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Abū Jandal ibn Suhayl رضي الله عنه
أبو جندل بن سهيل
A persecuted Muslim who reached the believers in chains during the treaty negotiations at al-Ḥudaybiyah.
He reached the believers in chains
His challenges and choices
- He arrived from Makkah in chains and asked whether he would be returned despite coming as a Muslim. The report records that he had been severely tortured for his faith.
His standing in the sources
- His father Suhayl ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنه insisted that he be returned under the treaty's condition. The Prophet ﷺ asked to keep him, but Suhayl رضي الله عنه refused; the report records his return to his father.
Connected lives
- Suhayl ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنه
His father Suhayl ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنه insisted that he be returned under the treaty's condition. The Prophet ﷺ asked to keep him, but Suhayl رضي الله عنه refused; the report records his return to his father.
Sources and accounts
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Abū Jandal ibn Suhayl رضي الله عنه
He reached the believers in chains
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2731; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711He arrived from Makkah in chains and asked whether he would be returned despite coming as a Muslim. The report records that he had been severely tortured for his faith.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2731His father Suhayl ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنه insisted that he be returned under the treaty's condition. The Prophet ﷺ asked to keep him, but Suhayl رضي الله عنه refused; the report records his return to his father.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2731; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2731; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2731; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2731; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711
Connected accounts
Suhayl ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنه — His father Suhayl ibn ʿAmr رضي الله عنه insisted that he be returned under the treaty's condition. The Prophet ﷺ asked to keep him, but Suhayl رضي الله عنه refused; the report records his return to his father.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2731; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2711