Jaban al-Kurdi

Abū Maymūn Jābān al-Kurdī (Arabic: أبو ميمون جابان الكردي, Kurdish: Cabanê Kurdî, Sorani Kurdish: جابانی کوردی or کابانی کوردی, romanized: Cabanî Kurdî or Kabanî Kurdî), also referred to as Jaban Sahabi (Arabic: جابان صَحَابِيٌّ, romanized: Jābān Ṣaḥābiyy, lit. 'Jaban the Companion'), was a reputed companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Jābān was of Kurdish ethnicity. Born in Midyat, North Kurdistan.

Not much is known about his life. The early Islamic scholar Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani mentions Jaban in Ma`rifat al-Sahâba wa Fadâ'ilihim. Jābān's status as a companion is also mentioned twice in Ibn al-Athir's book Usd al-ghabah fi marifat al-Saḥabah. He was also known to have narrated 10 prophetic ahadith, according to Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in the book Al-Isabah fi tamyiz al Sahabah. The book Takmilah al-Ikmal by Ibn Nuqtah also mentions him.