[Machine] Ja'far ibn Abi Talib struck a man from the Romans and cut him into two halves. One of his halves fell into a vineyard. In his half, thirty or thirty-one wounds were found. Ja'far migrated to the land of Abyssinia in the second migration, and with him was his wife Asma bint Umais. He remained in the land of Abyssinia until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ migrated to Al-Madinah. Then Ja'far migrated to Al-Madinah and he was in Khaybar. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I don't know which of the two events to be more joyful about, the conquest of Khaybar or the arrival of Ja'far." He said, "Ja'far was called Abu Abdullah."  

ضَرَبَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الرُّومِ فَقَطَعَهُ بِنِصْفَيْنِ فَوَقَعَ إِحْدَى نَصْفَيْهِ فِي كَرْمٍ فَوُجِدَ فِي نِصْفِهِ ثَلَاثُونَ أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ جُرْحًا وَهَاجَرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ وَمَعَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ حَتَّى هَاجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ثُمَّ هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ بِخَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَفْرَحُ بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ أَمْ بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ» قَالَ «وَكَانَ جَعْفَرٌ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ»  

[Machine] My father, who breastfed me from the Banu Murrah tribe, informed me, "It is as if I am seeing Ja'far ibn Abi Talib on the day of the Battle of Mu'tah. He dismounted from his horse, looked back at it, and then fought until he was killed."  

أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي الَّذِي كَانَ أَرْضَعَنِي مِنْ بَنِي مُرَّةَ قَالَ «كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَوْمَ مُؤْتَةَ نَزَلَ عَنْ فَرَسٍ لَهُ فَعَرْقَبَهَا ثُمَّ مَضَى فَقَاتَلَ حَتَّى قُتِلَ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "I entered Paradise yesterday and I looked around. I saw Ja'far flying with the angels and I saw Hamza reclining on a couch."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَنَظَرْتُ فِيهَا فَإِذَا جَعْفَرٌ يَطِيرُ مَعَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَإِذَا حَمْزَةُ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ»  

"None has put on sandals - nor worn them, nor ridden a mount, nor a Kur, after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ - better than Ja'far [bin Abi Talib]." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3764)  

«مَا احْتَذَى النِّعَالَ وَلَا انْتَعَلَ وَلَا رَكِبَ الْمَطَايَا وَلَا رَكِبَ الْكَوْرَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I saw Ja'far ibn Abi Talib as a king flying with the angels with two wings."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «رَأَيْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَلَكًا يَطِيرُ مَعَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ بِجَنَاحَيْنِ»  

[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , said, "When the news of Ja'far's death reached us, we saw grief in the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ."  

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ «لَمَّا أُتِيَ نَعْيُ جَعْفَرٍ عَرَفْنَا فِي وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْحُزْنَ»  

[Machine] While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting, Asma bint 'Umay  

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ وَأَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْهُ إِذْ رَدَّ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَسْمَاءُ هَذَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَعَ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْنَا فَرُدِّي عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامَ» وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَبْلَ مَمَرِّهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعٍ فَقَالَ لَقِيتُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأُصِبْتُ فِي جَسَدِي مِنْ مَقَادِيمِي ثَلَاثًا وَسَبْعِينَ بَيْنَ رَمْيَةٍ وَطَعْنَةٍ وَضَرْبَةٍ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ اللِّوَاءَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى فَقُطِعَتْ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِي الْيُسْرَى فَقُطِعَتْ فَعَوَّضَنِي اللَّهُ مِنْ يَدِي جَنَاحَيْنِ أَطِيرُ بِهِمَا مَعَ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ أَنْزِلُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ شِئْتُ وَآكَلُ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا مَا شِئْتُ فَقَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ هَنِيئًا لِجَعْفَرٍ مَا رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَلَكِنْ أَخَافُ أَنْ لَا يُصَدِّقُ النَّاسُ فَاصْعَدِ الْمِنْبَرَ فأَخْبِرْ بِهِ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ جَعْفَرًا مَعَ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ عَوَّضَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ» ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَهُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ أَمْرُهُ حَيْثُ لَقِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَاسْتَبَانَ لِلنَّاسِ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي أَخْبَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّ جَعْفَرًا لَقِيَهُمْ؛ فَلِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَ الطَّيَّارُ فِي الْجَنَّةِسكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I saw as if I entered paradise, and I saw that Ja'far had a rank above Zaid. I said, 'I did not think Zaid surpassed anyone.' It was said to me, 'O Muhammad, do you know for what reason Ja'far's rank was elevated?' I said, 'No.' It was said, 'For the close relationship between you and him.'"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ لِجَعْفَرٍ دَرَجَةً فَوْقَ دَرَجَةِ زَيْدٍ فَقُلْتُ مَا كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ زَيْدًا يَدُونُ أَحَدًا فَقِيلَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ تَدْرِي بِمَا رُفِعَتْ دَرَجَةُ جَعْفَرٍ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَا قِيلَ لَقَرَابَةٍ مَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ  

[Machine] "Ja'far, I feel more entitled to her, for her aunt is with me," so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "As for you, O Ja'far, you resemble my appearance and character, and you are from the same lineage as me." Ja'far replied, "I have accepted that, O Messenger of Allah." As for the slave girl, I will give her to Ja'far, for her aunt is with him. And indeed, this aunt is his mother. Abu Hurairah used to say, "No one has ever shadowed my heart more beloved to me after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, due to the saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : 'You resemble my appearance and character.'"  

جَعْفَرٌ أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا إِنَّ خَالَتَهَا عِنْدِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا جَعْفَرُ فَأَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي وَأَنْتَ مِنْ شَجَرَتِي الَّتِي أَنَا مِنْهَا» قَالَ قَدْ رَضِيتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِذَلِكَ وَأَمَّا الْجَارِيَةُ فأَقْضِي بِهَا لِجَعْفَرٍ فَإِنَّ خَالَتَهَا عِنْدَهُ وَإِنَّمَا الْخَالَةُ أُمٌّ فَكَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ مَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ عَلَى وَجْهٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي»  

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'We, the sons of 'Abdul-Muttalib, will be leaders of the people of Paradise: Myself, Hamzah. 'Ali, Ja'far, Hasan, Husain and Mahdi." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4087)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ نَحْنُ بَنُو عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ سَادَةُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَنَا وَعَلِيٌّ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَحَمْزَةُ وَالْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ وَالْمَهْدِيُّ  

[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came back from Khaybar, Jafar came from Abyssinia and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ met him and kissed his forehead. Then he said, "By Allah, I do not know if I am happier with the conquest of Khaybar or the arrival of Jafar." Ismail ibn Abi Khalid and Zakariyya ibn Abi Zayd sent this message. They narrated to us through Ali ibn Isa al-Hiri, who narrated through Ibrahim ibn Abi Talib, who narrated through Ibn Abi 'Umar, who narrated through Sufyan from Ibn Abi Khalid and Zakariyya from al-Sha'bi, who said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned from Khaybar and mentioned the incident."  

لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ قَدِمَ جَعْفَرٌ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ تَلَقَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَبَّلَ جَبْهَتَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهِمَا أَنَا أَفْرَحُ بِفَتْحِ خَيْبَرَ أَمْ بِقُدُومِ جَعْفَرٍ» أَرْسَلَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ فِيمَا حَدَّثَنَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى الْحِيرِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ وَزَكَرِيَّا عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ  

[Machine] "You are indeed a great people, if only you hadn't preceded us in migration. We were superior to you, as we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , carrying your burden and teaching your ignorant ones. So we fled for the sake of our religion. She said, 'I will not reconsider until I meet with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' So I entered upon him, and she said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I met with Umar and he said such and such.' He replied, 'Yes, you have two migrations. One is your migration to Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and the other is your migration to Medina.'"  

أَنْتُمْ نِعْمَ الْقَوْمِ لَوْلَا أَنَّكُمْ سَبَقْتُمْ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فَنَحْنُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْكُمْ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْمِلُ رَاجِلَكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُ جَاهِلَكُمْ فَفَرَرْنَا بِدِينِنَا فَقَالَتْ لَسْتُ بِرَاجِعَةٍ حَتَّى أَدْخُلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَقِيتُ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ بَلَى لَكُمْ هِجْرَتَانِ هِجْرَتُكُمْ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ وَهِجْرَتُكُمْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Jafar passed by me tonight in the company of a group of angels, with both his wings stained with blood and his heart pure white."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَرَّ بِي جَعْفَرٌ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي مَلَأٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَهُوَ مُخَضَّبُ الْجَنَاحَيْنِ بِالدَّمِ أَبْيَضُ الْفُؤَادِ»  

[Machine] "We were with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib in Mu'tah, and we found him among the casualties. We found seventy-two injuries on him."  

«كُنَّا بِمُؤْتَةَ مَعَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ فِي الْقَتْلَى فَوَجَدْنَا بِهِ بِضْعًا وَسَبْعِينَ جِرَاحَةً» حذفه الذهبي من التلخيص لضعفه  

[Machine] While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting, Asma bint Umais, who was close to him, returned the greetings. He signaled with his hand and said, "O Asma, this is Ja'far ibn Abi Talib with Jibril (Gabriel) and Mikail (Michael), who greeted us. So return the greeting to them." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed me that he had encountered the polytheists on a certain day before his arrival. He said, "I met the polytheists and was injured in my body with seventy-three wounds from stabbing and throwing. I took the banner in my right hand and it was cut off. Then I took it with my left hand and it was also cut off. Allah compensated me by giving me wings with which I fly in Paradise along with Jibril and Mikail (peace be upon them). I eat from its fruits whatever I wish." Asma said, "Congratulations to Ja'far for what Allah has blessed him with." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ascended the pulpit and informed the people about it. He said, "After that, no one in the world knew what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had informed them, so Ja'far al-Tayyar (the flyer) was named."  

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ وَأَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْهُ إِذْ رَدَّ السَّلَامَ فَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا أَسْمَاءَ هَذَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَعَ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ وَمِيكَائِيلَ مَرُّوا فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْنَا فَرُدِّي عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامَ» وَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَوْمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَبْلَ مَمَرِّهِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ أَوْ أَرْبَعٍ فَقَالَ لَقِيتُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأُصِبْتُ فِي جَسَدِي مِنْ مَقَادِيمِي ثَلَاثًا وَسَبْعِينَ بَيْنَ طَعْنَةٍ وَرَمْيَةٍ فَأَخَذْتُ اللِّوَاءَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى فَقُطِعَتْ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُ بِيَدِي الْيُسْرَى فَقُطِعَتْ فَعَوَّضَنِي اللَّهُ مِنْ يَدِي جَنَاحَيْنِ أَطِيرُ بِهِمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَعَ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا فَآكُلُ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا مَا شِئْتُ فَقَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ هَنِيئًا لِجَعْفَرٍ مَا رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ قَالَ ثُمَّ صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمِنْبَرَ فَأَخْبَرَ بِهِ النَّاسَ قَالَ فَاسْتَبَانَ لِلنَّاسِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسُمِّيَ جَعْفَرٌ الطَّيَّارُحذفه الذهبي من التلخيص لضعفه