Jabr (slave)


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 8th-century Quran story teller, Muqatil ibn Sulayman:
Similar accounts mention a slave of the Banu I-Hadrami while not the name Jabr specifically.