Mahmiyya ibn al-Jazu'
محميّة بن الجزء
A Companion of Zubayd, ally of Banu Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia and arrived in the two ships, and the Prophet put him in charge of the Muslims' fifth.
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
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
A Companion of Zubayd, an ally of Banu Sahm; he emigrated to Abyssinia, came in the two ships, and the Prophet set him over the Muslims' fifth. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him of Banu Sahm, describing him as "an ally of theirs from Banu Zubayd", and says the Prophet set him over the Muslims' fifth. 1 The editors' note remarks that his father's name is related with a doubled zay without hamza, and the correct form has the hamza, as al-Daraqutni fixed it (p. 5).
Tribe
Source notes and markers of doubt
- The reading of "al-Jaz'": related with doubled zay without hamza; the correct form has hamza per al-Daraqutni (editors' note p. 5).
Connections
- Member of
- Banu SahmBanu Zubayd
- Allied with
- Banu Sahm
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Abdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAl-Harith ibn al-Harith al-SahmiBishr ibn al-Harith al-SahmiMa'mar ibn al-Harith al-SahmiQays ibn HudhafaRamla bint Abi AwfThe second migration to Abyssinia
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/5
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mahmiyya ibn al-Jazu'”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/mahmiyya-ibn-al-jaz/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.