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The shrine visited at Mardin under the name Şeyh Çabuk is attributed to the Companion Abû Yahyâ Abdullah b. Unays al-Juhanî. The life recorded below belongs to that Companion.
🔴 The source does not confirm this identification. In the TDV article that was read, neither the name Şeyh Çabuk nor Mardin occurs. The attribution is a local acceptance; the atlas records it as a local acceptance and does not present it as a record given by the source (principle 6).
Abdullah b. Unays is a Companion whom the Prophet sent out alone as a raiding party and who was given the good tidings of Paradise.
The Prophet sent him out alone to do away with Khâlid b. Sufyân, who was busy gathering men to march on Medina. Abdullah found Khâlid in the valley of 'Urana and killed him; the Prophet gave him a staff as a keepsake.
He took part in Uhud and the battles that followed; he was present at the conquest of Egypt and in the campaigns in Africa. He has been counted among the People of the Bench (Ashâb-ı Suffe).
He transmitted various hadiths; Jâbir b. Abdullah and his own children Atıyye, Amr, Damra and Abdullah transmitted hadith from him.
He died in 54 (674); some reports give the date 80 (699).
Differing Scholarly Views
🔴 The link between the shrine and the Companion is unverified. The acceptance that the Şeyh Çabuk shrine at Mardin belongs to Abdullah b. Unays al-Juhanî does not occur at all in the source that was read. The source mentions neither this name nor Mardin. The atlas records the life of the attributed identity, but does not verify the attribution; these are two different things.
The date of his death is disputed. 54 (674) is the common record; some reports give 80 (699).
Sources
- TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA) — İsmail Lütfi Çakan · vol. 1, pp. 140-141, entry “ABDULLAH b. ÜNEYS el-CÜHENΔ
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