Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh ( ar, عبيد الله بن جحش) () was one of the four

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s mentioned by

Ibn Ishaq Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār (; according to some sources, ibn Khabbār, or Kūmān, or Kūtān, ar, محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار بن خيار, or simply ibn Isḥaq, , meaning "the son of Isaac"; died 767) was an 8 ...

, the others being

Waraka ibn Nawfal Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn Abd-al-Uzza ibn Qusayy Al-Qurashi (Arabic ) was the paternal first cousin of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was considered to be a hanif, who practised the pure form ...

, Uthman ibn Huwairith and

Zayd ibn Amr Zayd ibn Amr ibn Nufayl (died 605) was a monotheist who lived in Mecca shortly before Islam. Family He was the son of Amr ibn Nufayl, a member of the Adi clan of the Quraysh tribe.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Transla ...

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He was the son of

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 ...

and

Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib } Umayma bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, أميمة بنت عبد المطلب) was a paternal aunt of Muhammad. Biography She was born in Mecca, the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim and Fatima bint Amr al-Makhzumiya. She married Jahsh i ...

, hence a brother of

Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh ʿAbd-Allāh ibn Jaḥsh ( ar, عَبْد ٱلله ابْن جَحْش) ( 586 – 625), was the brother-in-law and companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Description He was described as being "neither tall nor short and had a lot of h ...

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"'' ...

, Abu Ahmad ibn Jahsh,

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 Um ...

and

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, a first cousin of

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and

Ali ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

, and a nephew of

Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib Ḥamza ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ( ar, حمزة بن عبد المطلب; 568 – 625)Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. was a ...

. He married

Ramla bint Abi Sufyan Umm Ḥabība Ramla bint Abī Sufyān ( ar, أم حبيبة رملة بنت أبي سفيان; 589 or 594–665) was a wife of Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers. Early life She was the daughter of Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Safiyyah ...

(who was also known as Umm Habiba), and they had one daughter, Habibah bint Ubayd-Allah. He and his wife became

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and, in order to escape from the

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n persecution, they emigrated to Abyssinia. At

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, part of the

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, the

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king, commonly known as

Najashi Armah ( gez, አርማህ) or Aṣḥamah ( ar, أَصْحَمَة), commonly known as Najashi ( ar, النَّجَاشِيّ, translit=An-najāshī), was the ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum who reigned from 614–631 CE. He is primarily known th ...

; Aṣḥama ibn Abjar, gave sanctuary to the Muslims. There Ubayd-Allah eventually converted to

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and testified his new faith to the other Muslim refugees. Ibn Ishaq relates: Due to his conversion, he separated from his wife. He eventually died in

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in 627.Bewley/Saad, p. 68. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. Later on Muhammad married his widow,

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. Muhammad also married Ubayd-Allah's sister Zaynab earlier.

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