Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi
عبد الله بن سفيان المخزومي
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Of Banu Makhzum, brother of Habbar ibn Sufyan; he emigrated to Abyssinia. Ibn Ishaq says he was killed in the year of the Yarmuk, while expressing doubt about it.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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
Of Banu Makhzum, brother of Habbar ibn Sufyan; he emigrated to Abyssinia. Ibn Ishaq says he was killed at the Yarmuk — with a note of doubt. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Ibn Ishaq names him the brother of Habbar ibn Sufyan, says he was killed at the Yarmuk in Syria under Umar ibn al-Khattab's caliphate, then adds that it is doubted: was he killed there or not? 1
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Makhzum 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- Ibn Ishaq said of Abdullah ibn Sufyan: "it is doubted whether he was killed there or not" (p. 7); unsettled, so his end is recorded as uncertain.
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Makhzum
- Sibling of
- Habbar ibn Sufyan
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Traveled to
- Aksum
People and things also explored
Hisham ibn Abi HudhayfaReturn of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibHabbar ibn SufyanUmm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)The second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the PoetAbdullah ibn Hudhafa al-SahmiAbu al-Rum ibn Umayr
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/7
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-ibn-sufyan-makhzumi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.