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Jahm ibn Qays

جهم بن قيس

Aksum

A Companion of Banu Abd al-Dar; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife and two children and arrived in the two ships.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Companion
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
Review
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In space

Aksum

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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

A Companion of Banu Abd al-Dar; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife and two sons, and came in the two ships. 1

In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter

Ibn Ishaq names him of Banu Abd al-Dar in the two ships, with his sons Amr and Khuzayma and his wife Umm Harmala bint Abd al-Aswad, who perished in the land of Abyssinia. 1 He says the two sons were his by Umm Harmala. 1

Tribe

He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Abd al-Dar 1

Source notes and markers of doubt

  • Ibn Ishaq counted Jahm, his two sons and his wife as one "man" in the total of sixteen; so the sons should not be counted as separate men (p. 5).

Connections

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Parent of
Amr ibn Jahm· Khuzayma ibn Jahm
Member of
Banu Abd al-Dar
Spouse of
Umm Harmala bint Abd al-Aswad
Participated in
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
Traveled to
Aksum

People and things also explored

Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Amr ibn Jahm· Khuzayma ibn Jahm· Aksum· Umm Harmala bint Abd al-Aswad· Banu Abd al-Dar· Abu al-Rum ibn Umayr· Firas ibn al-Nadr

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/5
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Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib

After Hudaybiyya, the Prophet sent Amr ibn Umayya al-Damri to the Negus, who transported the remaining Muslim emigrants in two ships to the Prophet at Khaybar after the conquest. The Prophet received Ja'far with a kiss between the eyes, saying 'I do not know which gives me greater joy — the opening of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far.' Sixteen men came on the two ships; thirty-four others came later or died in Abyssinia; sixteen women emigrated in all, counting those who came back and those who died there, apart from daughters born there.