ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib
عبد الله بن عبد المطلب
c. 545 CE – c. 570 CE
The Prophet’s father — the ransomed ‘sacrifice’ of the lot, husband of Āmina, who died at Yathrib aged twenty-five before his son’s birth.
At a glance
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Place in the story
- Family of the Prophet
Hanif (transmitted)
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Overview
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib: the Prophet's father, the intended sacrifice on whom the lot fell and who was ransomed with a hundred camels; he died in Medina aged twenty-five, about two months before his son was born.
Life
Abdullah was the handsomest of Abd al-Muttalib's sons, the most chaste and the dearest to him — the intended sacrifice; when the arrows fell on him his father took him to the Ka'ba to slaughter him, but Quraysh prevented him, especially his maternal uncles of Banu Makhzum, until the lot was cast between him and camels rising to a hundred 1.
His father chose for him Amina bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhra ibn Kilab, reckoned then the best woman of Quraysh in lineage and station 1.
His father sent him to Medina to fetch them dates — or it is said he went trading to Syria and came back in Quraysh's caravan — and he halted at Medina ill, died there and was buried in the house of al-Nabigha al-Ja'di, then twenty-five years old 1.
The inheritance
Abdullah left five camels, a flock of sheep and an Abyssinian maid named Baraka, known as Umm Ayman — the Messenger of God's foster-nurse 1.
For young visitors
Abdullah, the Prophet's father; his grandfather had vowed to slaughter him, and he was ransomed with a hundred camels — and died young at Medina before his son was born.
Connections
- Child of
- Abd al-Muttalib ibn HashimFāṭima bint ʿAmr al-Makhzūmiyya
- Spouse of
- Amina bint Wahb
- Died in
- Medina
- Parent of
- Muhammad
People and things also explored
The death of Amina at al-AbwaAbd al-Muttalib ibn HashimMuhammadMedinaThe death of Umm Kulthum bint MuhammadThe li'an between Uwaymir al-Ajlani and his wifeThe marriage of Fatima and AliBanu Hashim
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-abd-al-muttalib/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.