Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 14, Hadith 296
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ الأَسْوَدِ، عَنِ الْحَجَّاجِ الصَّوَّافِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَابِرٌ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: مَنْ سَيِّدُكُمْ يَا بَنِي سَلِمَةَ؟ قُلْنَا: جُدُّ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، عَلَى أَنَّا نُبَخِّلُهُ، قَالَ: وَأَيُّ دَاءٍ أَدْوَى مِنَ الْبُخْلِ؟ بَلْ سَيِّدُكُمْ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْجَمُوحِ، وَكَانَ عَمْرٌو عَلَى أَصْنَامِهِمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَكَانَ يُولِمُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Aswad narrated to us: Humayd ibn al-Aswad narrated to us, from al-Hajjaj al-Sawwaf, who said: Abu al-Zubayr narrated to me: Jabir narrated to us that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Who is your chief, Banu Salima?’ We said, ‘Judd ibn Qays, although we consider him miserly.’ He said, ‘What illness is more harmful than miserliness? Rather, your chief is ‘Amr ibn al-Jamuh.’ ‘Amr used to be in charge of their idols in the pre-Islamic period, and he would host a wedding feast for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he married.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source identifies ‘Amr as being over their idols during the Jahiliyya and says he would hold a walima for the Messenger when he married. The precise circumstances of the wedding feast are not further specified.
وَكَانَ عَمْرٌو عَلَى أَصْنَامِهِمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ
The phrase indicates a role or responsibility over the tribe’s idols but does not name the exact office.
Is ‘in charge of their idols’ an adequate literal rendering here?