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Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram

عبد الله بن عمرو بن حرام

Medina

A prominent chief of Banu Salima of the Khazraj, father of Jabir ibn Abdullah (may God be pleased with him); he embraced Islam and took the Second Pledge of Aqaba where he was appointed a naqib; he fought at Badr and was the first Muslim martyred at the battle of Uhud, where the Prophet ﷺ spoke of God speaking to him without a veil.

Depth

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Roles
Companion · Notable
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
Identifiers
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In space

Medina

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

Converts and those who leaveBattles

Place in the story

  • Convert to IslamtowardMuhammad · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition
  • Companion · c. 622 CE · c. 1 BH†Tradition

Sunni (transmitted)

Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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Born in
Medina
Member of
The Ansar· Banu Khazraj
Participated in
The Pledges of Aqaba
Parent of
Jabir ibn Abdullah

People and things also explored

The Ansar· The Pledges of Aqaba· al-Abbas ibn Ubada· al-Bara ibn Ma'rur· As'ad ibn Zurara· Nusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)· Ubada ibn al-Samit· Usayd ibn Hudayr

Sources

  • al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
  • al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham
  • Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)
  • Sahih al-Bukhari
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The Ansar

'The Helpers' — the Muslims of Medina, of Aws and Khazraj, who invited the Prophet to their city, sheltered the refugees, and supplied the community's fighting strength.