Abdullah ibn Jahsh

Abdullah ibn Jahsh ibn Ri'ab ibn Ya'mar al-Asadi, ally of Banu Abd Shams; "one of the earliest", as Ibn Hajar says, and Ibn Hibban said he was a Companion ¹. Ibn Ishaq said he emigrated to Abyssinia and witnessed Badr ¹. Al-Baghawi relates that the Prophet paired him in brotherhood with Asim ibn Thabit ¹.

Al-Baghawi relates from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas that the Prophet sent them on a detachment saying "I will set over you a man most steadfast of you against hunger and thirst", and set Abdullah ibn Jahsh over them — "so he was the first commander in Islam"; al-Sirraj relates from Zirr ibn Hubaysh that the first banner bound in Islam was Abdullah ibn Jahsh's ¹. Ibn Ishaq said the Prophet sent him to Nakhla — see the Nakhla detachment for the detail ¹.

Zakariya al-Saji relates from Abu Ubayda ibn Abdullah ibn Mas'ud from his father that the Prophet consulted Abu Bakr, Umar and Abdullah ibn Jahsh about the Badr captives; Ahmad also recorded it ².

Al-Baghawi relates through Ishaq ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas from his father that Abdullah ibn Jahsh said to him on the day of Uhud: "shall we not go and pray?" Sa'd prayed to meet a fierce man who would fight and kill him; Abdullah said amen, then prayed: "O God, grant me a fierce, hardened man whom I fight for You until he takes me and cuts off my nose and ears." Sa'd said: "Abdullah's prayer was better than mine — I saw him at day's end, his nose and ear hanging by a thread" ². Al-Zubayr said he was called "the one mutilated for God" ².

Al-Zubayr said: his sword broke on the day of Uhud and the Prophet gave him a palm-branch which became a sword in his hand — it was called "the Palm-Branch" and survived until it was sold among the estate of the Kharijite al-Bagha al-Turki for two hundred dinars ².

Ibn Abi Hatim said: he prayed to God on the day of Uhud to grant him martyrdom and was killed there; his slayer was Abu al-Hakam ibn al-Akhnas ibn Shariq. He and Hamza were buried in one grave; he was forty-some when killed ². Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab relate from him ².