Abu Jubayla

أبو جبيلة

al-Sham (Greater Syria)

Abu Jubayla — Ubayd ibn Salim, a Khazraji magnate at the Ghassanid court: he swore off perfume and women until Yathrib's Jews were humbled, marched down feigning a Yemen campaign, and at Dhi Hard admitted the Jewish notables one by one and killed them all, handing supremacy to Aws and Khazraj 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
Region
Arabia · Levant & Iraq
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Abu Jubayla Ubayd ibn Salim ibn Malik ibn Salim al-Khazraji, of the Banu Ghadab ibn Jusham, of the Khazraj. He was highly regarded by the kings of Ghassan in Syria. 1

His vow

When Malik ibn al-Ajlan fled to him after killing al-Futayun, he vowed to God that he would not touch perfume or approach women until he had humiliated the Jews, so that the Aws and Khazraj would be the most honoured people of Yathrib. 1

Dhu Harad

He set out with a force and gave out that he meant Yemen. He camped at Dhu Harad and summoned the notables of the Jews, showing them kindness. He admitted them one man at a time and killed them to the last. 1

The Aws and Khazraj thus became the most honoured people of Medina, and he returned to Syria. 1

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Member of
al-Khazraj
Lived in
al-Sham (Greater Syria)
Participated in
The Ansar's triumph over Medina and the killing of al-Fityawn

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مالك بن العجلان· the Plague of 'Amwas (18 AH)· Strife between the Franks and the Armenians· Frankish seaborne raid on the coast and the truce· Frankish raids on Syria· The War of Ka'b ibn Amr al-Mazini· The War of Samir· The Prophet's trade journey to Syria with Khadija's goods

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 491
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Malik ibn al-Ajlan al-Khazraji: when his sister confessed she must enter al-Fityawn's chamber before her bridegroom's, he killed the Jewish tyrant and fled to Syria — the act that set Abu Jubayla's purge in motion and ended Jewish supremacy at Yathrib.