Jabir Herbert Muhammad

Jabir Herbert Muhammad (16 ga Afrilu, 1929 - 25 ga Agusta, 2008) dan kasuwa ne na Amurka kuma wanda ya kafa Top Rank, Inc. Ya kasance manaja na dogon lokaci ga mashahurin dan dambe Muhammad Ali.

Jabir Herbert Muhammad
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Detroit, 16 ga Afirilu, 1929
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	25 ga Augusta, 2008
Sana'a
Sana'a	business manager (en) , ɗan kasuwa da boxing manager (en)
Imani
Addini	Musulunci

Rayuwar farko

An haifi Muhammad a Detroit, Michigan, a matsayin dan na uku na shugaban Kasar Islama, Elijah Muhammad. Ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara ga mahaifinsa har zuwa lokacin da ya tashi a shekara ta 1975. Ya ziyarci shugaban Libya Muammar Gaddafi a Tripoli a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1971 a madadin mahaifinsa don tara kudade ga Al'ummar Islama.

Muhammad ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin babban Manajan kasuwanci na Nation of Islam, kuma shi tare da Malcolm X sun kafa jaridarsu ta mako-mako. Jabir Muhammad ya kasance mai goyon bayan dan'uwansa, Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, wanda ya bi shi zuwa cikin Islama. Shi, tare da Muhammad Ali da sauransu, sun gina Masjid Al-Fatir, Masjid mai zaman kansa, wanda aka gina da manufa a kudancin Chicago, Illinois. Wannan yana daya daga cikin masallatai na farko da Musulmai na Amurka suka gina daga kasa, musamman Musulmai na Afirka.  

Ayyuka

Muhammad shi ne darektan kuma wanda ya kafa Gidauniyar Musulunci ta Muhammad, wani tushe mai zaman kansa wanda ya buga littafin Addu'a da Al-Islam na Imam Warith Deen Mohammed a shekarar 1984.  

Muhammad ya jagoranci aikin dambe na Muhammad Ali daga 1966 lokacin da ya karɓi jagorancin Ali bayan karshen yarjejeniyar gudanarwa ta Ali tare da Louisville Sponsoring Group, har zuwa lokacin da Ali ya yi ritaya a 1981. Muhammad ya tattauna da dala miliyan da yawa na farko ga kowane ɗan wasa, farawa da $ 2.5M Ali ya samu don Frazier vs Ali "Fight of the Century" a watan Maris na shekara ta 1971 kuma ya haɗa da $ 5.5M Ali ya sami don Foreman vs Ali "Rumble in the Jungle" a Zaire a shekara ta 1974. An dauki Muhammad a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan mutane a wasan dambe a cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970, inda ya sami lambar yabo ta "Manager of the Year" ta 1974 ta Boxing Hall of Fame. Ya ci gaba da gudanar da aikin Ali na wasu shekaru goma (daga 1971 zuwa 1981) bayan ya yi ritaya daga dambe. Daga nan ne Muhammad ya ci gaba da samun nasara a harkokin kasuwanci.

Jabir Herbert Muhammad ya mutu a ranar 25 ga watan Agusta, shekara ta dubu biyu da takwas 2008, a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Illinois da ke Birnin Chicago, yana da shekaru 79, bayan an yi masa tiyata ta zuciya. Matarsa, Amenah Antonia Muhammad, da yara goma sha huɗu ne suka mutu.

Rashin amincewa

An soki Muhammad saboda yadda yake kula da kudin Ali da kuma ba shi damar ci gaba da dambe zuwa "tsufa". Koyaya masana dambe da yawa sun yi jayayya cewa Muhammadu ya sami mafi girman jakar yaki a cikin dambe, yana mai da Ali dan wasan da aka biya mafi girma duk da zargi. Sauran sun yi tambaya game da ainihin ilimin kasuwanci na Muhammad, saboda rashin cin hanci da rashawa na Ali da rashin ingancin samun kudin shiga bayan ritaya. Harkokin kudi na Ali sun inganta a cikin shekarun 1990 bayan matarsa, Lonnie Ali ta karbi jagorancinsa.

Hadin waje

• New York Times: Jabir Herbert Muhammad, wanda ya jagoranci Muhammad Ali, ya mutu yana da shekara 79
• Kira na Ƙarshe: Tunawa da rayuwa, aikin Jabir Muhammad na Richard Muhammad