Ubayd_Allah_ibn_Jahsh

Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh

Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh

Contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later converted to Christianity

Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh ibn Ri'ab (Arabic: عُبَيْد اللَّه ٱبْن جَحْش ٱبْن رِئَاب, romanized: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jaḥsh ibn Riʾāb; c. 588–627) was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who converted from Islam to Christianity following his migration to Abyssinia in around 615 CE. He is one of the four hanifs (a type of monotheists) mentioned by Ibn Ishaq, the others being Waraqa ibn Nawfal, Uthman ibn al-Huwayrith and Zayd ibn Amr.[1]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

In Abyssinia, he contracted a disease that would cause his death later, but before his death, he recommended to the Prophet Muhammad that he marry his wife if he died.[2]

Biography

He was the son of Jahsh ibn Riyab[3] and Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib,[4] hence a brother of Abd Allah ibn Jahsh, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Abu Ahmad ibn Jahsh, Habiba bint Jahsh and Hammanah bint Jahsh, a first cousin of Islamic prophet Muhammad and Ali, and a nephew of Hamza ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib. He married Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (who was also known as Umm Habiba), and they had one daughter, Habibah bint Ubayd Allah.[5]

He and his wife became Muslims and, in order to escape from the Meccan persecution, they emigrated to Abyssinia.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Muhammad ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, pp. 98-99. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  2. [2]
    ما شاع ولم يثبت في السيرة النبوية | مجلد 1 | صفحة 42 | عبيد الله بن جحش هل تنصر (*)؟ | تتمة | السيرة (in Arabic).
  3. [3]
    Guillaume/Ishaq pp. 99, 146.
  4. [4]
    Muhammad ibn Saad, Tabaqat vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina, p. 33. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
  5. [5]
    Bewley/Saad p. 68.
  6. [6]
    Guillaume/Ishaq, p. 146.
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