Abdullah ibn Jahsh

Abdullah ibn Jahsh ibn Ri'ab ibn Ya'mur al-Asadi, an ally of Banu Abd Shams, "one of the foremost", as Ibn Hajar says. Ibn Hibban said that he had companionship with the Prophet ¹. Ibn Ishaq said he emigrated to Abyssinia and took part in Badr ¹. Al-Baghawi relates that the Prophet made him a brother, in a pact of brotherhood, with Asim ibn Thabit ¹.

Al-Baghawi relates from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas that the Prophet sent a detachment and said: "I will appoint over you the man most patient with hunger and thirst among you." He appointed Abdullah ibn Jahsh (may God be pleased with him) over them, "so he was the first commander in Islam". Al-Sirraj relates from Zirr ibn Hubaysh that the first banner tied in Islam was Abdullah ibn Jahsh's ¹. Ibn Ishaq said the Prophet sent him to Nakhla. For the details, see the Nakhla expedition ¹.

Zakariya al-Saji relates from Abu Ubayda ibn Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, from his father, that the Prophet consulted Abu Bakr, Umar and Abdullah ibn Jahsh about the captives of Badr. Ahmad also recorded it ².

Al-Baghawi relates through Ishaq ibn Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, from his father, that Abdullah ibn Jahsh said to him on the day of Uhud: "Will you not come and pray?" Sa'd prayed to meet a fierce man who would fight and kill him. Abdullah said amen, then prayed: "O God, grant me a fierce, hardened man whom I may fight for You until he takes me and slits my nose and ears." Sa'd said: "Abdullah's prayer was better than mine. I saw him at the end of the day, his nose and ears hanging on a thread" ². Al-Zubayr said he was called "the one whose nose was slit for God" ².

Al-Zubayr said that his sword broke on the day of Uhud, and the Prophet gave him a palm stalk, which became a sword in his hand. He was called "al-'Irjun" (the palm stalk). This sword remained until it was sold, from Baghā al-Turkī, for two hundred dinars ².

Ibn Abi Hatim said that he prayed to God on the day of Uhud to grant him martyrdom, and he was killed there. His slayer was Abu al-Hakam ibn al-Akhnas ibn Shariq. He and Hamza were buried in one grave, and he was a little over forty years old when he was killed ². Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib narrated from him ².

The Prophet sent him with twelve men of the emigrants to Nakhla to watch the caravan of Quraysh, and wrote him a letter that he was not to open until after two days. He carried out the order. They met the caravan of Quraysh on the last day of Rajab, killed Amr ibn al-Hadrami, and took two captives. This was the first fifth, the first killed and the first two captives in Islam. The Prophet disapproved of the act and halted the handling of the caravan and the captives. He then released the two captives and paid the blood-money for the slain man (the Nakhla expedition) ^{3 4}.