Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Place in the story
- Companion · c. 610 CETradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Foster-brother of the Prophet (The Sealed Nectar, p.55)
During the secret call (The Sealed Nectar, p.76)
The book counts him among those who followed the first vanguard of the earliest Muslims in the secret call. Ibn Hisham counted more than forty such people from all the clans of Quraysh 4 5. The book mentions him together with Al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam, and calls the two of them "the Makhzumis" 4.
Connections
- Member of
- Quraysh
- Participated in
- The three years of the secret call· The emigration of the Muslims to Yathrib after the pledge· Expedition of Dhu al-Ushayra
- Spouse of
- Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)
- Parent of
- Zaynab bint Abi Salama
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 635
People and things also explored
Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Muhammad· Mecca· Banu Makhzum· The Prophetic Era· The Hijra· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· The Treaty of Hudaybiyya
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.55
- Talqih Fuhum Ahl al-Athr — Ibn al-Jawzi , p.4
- Mukhtasar Sirat al-Rasul — al-Najdi , p.13
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.76
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham , 1/245-262
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Salama (Abdullah ibn Abd al-Asad)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-salama/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.