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Encyclopedia of Religion entry for
Jabr
A Christian servant of a family from Hazramaut - a convert to Islam - accused by the Quraish with having instructed the Prophet. Surah xvi. 105: "We knew that they said ‘It is only some mortal that teaches him. ‘ The tongue of him they incline towards is barbarous, this is plain Arabic." Husain says Jabr was one of the Ahlu ‘l-Kitab, and was well read in the Taurat and Injil, and Muhammad used to hear him read these books as he passed his house. 
citations: Dictionary of Islam, Hughes
article created 2006-04-12 , last updated 2006-04-12
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