- Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh
Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh ( _ar. عبيدالله بن جحش) was the brother of
Zaynab bint Jahsh . He is one of the four monotheistic hanifs mentioned byIbn Ishaq . The others beingWaraqah ibn Nawfal Uthman ibn Huwarith andZayd ibn Umar .He was married to
Ramlah bint Abu Sufyan (who was also known as Umm Habiba Ramla). They had a daughter namedHabibah bint Ubayd-Allah .He and his wife became Muslims andin order to escape from the Meccan persecutionthey emigrated to Abyssiniawhere the Christian king gave sanctuary to the Muslims. There Ubayd-Allah eventually converted to Christianity and testified his new faith to the other Muslim refugees. Ibn Ishaq relates:
Due to his conversionhe was divorced from his wife. He stopped following the Islamic prohibition of drinking alcoholand eventually died in Abyssinia.
Later on
Prophet Muhammad married his former wifeand later on his sisterZaynab bint Jahsh .References
* GuillaumeAlfred"The Life of Muhammad"Oxford University Press1955reprinted in 2003. ISBN 0-19-636033-1
ee also
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Ubayd-Allah (name)
*Jahsh (name)
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