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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ʿAbd Allah ibn Numayr narrated—from al-Ajlah, from al-Shaʿbī—who said:
“When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from Khaybar, Jaʿfar came out to meet him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ embraced him, kissed him between the eyes, and said, ‘I do not know which of the two makes me happier: Jaʿfar’s arrival or the conquest of Khaybar.’ (1)

In the version of Muḥammad ibn Rabīʿah, from al-Ajlah, it adds: he kissed him between the eyes, hugged him, and held him close.

Ibn Isḥāq said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ linked Jaʿfar ibn Abī Ṭālib and Muʿādh ibn Jabal as brothers.

Al-Wāqidī rejected this, saying, ‘The brotherhood pacts occurred only before Badr; then the verse on inheritance was revealed and those pacts ceased, while Jaʿfar was at that time in Abyssinia.’

Ḥafṣ ibn Ghiyāth narrated—from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, from his father:
‘The daughter of Ḥamzah was moving about among the men when ʿAlī took her by the hand and placed her with Fāṭimah in her howdah. He, Jaʿfar, and Zayd then disputed over her custody.

ʿAlī said, “She is my cousin, and I was the one who brought her out.”

Jaʿfar said, “She is my cousin, and her maternal aunt is my wife.”

The Prophet ﷺ ruled in favor of Jaʿfar and said, “The maternal aunt is like the mother.”

Jaʿfar then rose and began hopping around the Prophet ﷺ, circling him.

He ﷺ asked, “What is this?”

He replied, “It is something I saw the Abyssinians do for their kings.” (3)

(1) Reported by Ibn Saʿd, 4/1/23; see also Asad al-Ghaba, 1/342, and al-Isaba, 2/86. Al-Hakim, 3/211, transmitted it as well, noting that the only sound chain renders the report mursal (with the Companion omitted); al-Dhahabi confirmed that this is the correct view. (2) Ibn Saʿd, 4/1/24, records the narration with a weak, interrupted chain. Ahmad, 1/108, also transmits it through Aswad b. ʿAmir → Israʾil → Abu Ishaq → Haniʾ b. Haniʾ → ʿAli, but Haniʾ b. Haniʾ is of unknown status and only Abu Ishaq narrates from him. The well-known account of the dispute between ʿAli, Zayd, and Jaʿfar over the guardianship of Hamza’s daughter appears in Bukhari (2699) in the Book of Reconciliation, “How an agreement is written,” and (4251) in the Book of Expeditions, “ʿUmrat al-Qadaʾ.” In that report the Prophet judged in favor of the girl’s maternal aunt—Jaʿfar’s wife—stating: “The maternal aunt is like the mother.” Al-hajl refers to raising one leg and hopping on the other out of intense joy; it may also denote short jumps on both legs rather than normal walking. The same tradition is found in Ahmad, 1/99, 115, 230; Abu Dawud (2278, 2279); and al-Tirmidhi (1905).

عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ نُمَيْرٍ: عَنِ الأَجْلَحِ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ: لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ تَلَقَّاهُ جَعْفَرٌ، فَالْتَزَمَهُ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَبَّلَ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَقَالَ: (مَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَفْرَحُ: بِقُدُوْمِ جَعْفَرٍ، أَمْ بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ (١)) . وَفِي روَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ رَبِيْعَةَ، عَنْ أَجْلَح: فَقَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَضَمَّهُ، وَاعْتَنَقَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: آخَى رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَ جَعْفَرِ بنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَمُعَاذِ بنِ جَبَلٍ. فَأَنْكَرَ هَذَا الوَاقِدِيُّ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا كَانَتِ المُؤَاخَاةُ قَبْلَ بَدْرٍ، فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ المِيْرَاثِ، وَانْقَطَعَتْ المُؤَاخَاةُ، وَجَعْفَرٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِالحَبَشَةِ. حَفْصُ بنُ غِيَاثٍ: عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ: أَنَّ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ لَتَطُوْفُ بَيْنَ الرِّجَالِ، إِذْ أَخَذَ عَلِيٌّ بِيَدِهَا، فَأَلْقَاهَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا، فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيْهَا هُوَ، وَجَعْفَرٌ، وَزَيْدٌ. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: ابْنَةُ عَمِّي، وَأَنَا أَخْرَجْتُهَا. وَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: ابْنَةُ عَمِّي، وَخَالَتُهَا تَحْتِي. فَقَضَى بِهَا لِجَعْفَرٍ، وَقَالَ: (الخَالَةُ وَالِدَةٌ) . فَقَامَ جَعْفَرٌ، فَحَجلَ حَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ دَارَ عَلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ: (مَا هَذَا؟) . قَالَ: شَيْءٌ رَأَيْتُ الحَبَشَةَ يَصْنَعُوْنَهُ بِمُلُوْكِهِم (٣) .

(١) أخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ١ / ٢٣، وانظر " أسد الغابة " ١ / ٣٤٢، و" الإصابة " ٢ / ٨٦. وأخرجه الحاكم ٣ / ٢١١ وقال: إنما ظهر بمثل هذا الإسناد الصحيح مرسلا. وقال الذهبي: وهو الصواب. (٢) أخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ١ / ٢٤، وإسناده ضعيف لانقطاعه، وأخرجه أحمد ١ / ١٠٨ من طريق: أسود بن عامر، عن إسرائيل، عن أبي إسحاق، عن هانئ بن هانئ، عن علي، وهانئ بن هانئ مستور لم يرو عنه إلا أبو إسحاق. وأما خبر اختصام علي وزيد وجعفر في ابنة حمزة. فقد أخرجه البخاري (٢٦٩٩) في الصلح: باب كيف يكتب، و (٤٢٥١) في المغازي: باب عمرة القضاء. وفيه أنه قضي بها النبئ ﷺ، لخالتها وهي زوجة جعفر، وقال: الخالة بمنزلة الام. والحجل: أن يرفع رجلا ويقفز على رجل واحدة من شدة الفرح ويكون بالاثنتين قفزا لا مشيا، كما وأخرجه أحمد ١ / ٩٩، ١١٥، ٢٣٠، وأبو داود (٢٢٧٨، ٢٢٧٩) ، والترمذي (١٩٠٥) .