Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh

Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh
عبيدالله إبن جحش
Born588
Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
Died627
Axum, Kingdom of Axum
(present-day Ethiopia)
SpouseRamla bint Abi Sufyan
Parents

Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh ibn Ri'ab (Arabic: عُبَيْد اللَّه ٱبْن جَحْش ٱبْن رِئَاب, romanized: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jaḥsh ibn Riʾāb; c. 588–627) was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who apostated from Islam by converting to Christianity following his migration to Abyssinia in around 615 CE. He is one of the four hanifs (a type of monotheists) mentioned by Ibn Ishaq, te others being Waraka ibn Nawfal, Uthman ibn Huwairith and Zayd ibn Amr.[1]

  1. ^ Muhammad ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, pp. 98-99. Oxford: Oxford University Press.