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Jubayr ibn Mut'im


Jubayr ibn Mut‘im (Arabic: جبير بن مطعم‎‎) (d. AH 57 (676/677) or AH 59 (678/679)) was one of the Meccan enemies of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who later became a Sahabi (Companion of the Prophet Muhammad).

He was the son of Mut`im ibn `Uday.

In 2 BH (620 CE), Abu Bakr had initially engaged his daughter Aisha to Jubayr ibn Mut'im, but this arrangement was canceled in favor of her marriage to Muhammad. Mohammads first wife Khadijah had died in 619 AD a Chapter which Lings called "The Year of Sadness" which begins by referring to 619 AD and he reference to the engagement to Jubayr two chapters later ( p. 106) beginning "In the Year which followed The Year of Sadness".

He was especially known for his knowledge of genealogy. He was the owner of Wahshy ibn Harb, the slave who killed Hamza ibn 'Abdul Muttalib. He adopted Islam in the period between the Hudaibiah Treaty and the Conquest of Mecca.

He had two sons, Nafi' ibn Jubayr and Muhammad ibn Jubayr. He is included in the Isnad of several hadith, among them being the hadith of the two weighty things.

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