Jubayr ibn Muṭim (), was a
companion of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
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. He accepted
Islam
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in 628 or 629 after initially being an opponent.
Biography
A member of the Nawfal clan of the
Quraysh
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tribe in
Mecca
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, he was the son of
Mut'im ibn 'Adi.
He was renowned for his knowledge of genealogy, which he claimed to have learned directly from
Abu Bakr
Abd Allah ibn Abi Quhafa (23 August 634), better known by his ''Kunya (Arabic), kunya'' Abu Bakr, was a senior Sahaba, companion, the closest friend, and father-in-law of Muhammad. He served as the first caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruli ...
.
Until , Jubayr was engaged to Abu Bakr's daughter
Aisha
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Aisha had an important role in early Islamic h ...
. This arrangement was cancelled by mutual consent in May or June 620: Abu Bakr wished to accept Muhammad's proposal for Aisha, while Jubayr's parents did not want him to be influenced into becoming a Muslim.
[Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume 8''. Translated by Aisha Bewley (1995). ''The Women of Madina''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.]
In September 622, Jubayr was one of those involved in an unsuccessful plot to kill Muhammad.
[Muhammad ibn Ishaq. ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Alfred Guillaume (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.]
At the
Battle of Uhud
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After the expulsion of Hijrah, Muslims from ...
Jubayr bribed his slave
Wahshy ibn Harb with manumission to kill
Hamza ibn 'Abdul Muttalib because Hamza had killed Jubayr's uncle at
Badr.
He adopted Islam in the period between the
Hudaibiah Treaty (628) and the
Conquest of Mecca
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(630) and then settled in
Medina
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.
[Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by E. Landau-Tasseron (1998). ''Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors''. Albany: State University of New York Press.]
He had two sons, Nafi,
described as "prolific in relating tradition,"
and Muhammad, said to have been "the most learned of the Quraysh".
However, his ''
kunya'', Abu Abdullah,
indicates the possible existence of another son named Abdullah.
Narrations
Jubayr is included in the ''
Isnad
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'' of several hadith.
Narrated Jubayr ibn Mut`im: My father said, "I heard Allah's Messenger reciting "at-Tur" (52) in the ''Maghrib'' prayer.
Bukhari 1:12:732
Narrated Jubayr ibn Mut`im: That he heard the Prophet saying, "The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter Paradise.
Bukhari 8:73:13
Jubayr ibn Mut'im narrated from his father who said: "They told me that I was proud, while I rode a donkey, wore a cloak, and I milked the sheep. And the Messenger of Allah said to me: 'Whoever does these, then there is no pride (arrogance) in him.'" ''Sahih.'
Tirmidhi 4:1:2001
Narrated Jubayr ibn Mut`im: The Prophet talked about war prisoners of Badr saying, "Had our father
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Al-Mut`im ibn Adi been alive and interceded with me for these mean people, I would have freed them for his sake.
Bukhari 4:53:367
Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn Mut'im reported on the authority of his father that a woman asked Allah's Messenger about something, but he told her to come to him on some other occasion, whereupon she said: "What in your opinion hould I doif I come to you but do not find you?" and it seemed as if she meant that he might die. Thereupon he said: "If you do not find me, then come to Abu Bakr." ''This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jubayr ibn Mut'im through another chain of transmitters nd the words arethat'' a woman came to Allah's Messenger and discussed with him something, and he gave a command ''as we find in the above-mentioned narration.'
Muslim 31:5878
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See also
* Jubayr (name)
References
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Companions of the Prophet
670s deaths
Year of birth unknown