Muadh ibn Jabal
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Mu'adh ibn Jabal مُعاذ بن جبل | |
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| Born | c. 603 CE |
| Died | c. 639 (aged 35–36) |
| Other names | (إمام الفقهاء) Imam Alfoqaha'a (كنز العلماء) Kanz Alulama'a (أعلم الأمة بالحلال والحرام) A'alam Alumma bil Halali wal Haram |
| Known for | Sahabi, Muhajirin, Islamic scholar |
| Spouse | Umm Amr bint Khalid ibn Amr al-Khazrajiyya[1] |
| Children | Abd al-Rahman ibn Muadh ibn Jabal |
| Parents | |
| Family | Banu Khazraj (from Azd) |
Muʿādh ibn Jabal (Arabic: مُعاذ بن جبل; 603 – 639) was a sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[3][4] Muadh was an Ansar of the Banu Khazraj tribe and compiled the Quran with five companions while Muhammad was still alive.[3] He acquired a reputation for knowledge.[5][6] Muhammad called him "the one who will lead the scholars into Paradise".[7][3]
Biography
[edit]Era of Muhammad
[edit]Mu'adh accepted Islam before the Second pledge at al-Aqabah in submission before Muhammad. Nevertheless, he was one of those who took the pledge.[7] He was a great companion.
Muhammad sent Mu'adh as the governor of Yemen to collect zakat. When Muhammad sent Mu'adh to Yemen to teach its people about Islam, he personally bade farewell to him, walking for some distance alongside him as he set out to leave the city. It is said that Muhammad informed him that on his return to Medina, he would perhaps see only his masjid and grave. Upon hearing this, Mu'adh began to cry.
After Muhammad
[edit]Mu'adh died in 639 due to the Plague of 'Amwas.[7][8]
Legacy
[edit]The college for the study of Shariah law, at Mosul University in Iraq, is named after him.[9]
A mosque in the town of Hamtramck, Michigan, is named Masjid Mu'ath bin Jabal. There is also a mosque named Masjid Mu'adh-ibn-Jabal which is conveniently located on the outskirts of Leicester City Centre, UK in the popular Goodwood area of the city. The Masjid serves the local Muslim community of over 500 Muslim families located in and around Uppingham Road, col Road, Wakerley Road and Spencefield Lane.
Sayings
[edit]Al-Bayhaqi narrated in Shu`ab al-Iman (1:392 #512-513), and so did al-Tabarani, that Mu`adh ibn Jabal narrated that Muhammad said: "The People of Paradise will not regret except one thing alone: the hour that passed them by and in which they made no remembrance of Allah." Ali ibn Abu Bakr al-Haythami in Majma al-Zawa'id (10:74) said that its narrators are all trustworthy (thiqat), while Suyuti declared it hasan in his Jami` al-Saghir (#7701).
Ibn al-Jawzi recorded in Siffatu Safwah that Mu'adh advised his son, "My son! Pray the prayer of he who is just about to leave and imagine that you might not be able to pray ever again. Know that the believer dies between two good deeds; one that he performed and one that he intended to perform later on."[10]
See also
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "الطبقات الكبرى لابن سعد - مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلِ (1)". Archived from the original on April 15, 2017.
- ^ a b "إسلام ويب - سير أعلام النبلاء - الصحابة رضوان الله عليهم - معاذ بن جبل- الجزء رقم1". islamweb.net. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017.
- ^ a b c Az-Zirakli 2002.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Coeli; Walker, Adam Hani (25 April 2014). Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610691789 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Abu Darda Al Ansari (d.34H)". Archived from the original on 2019-03-29.
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Drißner, Gerald (30 November 2016). "290. Which of Muhammad's companions was described as 'the most knowledgeable in halāl and harām'?". Islam for Nerds: 500 Questions and Answers (1, revised ed.). Berlin: pochemuchka. p. 401. ISBN 9783981984842. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
Muhammad himself praised the knowledge of Mu'adh. It was narrated from 'Anas ibn Malik (أنس بن مالك) that the Messenger of Allah said: 'The most knowledgeable of what is lawful [halāl] and unlawful [harām] is Mu'adh ibn Jalal.'
- ^ a b c Islamiat for students
- ^ Islam Beliefs and Practices
- ^ Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (11 January 2016). "Archive of Islamic State Administrative Documents (cont.)".
- ^ ص136 - كتاب مواعظ الصحابة لعمر المقبل - من مواعظ معاذ بن جبل رضي الله عنه - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة
Bibliography
[edit]- Az-Zirakli, Khairuddin (2002). Al-A'lām (in Arabic). Vol. 7 (15 ed.). Beirut: Dar el-Ilm Lilmalayin. pp. 258–9. Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
