I have never seen a man more handsome than this—apart from what has reached us about Joseph’s beauty. ⦗1⦘

Abu ʿAwanah narrated, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr; Ibrāhīm ibn Jarīr told me that ʿUmar said, “Jarīr is the Joseph of this community.” ⦗2⦘

Mughīrah reported, on the authority of al-Shaʿbī, from Jarīr, who said:

“I was in ʿUmar’s presence when a man breathed—meaning, he passed wind. ʿUmar said, ‘I oblige the one responsible to rise and renew his ablution.’ I said, ‘Oblige us all.’ So he said, ‘I oblige myself and all of you to rise and perform ablution.’ We therefore rose, performed ablution, and then prayed. ⦗3⦘”

This same report was also transmitted by Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān, from Mujālid, from al-Shaʿbī. It comes through several chains, and some narrators add that ʿUmar said, “May Allah have mercy on you; what an excellent leader you were in the Age of Ignorance, and what an excellent leader you are in Islam.”

Mujālid, from al-Shaʿbī, said: “On the day of al-Qādisiyyah, Jarīr ibn ʿAbd Allah commanded the right flank of Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ’s army.”

Ibn ʿAsākir stated: “Jarīr resided in Kūfah, then moved to Qirqīsiyā ⦗4⦘, and he later arrived as an envoy from ʿAlī to Muʿāwiyah. ⦗5⦘”

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār said: “Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to me; he said: ʿImrān ibn ʿAbd…"