and Ṭalḥah ibn Nāfiʿ, Mujāhid, al-Shaʿbī, Sinān ibn Abī Sinān al-Dīlī, Abū al-Mutawakkil al-Nāji, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbbād ibn Jaʿfar, Muʿādh ibn Rifāʿah, Rajāʾ ibn Ḥaywah, Muḥārib ibn Dithār, Sulaymān ibn ʿAtīq, Shuraḥbīl ibn Saʿd, Ṭāwūs, ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn Qatādah, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Miqsam, ʿAbd Allah ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAqīl, ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, Muḥammad ibn Surāqah, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī ʿAmmār, ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī Qatādah, and a host of others.

He was the chief mufti of Medina in his day.

He lived on for several years after Ibn ʿUmar, becoming the last surviving Companion.

He attended the Night of ʿAqabah alongside his father, who was one of the Badri leaders. His father was martyred at Uḥud; Allah, exalted is He, brought him back to life and spoke to him directly (1). When Muʿāwiyah later had a water-course dug by the graves of the martyrs of Uḥud, the grave of Jābir’s father was uncovered. After many years Jābir hurried to him and found the body fresh and uncorrupted (2).

On the day of Uḥud Jābir obeyed his father’s order and stayed behind to look after his sisters. He subsequently fought at the Trench, took part in the Pledge under the Tree, grew old, lost his sight, and reached nearly ninety years of age.

Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated from Abū al-Zubayr, from Jābir, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sought forgiveness for me on the Night of the Camel twenty-five times (3).”

It has also been reported that he was present at Badr.