Jaban al-Kurdi

Abū Maymūn Jābān al-Kurdī (Arabic: أبو ميمون جابان الكردي, Kurdish: Cabanê Kurdî), also referred to as Jaban Sahabi (Arabic: جابان صَحَابِيٌّ, romanized: Jābān Ṣaḥābiyy, lit. 'Jaban the Companion'), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1][2]

Abu Maymun

Jaban

Al-Kurdi
Cabanê Kurdî
Personal
ReligionIslam
ChildrenAbu Basir
EthnicityKurdish
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)Jaban
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abu Maymun
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Kurdi

In the year 18 after Hijra (approximately 639 CE), he came back to Kurdistan to preach Islam in his homeland.

Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentions in his book Finding the Truth in Judging the Companions, 10 prophetic ahadith which were narrated by Jaban.[3] Jaban's son Abu Basir was a Tabi'i.

See also

References

  1. Muhammad Amin Zaki. Meşahirê Kurd û Kurdistanê. ISBN 9789757861126.
  2. Mella, Jawad (2015-09-15). Kurdistan and the Kurds Under the Syrian Occupation. ISBN 9781499096521.
  3. Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani. Al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-Sahaba (in Arabic).
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