[10] Al-Faraa was apparently not happy and said, “If you must do this, then take us anywhere but to Yathrib.” But Abu Ahmad told her that going to Yathrib (Medina) was Allah’s will, for the Muslims no longer trusted their old friends, and he composed poetry about their argument.
[12] When Abu Ahmad and Abdullah first arrived in Medina, they were billeted on a member of the Awf clan named Mubashshir ibn Abdulmunzir.
[14] On the eve of the Battle of Badr, Muhammad urged the Muslims to join him in raiding the Meccan caravan, warning them, “Not equal are those of the believers who sit (at home).” Abu Ahmad and Ibn Umm Maktum approached Muhammad to remind him, “We are blind, O Messenger of Allah!
Your ally by God the Lord of men swears an oath: Take it, Take it, may [your treachery] cling to you like the ring of the dove.”[17] Abu Ahmad outlived his sister Zaynab.
Umar told him, “Leave the bed and people will not fail to help you.” People crowded to relieve the blind man, but Abu Ahmad protested, “This woman is the one by whom we obtained every blessing, and this cools the heat of what I feel.” So Umar allowed him to carry the bed to the edge of the grave.