Abdullah ibn Ja'far
عبد الله بن جعفر
Son of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Asma bint Umays, born in the land of Abyssinia.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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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
Son of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib and Asma' bint Umays, born in the land of Abyssinia. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Hashim 1
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Hashim
- Child of
- Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAsma' bint Umays
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Spouse of
- Umm Kulthum bint Ali
People and things also explored
Ja'far ibn Abi TalibReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAli ibn Abi TalibAsma' bint UmaysThe second migration to AbyssiniaJa'far ibn Abi Talib comes before the Prophet at KhaybarAbu Talib ibn Abd al-MuttalibFatima bint Muhammad
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/3
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/11
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islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn Ja'far”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-jafar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.