ʿAbdallāh ibn Salām
ʿAbdallāh ibn Salām ( Arabic عبد الله ابن سلام, DMG ʿAbdallāh ibn Salām ), d. 43 AH / 663–664 AD, was a Jew in Medina who joined the Prophet Mohammed . According to tradition, he received the name Abdullah ( Servant of God ) from the Prophet on the occasion of his conversion to Islam . The exact date of this event is controversial: while stresses in traditions, which are attributed to his descendants that he even before the Hijrah in Mina had converted, it was done according to other traditions shortly after the Hijrah. A third report dates its conversion to the year 8 AH (629/630 AD). Generally, Abdallāh ibn Salām is assigned to the Jewish tribe of the Qainuqa , but according to a source quoted by the local Medinan historian Samhūdī, he belonged to the otherwise unknown tribe of the Zayd Allāt.
The Tafsīr al-Jalālain identifies the “witness of the children of Israel” in Sura 46:10 with Abd Allaah ibn Salām. In the Islamic tradition he has become a representative of the Jewish scribes Yathrib , who accepted the mention of his prophecy in the Bible affirmatively from Muhammad's message and protected him from the intrigues of their former fellow believers.
literature
- Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd edition. Macmillan Reference United States, Detroit. Vol. 1, p. 241 (Abdallah ibn Salām)
- J. Horovitz: Art. "ʿAbd Allāh b. Salām" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition. Vol. I, p. 52.
- Michael Lecker: The 'Constitution of Medina'. Muḥammad's First Legal Document . Princeton, New Jersey 2004. pp. 63-66.
supporting documents
- ↑ See Lecker 65f.
- ↑ Tafsir al-Jalalayn (Arabic / English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | ʿAbdallāh ibn Salām |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abdullah (name after conversion to Islam); Abd Allah ibn Salam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish follower of Muhammad |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century or 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 663 or 664 |