Amr ibn al-Jamuh al-Ansari

Amr ibn al-Jamuh ibn Zayd al-Ansari al-Salami was a Companion and one of the chiefs of the Banu Salama clan of the Khazraj of Medina. Before Islam he venerated an idol named Manaf; he embraced Islam after his sons and Mu'adh ibn Jabal repeatedly demonstrated the idol's helplessness. He was lame in one leg, which had kept him from Badr. At the Battle of Uhud (3 AH / 625 CE), though exempt because of his disability, he insisted on fighting; according to tradition the Prophet permitted him, and he fought valiantly — with one of his sons guarding his back — until he was martyred. One narration reports the Prophet saying he 'walks in Paradise with sound feet.' He was the brother-in-law of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram, being married to Abdullah's sister Hind bint Amr. Owing to a shortage of shrouds and the affection between them, Amr and Abdullah were buried together in a single grave. He is described as tall, generous, brave and of a poetic temperament. His grave is in the Cemetery of Uhud.