Mu'adh ibn Amr ibn al-Jamuh
معاذ بن عمرو بن الجموح
c. 650 CE · c. 29 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
A young Khazraji who, with Mu'awwidh ibn Afra, struck down Abu Jahl at Badr; the Prophet judged that both had killed him and awarded Mu'adh the spoils; his hand was severed by Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl in the same fight.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Tradition
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
The blow on Abu Jahl
Ibn Ishaq relates from him that he heard the people saying "Abu al-Hakam cannot be reached", so he made that his affair; he charged him and struck a blow that sent his foot flying off with half his shin. Then his son Ikrama struck him on the shoulder and threw his hand off — it hung by a strip of his side's skin, and he fought that day dragging it until he stretched it free and cast it aside 2. Then his brother Mu'awwidh ibn Afra' passed by Abu Jahl while he lay hamstrung and finished him; afterwards Abdullah ibn Mas'ud took off his head 3.
When the Prophet asked the two youths which of them had killed him and each said "I", he looked at the two swords and said: "you both killed him", and awarded Abu Jahl's spoil to Mu'adh since Mu'awwidh was killed in the same battle 1 4. Mu'adh remained until the time of Uthman ibn Affan 2.
Connections
- Child of
- Amr ibn al-Jamuh
- Member of
- The AnsarThe early Muslim community
- Participated in
- The Battle of Badr
People and things also explored
The Battle of UhudMu'awwidh ibn AfraSa'd ibn Mu'adhQurayshAbd Allah ibn RawahaAbu Jahl (Amr ibn Hisham)al-Miqdad ibn AmrHamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 221
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, pp. 220-221
- Mishkat al-Masabih — al-Tabrizi
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islam.museum contributors. “Mu'adh ibn Amr ibn al-Jamuh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muadh-ibn-amr-ibn-al-jamuh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.