Al-Muttalib ibn Azhar
المطلب بن أزهر
Of Banu Zuhra; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Ramla bint Abi Awf and died there, and his son Abdullah was born to him there.
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
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 Zuhra; he emigrated to Abyssinia with his wife Ramla bint Abi Awf and perished there, and Abdullah was born to him there. 1
In the Abyssinian emigrants chapter
Tribe
He belongs, per Ibn Ishaq, to Banu Zuhra 1
Source notes and markers of doubt
- Ibn Ishaq said: "and it used to be said: he was the first man to inherit his father in Islam" (p. 7) — a formula of doubt, not ascribed to certainty.
Connections
- Parent of
- Abdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn Azhar
- Member of
- Banu Zuhra
- Spouse of
- Ramla bint Abi Awf
- Died in
- Aksum
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
People and things also explored
Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi TalibAbdullah ibn al-Muttalib ibn AzharRamla bint Abi AwfAmir ibn al-WaqqasUtba ibn Mas'udAksumThe second migration to AbyssiniaAbdullah ibn al-Harith the Poet
Sources
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936), 4/7
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Muttalib ibn Azhar”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-muttalib-ibn-azhar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.