Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh
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Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh (died 625), also called Abdu ibn Jahsh, was a cousin and companion
Sahaba
In Islam, the ' were the companions, disciples, scribes and family of the Islamic prophet...

 of Muhammad
Muhammad
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Embrace Islam

As Jahsh and his son Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh embraced Islam, whole of their clan embraced Islam.

He was the brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh
Zaynab bint Jahsh
Zaynab bint Jahsh was a wife of Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers. Prior to this, she was briefly married to Muhammad's adopted son, Zayd ibn Harithah...

, who married Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...

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To Abyssinia,615

He joined other Muslims including his father Jahsh in emigrating to Abyssina
Migration to Abyssinia
The migration known as the first Hijarat was made in two groups totalling more than a hundred persons. According to Islamic tradition, eleven male and five female Sahabah, the Muslims who originally converged in Mecca, sought refuge from Quraysh persecution in the Kingdom of Aksum in of in the...

 and later moved to Medina. Jahsh joined Sad ibn abi Waqqas in overseas preaching. The Islamic people Chams of Cambodiya trace their origin to a father-in-law of Prophet who is Jahsh (Geys), the father of Zainab (wife of Muhammad). Chinese Muslims dedicated a mauseleum in Hami, 400 miles east of Urumqi in Xinxiang, to Jahsh's (Geys') memory that was misconstrued as Geys' tomb by later generations.

Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh was killed in the battle of Uhud
Battle of Uhud
The Battle of Uhud was fought on March 19, 625 at the valley located in front of Mount Uhud, in what is now northwestern Arabia. It occurred between a force from the Muslim community of Medina led by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a force led by Abu Sufyan ibn Harb from Mecca, the town from...

 by Akhnas ibn Shariq
Akhnas ibn Shariq
Akhnas ibn Shariq al-Thaqifi or Abi al-Hakam ibn Akhnas ibn Sharif ath-Thaqafi was a contemporary to Muhammad and one of the leaders of Mecca .-Muhammad's visit to Ta'if — 619:...

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  • http://al-islam.org/restatement/24.htm
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