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Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari (RA)

جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري

d. c. 78 AH date disputed

A young Ansari companion present at the second Pledge of Aqabah, a major hadith narrator, whose detailed description of the Farewell Hajj is a key source of Hajj law.

Biography

Jabir attended Aqabah as a boy with his father, who was martyred at Uhud. Sahih Bukhari records the miracle of food multiplying at his house during the Trench. His long narration of the Prophet's Hajj (Sahih Muslim) was transmitted through Muhammad al-Baqir and Ja'far al-Sadiq.

He lived to an old age in Madinah and died around 78 AH.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

No specific verses cited for this node.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Sahih Muslim 1218a Sahih

    Jabir's long description of the Farewell Hajj, transmitted by Ja'far ibn Muhammad (al-Sadiq) from his father (al-Baqir): 'I have left among you that which, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray — the Book of Allah.'

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 4052 Sahih

    Jabir married a previously-married woman because his father, martyred at Uhud, had left nine daughters (Jabir's sisters) who needed care; the Prophet ﷺ approved.

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 2097 Sahih

    Jabir sold his tired camel to the Prophet ﷺ, who then gave him both the price and the camel.

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih Bukhari and Muslim.

Further references

  • Sahih Muslim (Jabir's Hajj hadith)
  • Sahih Bukhari (food at Jabir's house at the Trench)

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