Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum was a cousin of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Mother of the
Believers, may God be pleased with her. His father was Qays
ibn Said and his
mother was Aatikah bint Abdullah. She was called Umm Maktum (Mother of the
Concealed One) because she gave birth to a
blind child.
Abdullah witnessed
the rise of Islam in Makkah. He was amongst the first to accept Islam. He lived
through the persecution of the Muslims and
suffered what the
other companions of the Prophet experienced. His attitude, like theirs, was one
of firmness, staunch resistance and sacrifice.
Neither his
dedication nor his faith weakened against the violence of the Quraysh onslaught.
In fact, all this only increased his determination to
hold on to the
religion of God and his devotion to His messenger.
Abdullah was
devoted to the noble Prophet and he was so eager to memorize the Quran that he
would not miss any opportunity to achieve his
hearts desire.
Indeed, his sense of urgency and his insistence could sometimes have been
irritating as he, unintentionally, sought to monopolize
the attention of
the Prophet.
In this period, the
Prophet, peace be upon him, was concentrating on the Quraysh notables and was
eager that they should become Muslims. On
one particular day,
he met Utbah ibn Rabiah and his brother Shaybah, Amr ibn Hisham better known as
Abu Jahl, Umayyah ibn Khalaf and Walid
ibn Mughirah, the
father of Khalid ibn Walid who was later to be known as Sayf Allah or 'the sword
of God'. He had begun talking and negotiating
with them and
telling them about Islam. He so much wished that they would respond positively
to him and accept Islam or at least call off their
persecution of his
companions
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