑ Lings (1983). Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. pp. 105–106.
  4. ↑ http://www.icorlando.org/pdfs/muhammad_martin_Lings.pdf p. 96
  5. ↑ http://www.icorlando.org/pdfs/muhammad_martin_Lings.pdf p. 105
  6. ↑ Rijal: narrators of the Muwatta of Imam Muhammad
  7. ↑ http://www.hadithblog.com/yahya-related-to-me-from-malik-from-ibn-shihab-from-muhammad-ibn-jubayr-ibn-mutim-that-his-father-said-i-heard-the-messenger-of-allah-may-allah-bless-him-and-grant-him-peace-recite-at-tur-sura-52-in-t/yahya-related-to-me-from-malik-from-ibn-shihab-from-muhammad-ibn-jubayr-ibn-mutim-that-his-father-said-i-heard-the-messenger-of-allah-may-allah-bless-him-and-grant-him-peace-recite-at-tur-sura-52-in-t.html
  8. ↑ Sahih al-Bukhari, 8:73:13
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