Jahsh (جحش) is an

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that was used before the era of Islam. Jahsh means "mule" in Arabic.

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Jahsh ibn Riyab Jahsh ibn Riyab ( ar, جحش بن رئاب), was a companion of Muhammad. Originally from the Asad ibn Khuzayma tribe, he settled in Mecca and formed an alliance with Harb ibn Umayya, chief of the leading clan of the Quraysh tribe. He married U ...

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Muhammad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh ( ar, عبيد الله بن جحش) () was one of the four monotheistic hanifs mentioned by Ibn Ishaq, the others being Waraka ibn Nawfal, Uthman ibn Huwairith and Zayd ibn Amr. Biography He was the son of Jahsh ibn Riyab ...

(c. 588-627), one of the four

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hanif In Islam, a ( ar, حنيف, ḥanīf; plural: , ), meaning "renunciate", is someone who maintains the pure monotheism of the patriarch Abraham. More specifically, in Islamic thought, renunciates were the people who, during the pre-Islamic perio ...

s, first cousin of Muhammad * Abd-Allah Jahsh (c. 586 - 625), brother-in-law and companion of Muhammad *

Zaynab bint Jahsh Zaynab bint Jaḥsh ( ar, زينب بنت جحش; 590–641 CE), was a first cousin and wife of Muhammad and therefore considered by Muslims to be a Mother of the Believers. Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. ''Notes to Ibn Ishaq's "Life of the Prophet"'' ...

(c. 590 - 614), first cousin and wife of Muhammad * Abdu ibn Jahsh (c. 586 - 625), brother-in-law and companion of Muhammad *

Hammanah bint Jahsh {{Infobox person , name = Hamnah bint Jahsh حمنة بنت جحش , image = , caption = , birth_date = , birth_place = Mecca , death_date = , death_place = Medina , b ...

(d. after 641), companion and first cousin of Muhammad *

Habiba bint Jahsh Ḥabiba bint Jaḥsh (Arabic: حبيبة بنت جحش) was a female companion of Muhammad. Biography Her father was Jahsh ibn Riyab, an immigrant from the Asad ibn Khuzayma tribe who had settled in Mecca under the protection of Harb ibn Umay ...

, companion and first cousin of Muhammad

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