Jahsh ibn Riyab

Jahsh ibn Riyab (Arabic: جحش بن رئاب), was a companion of Muhammad.

Jahsh ibn Riyab
جحش بن رئاب
Known for	Companion (Sahabi) of the Prophet
Spouse	Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib
Children	Zaynab Abd Allah Abu Ahmad Hammanah Habiba Ubayd Allah
Father	Riyab

Originally from the Asad ibn Khuzayma tribe,^[1] he settled in Mecca and formed an alliance with Harb ibn Umayya, chief of the leading clan of the Quraysh tribe. He married Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib, a member of the Hashim clan and aunt of Muhammad,^[2] and they had six children.

1. Abd Allah.^[3][4][5][6]
2. Ubayd Allah.^[7][8][9]
3. Zaynab, later a wife of Muhammad.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}
4. Abd, always known as an adult by his kunya, Abu Ahmad.^{[16][17][18][19]}
5. Habiba, also known as Umm Habib.^[20][21]
6. Hamna.^[22][23][24]

It is said that Jahsh emigrated to Abyssinia and joined Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas in overseas military conquests. “The Chams of Cambodia ascribe their conversion to one of the fathers-in-law of Muhammad”^[25] named "Geys" (Jahsh). “The Chinese Muhammadans have a legend that their faith was first preached in China by a maternal uncle of the Prophet, and his reputed tomb at Canton is highly venerated by them.”^[26] What later generations misconstrued as the tomb of "Geys" appears to have been a mausoleum dedicated to his memory in Hami, 400 miles east of Ürümqi in Xinxiang.^[27]

However, “there is not the slightest historical base for this legend.”^[28] Jahsh is not even listed among those who emigrated to Abyssinia,^[29] although it may be that he departed permanently from Mecca independently from the general emigration.