Jabir ibn Sufyan
جابر بن سفيان
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Son of Sufyan ibn Ma'mar and Hasana; he emigrated with them to Abyssinia and died in Umar's caliphate.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Son of Sufyan ibn Ma'mar and Hasana; he emigrated with them to Abyssinia and perished in Umar's caliphate. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him son of Sufyan ibn Ma'mar alongside his brother Janada, saying he perished in Umar's caliphate. 1
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Jumah 1
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Jumah
- Child of
- Sufyan ibn Ma'marHasana, Umm Shurahbil
- Sibling of
- Junada ibn SufyanShurahbil ibn Hasana
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Junada ibn SufyanReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibHasana, Umm ShurahbilSufyan ibn Ma'marAksumShurahbil ibn HasanaAl-Harith ibn HatibFukayha bint Yasar
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/8
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islam.museum contributors. “Jabir ibn Sufyan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jabir-ibn-sufyan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.