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Mecca Mecca (; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah ()) is a city and administrative center of the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia, and the holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow ...

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, death_place = Hejaz, Rashidun Caliphate , serviceyears = 629–630 , rank = , unit = , battles = Conquest of Mecca (629)

Battle of Hunayn :''This is a sub-article to Muhammad after the conquest of Mecca.'' The Battle of Hunayn ( ar, غَزْوَة حُنَيْن, Ghazwat Hunayn) was between the Muslims of Muhammad and the Bedouins of the Qays, including its clans of Hawazi ...

(630)

Siege of Taif The siege of Ta'if took place in 630, as the Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad besieged the city of Ta'if after their victory in the battles of Hunayn and Autas. One of the chieftains of Ta'if, Urwah ibn Mas'ud, was absent in Yemen d ...

(630) , spouse = Atiqa bint Zayd al-Adawiyya , relations =

Abu Bakr Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...

(father)

Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza Qutaylah bint ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ( ar, قتيلة بنت عبدالعزة),9 was the first wife of

() and a Companion of the Islamic prophet

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Early life

Abd Allah was born in

in . His father

hailed from the

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of the Quraysh. Abd Allah's mother was Qutayla bint Abd al-Uzza, who hailed from the Banu Amir ibn Luayy clan.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). ''The Companions of Badr''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Blankinship, K. Y. (1993). ''Volume 11: The Challenge to the Empires''. Albany: State University of New York Press.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). ''Volume 39: The Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors''. Albany: State University of New York Press. His parents were divorced soon before or soon after his birth.Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. When Muhammad and Abu Bakr migrated from Mecca in September 622, Abu Bakr instructed Abdallah to listen to adult conversations and to report the day's news to them at the cave on Mount Thawr each night. Abdullah duly reported that the Quraysh had offered a hundred camels to anyone who captured Muhammad. Each morning, when he left the cave, the family servant would lead a flock of sheep over the same route to cover his tracks.Muhammad ibn Ishaq. ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Emigration to Medina

A few months later, Abdullah emigrated to

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the second-holiest city in Islam, and the capital of the ...

in the company of his

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and two sisters.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by McDonald, M. V. (1987). ''Volume 7: The Foundation of the Community''. Albany: State University of New York Press. In 630 Abdullah fought at the

Siege of Ta'if The siege of Ta'if took place in 630, as the Muslims under the leadership of Muhammad besieged the city of Ta'if after their victory in the battles of Hunayn and Autas. One of the chieftains of Ta'if, Urwah ibn Mas'ud, was absent in Yemen d ...

, where the Thaqafite poet, Abu Mihjan, shot him with an arrow. This wound ultimately caused his death, although he survived for nearly three years afterwards.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Donner, F. M. (1993). ''Volume 10: The Conquest of Arabia'', p. 39. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Marriage

He married

Atiqa bint Zayd Atika bint Zayd () was an Islamic scholar and poet. She was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was a wife of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Caliph. She was a poet who is notable for having married Muslim men who died as ''shahid ...

, a poet from the

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clan of the Quraysh. This marriage was childless. It was said that Abdullah deferred to Atiqa's judgment and that he spent so much time with her that he neglected his duties to the Islamic state. Abu Bakr punished his son by ordering him to divorce her. Abdullah did as he was told but was grief-stricken. He wrote poetry for Atiqa: ''I have never known a man like me divorce a woman like her,'' ''nor any woman like her divorced for no fault of her own.''Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani. ''Al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-Sahaba'' vol. 8 #11448. In the end, Abdullah was allowed to take Atiqa back before her

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was completed.Abbott, N. (1942). ''Aishah - the Beloved of Mohammed''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Death

Abdullah died in January 633, when his old wound from Ta'if flared up.Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti. ''History of the Caliphs''. Translated by Jarrett, H. S. (1881). Calcutta: The Asiatic Society.Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk''. Translated by Smith, G. R. (1994). ''Volume 14: The Conquest of Iran''. Albany: State University of New York Press. His wife composed an elegy for him. ''I vow that my soul will remain in sorrow over thee'' ''and my skin will remain dusty''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdullah Ibn Abi Bakr Companions of the Prophet Abu Bakr family 610 births Place of birth unknown 633 deaths Place of death unknown Children of Rashidun caliphs