His mother was Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza, from the Banu Amir ibn Luayy clan.
Each morning, when he left the cave, the family servant would lead a flock of sheep over the same route to cover his tracks.
[5]: 224 [1]: 131 A few months later, Abdullah emigrated to Medina in the company of his stepmother Umm Ruman and two sisters Asma and Aisha.
[6]: 8 [3]: 172 In 630 Abdullah fought at the Siege of Ta'if, where the Thaqafite poet, Abū Miḥjan al-Thaḳafī, shot him with an arrow.
[4]: 186 It was said that Abdullah deferred to Atika's judgment and that he spent so much time with her that he neglected his duties to the Islamic state.