 aljahiz grew up in a modest home with poor parents. the narrators did not mention his father but they mentioned his grandfather who worked as a camel driver for the banu kinanah. his father died when he was a child so his mother took care of him so he had to live in poverty and hardship.
نشأ الجاحظ في بيت متواضع من أبوين فقيرين. ولم يتحدث الرواة عن أبيه، وإنما ذكروا جده الذي كان يعمل جمالا عند بني كنانة. توفي أبوه وهو طفل، فتعهدته أمه، فكان لا بد أن يحيا في عوز وضيق.