Abu Ahmad ibn Jahsh

Abu Ahmad ibn Jahsh was a companion of Muhammad. His original name was Abd, but as an adult he was generally known by his kunya. A verse of the Qur'an, Q4:95, was written about his situation.

He was the son of Jahsh ibn Riyab, an immigrant to Mecca from the Asad tribe, and Umama bint Abdulmuttalib, a member of the Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe and an aunt of Muhammad. Hence Abu Ahmad and his five siblings were first cousins of Muhammad. Jahsh had made an alliance with Harb ibn Umayya, and the family remained under the protection of the Umayya clan. Abu Ahmad married Abu Sufyan’s daughter, Al-Faraa, and they had at least two sons, Usama and Abdullah.

Abu Ahmad was blind, and he “used to go all round Mecca from top to bottom without anyone to lead him.”

Abu Ahmad and his brother Abdullah converted to Islam at the invitation of Abu Bakr “before the Messenger of Allah entered the house of Arqam.”

When Muhammad advised the Muslims to emigrate to Medina, the family of Jahsh were among the first to leave Mecca. Abdullah, Abu Ahmad, their three sisters and various other dependants all travelled together, leaving their house locked up. Al-Faraa was apparently not happy and said, “If you must do this, then take us anywhere but to Yathrib.” But Abu Ahmad told her that going to Yathrib (Medina) was Allah’s will, for the Muslims no longer trusted their old friends, and he composed poetry about their argument. After the Jahsh family had departed from Mecca, Abu Sufyan sold their house and kept the proceeds.

When Abu Ahmad and Abdullah first arrived in Medina, they were billeted on a member of the Awf clan named Mubashshir ibn Abdulmunzir. They later built themselves a house on the corner of the plot that was soon to become the community graveyard, Al-Baqi' (“Celestial Cemetery”).

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