al-Jarud al-Abdi

A lord of the Abd al-Qays, who was a Christian. He came in the delegation of his people to the Prophet, embraced Islam and his Islam was good, and he stood firm in the Ridda. ^{1 2}

Ibn Ishaq calls him al-Jarud ibn Amr ibn Hanash, and Ibn Hisham says he was al-Jarud ibn Bishr ibn al-Mu'alla, and that he was a Christian. ¹ Al-Rahiq al-Makhtum calls him al-Jarud ibn al-Ala'. ³

Ibn Ishaq relates from one he does not doubt, from al-Hasan, and in two copies "al-Husayn", that when al-Jarud reached the Prophet he spoke with him, and the Prophet offered him Islam and encouraged him to it. He said: "O Muhammad, I was on a religion and I am leaving my religion for yours; will you guarantee my religion to me?" The Prophet said: "Yes, I guarantee that God has guided you to what is better than it." ¹ He embraced Islam and his companions embraced Islam, then he asked the Prophet for mounts, saying he had nothing to mount them on. He asked that they should be given food from the strayed animals of the people between Medina and their lands. The Prophet said: "No, beware of them, for those are coals of fire." ¹

Al-Jarud returned to his people. He was of good Islam and firm in his religion until he died, and he lived to see the Ridda. When those who had embraced Islam returned to their former religion with al-Ghurur ibn al-Mundhir, he stood up, bore witness to the truth, called to Islam and said: "O people, I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, and I will call unbelief upon whoever does not witness." ² Ibn Hisham says it is also related as "and I will suffice whoever does not witness". ²

Al-Baladhuri says that in 22 AH Umar ordered al-Jarud sent to the fortresses of Fars. ⁴

• Three names are given for the man in different sources; they are set out in the names above.
• "al-Hasan" is the narrator of the report, and in two copies it is "al-Husayn". ¹
• The editors note that one copy reads "saliban" in place of "salban" (the word for steadfast). ²