Name Abdullah Abi Role Abu Bakr's son | Died 632 AD Parents Abu Bakr | |
Siblings Aisha bint Abi Bakr, Asma' bint Abi Bakr Grandparents Salma Umm-ul-Khair, Uthman Abu Quhafa Nephews Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, Urwah ibn Zubayr, Al-Monzer ibn al-Zubayr, Al-Muhajir ibn al-Zubayr, Assem ibn al-Zubayr Nieces Umm al-Hassan bint al-Zubayr, Khadija bint al-Zubayr, Aisha bint al-Zubayr Uncles Mu'taq ibn Abi Quhafa, Otaiq ibn Abi Quhafa, Quhafah ibn Uthman | ||
‘Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr (Arabic: عبدالله ابن أبي بكر) (c.610–633) was a son of Abu Bakr the first Caliph, a brother of Aisha and a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Childhood
He was born in Mecca, the son of Abu Bakr ibn Abi Quhafa, from the Taym clan of the Quraysh tribe, and of Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza, who was from the Amir ibn Luayy clan. His parents were divorced soon before or soon after his birth.
When Muhammad and Abu Bakr fled from Mecca in September 622, Abu Bakr instructed Abdallah to listen to adult conversations and to report the day's news to them at the cave on Mount Thawr each night. Abdullah duly reported that the Quraysh had offered a hundred camels to anyone who captured Muhammad. Each morning, when he left the cave, the family servant would lead a flock of sheep over the same route to cover his tracks.
Emigration to Medina
A few months later, Abdullah emigrated to Medina in the company of his stepmother and two sisters.
In 630 Abdullah fought at the Siege of Ta'if, where the Thaqafite poet, Abu Mihjan, shot him with an arrow. This wound ultimately caused his death, although he survived for nearly three years afterwards.
Marriage
He married Atiqa bint Zayd, a poet from the Adi clan of the Quraysh. This marriage was childless. It was said that Abdullah respected Atiqa's judgment more than his own and that he spent so much time with her that he neglected his duties to the Islamic state. Abu Bakr punished his son by ordering him to divorce her. Abdullah did as he was told but was grief-stricken. He wrote poetry for Atiqa:
In the end, Abdullah was allowed to take Atiqa back before her waiting period was completed.
Death
Abdullah died in January 633, when his old wound from Ta'if flared up. His wife composed an elegy for him.