is a Prophet.

I remained with them for a time and then returned to Mecca, only to find that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had already departed for Medina.

The people of Mecca turned against me and said, “Hand over the children’s property that your father placed in your care.”

I replied, “I will never do so unless you cleave my head from my body; but allow me to go and I will deliver it to them.”

They said, “We bind you by Allah’s covenant and solemn pledge that you must not partake of his food.”

So I set out for Medina, and the news reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ before I arrived. When I entered upon him, he said to me, among the first things he said, “I can see that you are hungry—bring some food.”

I said, “I will not eat your bread. If you permit me to eat, I will do so.” Then I informed him of what had happened.

He said, “Then fulfill your pledge.” (1)

Ibn Ishaq said: ʿAbd (2) Allah ibn Abi Bakr and others narrated to us, saying:

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allotted gifts to those whose hearts were being reconciled, and he gave Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim one hundred camels.”

Musʿab ibn ʿAbd Allah said: “Jubayr was one of the wise and forbearing men of Quraysh and among their leaders, and people learned genealogy from him.”

Ibn Ishaq said: Yaʿqub ibn ʿUtbah narrated to us, from a shaykh, who said:

“When the sword of al-Nuʿman ibn al-Mundhir was brought to ʿUmar, he summoned Jubayr ibn Muṭʿim ibn ʿAdi and armed him with it. (3)”

Jubayr was the most knowledgeable Arab in matters of Arab lineage, and he used to say, “I only acquired genealogy from Abu Bakr al-Ṣiddiq, and Abu Bakr was the foremost Arab genealogist.”

Khalifah counted Jubayr among ʿUmar’s governors over Kufa, noting that he appointed him before al-Mughira ibn Shuʿba.

Ibn Saʿd said: “The mother of Jubayr’s mother—that is, his maternal grandmother—was Umm Habib bint al-ʿĀṣ ibn Umayyah.”