Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh becomes a Christian in Abyssinia

Ibn Ishaq relates that Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh went out with the Muslims, emigrating to the land of Abyssinia, then became Christian there, parted from Islam and died a Christian; the Prophet married his wife Umm Habiba bint Abi Sufyan after him. ¹

Ibn Ishaq traced the report to Muhammad ibn Ja'far ibn al-Zubayr from Urwa: Ubaydullah went out with the Muslims as a Muslim, and when he reached the land of Abyssinia he became Christian. ¹

In the same account, when he passed the Muslims of the Prophet's companions he would say to them words likening himself to one who could see and them to those who could not yet see — and the book glosses the phrase with what is said of a puppy when it opens its eyes. ¹

The book expresses the event as "he became Christian there and parted from Islam" — Ibn Ishaq's own words; the museum claims no judgement of its own. ¹

The book does not date this event, nor does it mention here the date of the Prophet's marriage to Umm Habiba; the rest of the account in other sources has not yet entered this batch.