Abdullah ibn Jud'an

عبد الله بن جدعان

The aged, honoured chief of Taym ibn Murra in whose house the Fudul pact was sworn — a byword in Mecca for hospitality.

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Roles
Tribal leader
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
Review
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Place in the story

  • Host · c. 586 CETradition

Arabian polytheism (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Summary

Abdullah ibn Judan al-Taymi, of Taym ibn Murra of Quraysh. The parties to the Hilf al-Fudul gathered in his house, for his age and standing 1 2 3.

His house and the pact

The book says that the tribes which responded to the Hilf al-Fudul gathered in the house of Abdullah ibn Judan al-Taymi, for his age and standing, and there they agreed to support the wronged 1 2. The pact is mentioned in this house in the Prophet ﷺ's saying, after his mission, that he had witnessed a pact in the house of Abdullah ibn Judan, and that if he were called to it in Islam, he would answer 4 3.

From another source

Al-Mas'udi says that he was a slave-dealer in the Jahiliyya, who bought and sold slave-girls, and that he commanded Quraysh on the day of the War of al-Fijar 5.

Notes for researchers

  • On who led Quraysh on the day of al-Fijar, the two sources differ: Harb ibn Umayya in al-Raheeq, and Ibn Judan in al-Mas'udi. Both accounts are recorded.
For young visitors

Abdullah ibn Judan was an elderly, well-known man in Mecca, famous for generosity. In his house, the clans that agreed to support the oppressed gathered.

Connections

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Member of
Quraysh
Participated in
Hilf al-Fudul (the pact of the virtuous)
Spouse of
Dubaa bint Amir

People and things also explored

Mecca· Banu al-Muttalib· Banu Amir ibn Lu'ayy· Banu Hashim· al-As ibn Wa'il· al-Hums· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· Sending infants to Bedouin wet-nurses

Sources

  1. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.59
  2. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/133-135
  3. Mukhtasar Sirat al-Rasul — al-Najdi , p.30-31
  4. al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.60
  5. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.584
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City in the Hejaz, birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and site of the Kaaba and the annual Hajj.