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Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Teacher sent to Yemen

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CompanionTeacher sent to Yemen

Mu'adh ibn Jabalمعاذ بن جبل

Approximate dateYemen

A young Ansari scholar whom the Prophet ﷺ loved and sent to teach and judge in Yemen.

Mu'adh accepted Islam as a teenager and became known for knowing what is lawful and unlawful. Sending him to Yemen, the Prophet ﷺ asked how he would judge; he answered by the Quran, then the Sunnah, then his own reasoning. The Prophet ﷺ walked beside his mount in farewell. He died in the plague of Amwas in 639.

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 1395Sunan Abi Dawud 1522Sahih al-Bukhari 3758

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Who else is linked?

Abu Ubaydah ibn al-JarrahUbayy ibn Ka'bAbdullah ibn Mas'udSalim mawla Abi HudhayfahAmwas (Emmaus)

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺThe Three Who Stayed BehindZayd ibn HarithaHeracliusKhosrow IIAl-MuqawqisJabalah ibn al-AyhamYazdegerd III

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