Jahm bin Safwan

Theologian
Jahm bin Safwan
Theologian Jahm bin Safwan
جَهْم بن صَفْوان
Personal life
Born	c. 696 CE (76 AH); Samarkand, Umayyad Caliphate (modern-day Uzbekistan)
Died	745 CE (127 AH; aged 49-50); Merv, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iran)
Era	Late Umayyad – early Abbasid
Region	Merv
Main interest(s)	Philosophy; Theology (Kalam);
Notable idea(s)	Founder of Jahmism · Founder of Jabriyya
Occupation	Theologian; Philosopher;
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Creed	Independent (eponym for Jahmism)
Muslim leader
	Influenced by Al-Ja'd ibn Dirham; Plotinus; Aristotle; Plato; ;
	Influenced Bishr al-Marisi; Ḍirār ibn ʻAmr; ;

Jahm bin Safwan (Arabic: جَهْم بن صَفْوان, romanized: Jahm bin Ṣafwān) was an Islamic theologian of the Umayyad period and whose name has given rise to the Jahmiyya moniker. During his lifetime, he attached himself to the rebel leader Al-Harith ibn Surayj, a dissident in Khurasan. He was executed in 745 by Salm ibn Ahwaz.

Reliable historical information about Jahm is sparse, coming from sources antagonistic towards him from later periods.