At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
Jabir ibn Samura ibn Junada al-Amiri al-Suwa'i, an ally of Banu Zuhra. His mother is Khalida bint Abi Waqqas, sister of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. Both he and his father had companionship, and the authors of the Sahihs narrate from him 1.
What he related of sitting with the Prophet
Sharik relates from Simak from Jabir, who said: "I sat with the Prophet ﷺ more than a hundred times" — narrated by al-Tabarani. In the Sahih from him: "I prayed with the Prophet more than two thousand times" 1.
His kunya, residence and death
Connections
- Lived in
- Kufa
- Member of
- Banu Zuhra
- Mentioned in
- Muslim 1821 — The religion stands until twelve caliphs· Muslim 2344 — I saw a seal on his back like a dove's egg
People and things also explored
Muhammad· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Adi ibn Hatim· al-Ash'ath ibn Qays· al-Bara' ibn Azib· al-Miswar ibn Makhrama· al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt· Dimam ibn Tha'laba
Sources
- al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p. 194
- Asma al-Matalib fi Sirat Ali ibn Abi Talib, vol. 1 — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Jabir ibn Samura”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jabir-ibn-samura/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.