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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He was the brother of ʿAbd Allah ibn Jubayr al-ʿAqabī, a participant at Badr and the commander of the archers on the Day of Uḥud.

Khawwāt’s kunya was Abū Ṣāliḥ. Qays ibn Abī Ḥudhayfah, however, maintained that his kunya was Abū ʿAbd Allah.

Ibn Saʿd said: They report that Khawwāt ibn Jubayr had been the companion of Dhāt al-Niḥyayn (1) in the pre-Islamic era; later he accepted Islam, and his Islam was deemed sound (2).

Al-Wāqidī related: ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī Sulaymān narrated to me—from Khawwāt ibn Ṣāliḥ—from his father. Ibn Abī Sabrah also narrated to us—from al-Miswar ibn Rifāʿah—from ʿAbd Allah ibn Miknaf—that Khawwāt ibn Jubayr set out for Badr. When he reached al-Rawḥāʾ, a splinter of rock struck him and broke a bone, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent him back to Medina but allotted him his share of the spoils and the reward; thus it was as though he had actually been present (3).

They said that Khawwāt died in Medina in the year 40 AH, at the age of seventy-four. He used to dye his hair and was of medium build (4).

(1) The word nahy designates a leather skin filled with clarified butter (samn). “Dhat al-nahyayn” (the woman with the two skins) was a woman from the clan of Taym Allah b. Tha‘laba who sold butter in the pre-Islamic period. Khawat b. Jubayr came to buy from her; she untied one full skin and he said, “Keep hold of it while I look at another.” She untied a second and he repeated, “Keep hold of it.” Once both her hands were occupied, he forced himself upon her, satisfied his desire, and fled. He later versified the episode; see Jamhurat al-amthal, 2/322, and Lisan al-Arab, s.v. “nahy.” (2) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, vol. 3, p. 477. (3) Ibn Saʿd, 3/477, which adds: “A nasil stone struck his shin.” A nasil is a long, thin stone shaped like a sharp-edged plate; plural nasl. (4) Ibn Saʿd, 3/477–478. The term rabʿah describes a person of medium stature, neither tall nor short.

أَخُو عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ جُبَيْرٍ العَقَبِيُّ، البَدْرِيُّ، الَّذِي كَانَ أَمِيْرَ الرُّمَاةِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ. وَيُكْنَى خَوَّاتٌ: أَبَا صَالِحٍ. قَالَ قَيْسُ بنُ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ: كُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ: قَالُوا: وَكَانَ خَوَّاتُ بنُ جُبَيْرٍ صَاحِبَ ذَاتِ النِّحْيَيْنِ (١) فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ، ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ، فَحَسُنَ إِسْلاَمُهُ (٢) . الوَاقِدِيُّ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ المَلِكِ بنُ أَبِي سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ خَوَّاتِ بنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ. وَأَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي سَبْرَةَ، عَنِ المِسْوَرِ بنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ مِكْنَفٍ: أَنَّ خَوَّاتَ بنَ جُبَيْرٍ خَرَجَ إِلَى بَدْرٍ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ أَصَابَهُ نَصِيْلُ حَجَرٍ، فَكُسِرَ، فَرَدَّهُ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى المَدِيْنَةِ، وَضَرَبَ لَهُ بِسَهْمِهِ وَأَجْرِهِ، فَكَانَ كَمَنْ شَهِدَهَا (٣) . قَالُوا: مَاتَ خَوَّاتٌ بِالمَدِيْنَةِ، سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِيْنَ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعٍ وَسَبْعِيْنَ سَنَةً، وَكَانَ يَخْضِبُ، وَكَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنَ الرِّجَالِ (٤) .

(١) النحي: الزق فيه السمن، وذات النحيين: امرأة من تيم الله بن ثعلبة، كانت تبيع السمن في الجاهلية، فأتى خوات بن جبير يبتاع منها سمنا، فساومها، فحلت نحيا مملوءا، فقال: أمسكيه حتى أنظر غيره، ثم حل آخر، وقال لها: أمسكيه. فلما شغل يديها، ساورها حتى قضى ما أراد وهرب، وقال في ذلك شعرا انظره في " جمهرة الأمثال " ٢ / ٣٢٢، واللسان: نحى. (٢) ابن سعد ٣ / ٤٧٧. (٣) ابن سعد ٣ / ٤٧٧، وفيه: أصاب ساقه نصيل حجر. والنصيل: حجر طويل رقيق كهيئة الصفيحة المحددة، وجمعه: النصل. (٤) ابن سعد ٣ / ٤٧٧، ٤٧٨، والربعة: هو المربوع الخلق، لا بالطويل ولا بالقصير.