30 – Jundub ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Sufyān al-Bajali * (ʿ)
The Imam, Abū ʿAbd Allah al-Bajali, al-ʿAlaqī, Companion of the Prophet ﷺ.
He later settled in Kūfa and Basra.
A number of hadiths are narrated from him.
Those who transmitted from him include al-Hasan, Ibn Sīrīn, Abū ʿImrān al-Jawni, Anas ibn Sīrīn, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, al-Aswad ibn Qays, Salamah ibn Kuhayl, Abū al-Sawwār al-ʿAdawī, and others.
Shuʿbah and Hishām report—from Qatādah—from Yūnus ibn Jubayr—who said:
“We accompanied Jundub, and I said to him, ‘Advise us.’ He replied, ‘I enjoin you to fear Allah, and I enjoin you to the Quran, for it is a light in the darkness of night and a guidance in the brightness of day. Put it into practice to the utmost of your ability, whether in hardship or in ease. If a trial befalls you, let your wealth go before your religion; and if the trial grows more severe, then give up your wealth and even your life before giving up your faith. The one who is truly ruined is the one whose religion is ruined, and the one who is truly plundered is the one whose religion is taken from him. And know that there is no poverty after Paradise, nor any wealth after the Fire.’” (1)
Hammād ibn Najīh narrated—from Abū ʿImrān al-Jawni—from Jundub, who said: “We were…"