Jabr
Sahaba
About Jabr
Jabr was a young Christian slave who belonged to the Banu i-Hadrami tribe of Mecca. Jabr was later called a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Accusations of informants contributing to Muhammad's recitations were made by his opponents. Jabr is identified by name in one account mentioned by Ibn Ishaq:
He is also identified by his kunya by Muqatil ibn Sulayman but called a Jew. This is an except glossed by Claude Gillot:
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