(Friday Sermon - November 23, 2018 )

Background and Participation in Battles

Hazrat Jabr bin Ateek^(ra) was a companion who participated in the Battle of Badr and in all the other battles with the Holy Prophet^(sa). He lived in Medina and remained there until the demise of the Holy Prophet^(sa). Hazrat Jabr bin Ateek’s^(ra) title was Abdullah. He had two sons – Ateek and Abdullah – and one daughter named Umme Thabit. The Holy Prophet^(sa) established a bond of brotherhood between Hazrat Jabr bin Ateek^(ra) and Hazrat Khabbab bin al-Arat^(ra). At the conquest of Mecca he was the flag bearer for Banu Muawiyyah bin Malik. Hazrat Jabr bin Ateek^(ra) passed away in 61 AH during the Khilafat of Yazid bin Muawiyyah at the age of 71. Rather it should be termed as an “era”, because it was not a Khilafat. (Al-Tabakaat-ul-Qubra Li-ibn Sa‘d, Vol. 3, p.357, Jabr bin Ateek, Dar-ul-Kutub Al-Ilmiyyah, Beirut, 1990)