ʿAbd Allah al-Bajali reported, through Abu Bakr ibn Ḥafṣ, from ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Jarīr is one of us, the People of the Household—through and through.” He repeated it three times. ⦗1⦘
This report is munkar (anomalous); the sound version makes it a statement of ʿAlī himself.
Al-Ziyādī and others said:
Khalid ibn ʿAmr al-Umawī narrated to us; Mālik ibn Mighwal narrated to us, from Abū Zurʿah, from Jarīr, who said:
“When delegations of the Arabs came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would send for me. I would put on my cloak, go to him, and he would boast of me.” ⦗2⦘
It is also related from Jarīr that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “Allah has given you a handsome appearance, so perfect your character.”
And ʿĪsā ibn Yazīd reported: “The Prophet ﷺ used to marvel at Jarīr’s intelligence and beauty.”
Khalid ibn ʿAbd Allah narrated, from Bayān, from Qays, from Jarīr, who said:
“ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb saw me without my upper garment and called out, ‘Put on your cloak, put on your cloak.’ I took my cloak, then went over to the people and asked, ‘What is the matter with him?’ They said, ‘When he saw you uncovered, he said, “I have never seen anyone created in such a form as this man—save what has been mentioned about Joseph.”’” ⦗3⦘
ʿUmar ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Mujālid narrated, from his father, from Bayān, from Qays, from Jarīr:
He once walked before ʿUmar wearing only an izār (lower wrap), so ʿUmar said, “Put on your cloak,” and he said to the people, “What—”