said, "If not because of the saying of Ibn 'Abbas in this case, it would please me, even if she married while her husband was still in the state of danger, that she deserves the whole affairs, unless her share in the inheritance has gone." 95 But Jabir would defer his own opinions to that of Ibn 'Abbas in order to fulfil the above mentioned principle, though he might think his own opinion in this particular case was better. And so it can be said that the sources from which the Ibadhi jurisprudence is derived are the Qur'an, Sunnah and Ra'y. But ra'y was used only where no Traditions are available. As a conclusion to this brief study it can be stated that the school of law established by Jabir b. Zaid was largely influenced by Traditions. 96 This method of Jabir was followed after his death by his Ibadhi students who built their jurisprudence mainly on al-'athar. It is reported that Abu 'Ubaidah Muslim, the successor of Jabir was told that the people of Oman use juristic speculation, (ra'y) in forming legal opinions. His comment was, "They will not be safe regarding cases of blood shedding and marriage." 97

The biographers who wrote Jabir's biography gave five different dates for his death. According to those who report that Jabir died on the same week as Anas b. Malik the Companion, there are two dates; the first is 91/709, as reported by Ibn Hibban, 98 the second is 93/711. This date is given by al-Rabi' b. Habib, Bukhari, Ahmad b. Hanbal, al-Fallas, al-Najjar, Abu Nu'aim, al-Salimi and Ibn Hibban. 99 All these are Traditionalists, who must be more accurate in giving nearly the exact date of the death of the Muhaddith (Traditionalist), for it is of great value to them, regarding the correctness of the isnad (Chain of authorities reporting a Tradition).

The Historians such as Ibn Sallam, Ibn Sa'd, Waqidi, al-Mas'udi, al-'Asma'i and Ibn Midad gave the date 103/721, 100 while Shammakhi alone gave the date 96/714; 101 Ibn Hajar quoted from Ibn 'Adiy that Jabir died in the year 104/722; 102 In order to try and establish the exact date of Jabir's death the following facts must be considered:

a) Most of the sources reported that on the night of his death, Jabir wished to see al-Hasan al-Basri, who was at that time in hiding from al-Hajjaj. According to this information Jabir's death must have occurred before the death of al-Hajjaj in 95/713.

b) Most of the sources reported that Jabir died before the death of the Companion Anas b. Malik who said, on hearing of Jabir's death, "Today died the most learned man of the people of earth" 103 Dates given for the death of Anas are 91 and 93.

c) During the Caliphate of 'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz (99-101) Ibadhis had active contacts with him, and an Ibadhi delegation was sent to him. Ibadhi sources