Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr
عبد الله بن أبي بكر
c. 693 CE · c. 74 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
Abu Bakr's son, 'a bright, quick-witted youth' in Aisha's description, who spent the three cave nights with the fugitives, left before dawn to mingle with Quraysh by day, and brought them the news each evening.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Summary
His role
His sister A'isha described him as "a sharp-witted, quick-grasping youth"; he would spend the night with them in the cave, then slip out before dawn and appear among Quraysh at Mecca as one who had slept there — nothing he heard being plotted against them but he memorised and brought them when darkness fell 2. Amir ibn Fuhayra would trail him with his sheep to erase his tracks 2.
After the hijra
Connections
- Child of
- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
- Member of
- The early Muslim community
- Participated in
- The three nights in the cave of ThawrThe Hijra
People and things also explored
The HijraAmir ibn FuhayraAsma bint Abi BakrThe Battle of BadrThe three nights in the cave of ThawrAbu Ubayda ibn al-JarrahMeccaMedina
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 165
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, p. 173
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- al-Tabaqat al-Kubra — Ibn Sa'd
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
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