Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr

Runner of the Hijra

Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr was the eldest son of Abu Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiqرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFirst Caliph; the Prophet's closest companionKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun. During the three days the Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiqرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFirst Caliph; the Prophet's closest companionKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun hid in the cave of Thawr, Abdullah passed his days openly among the Quraysh of Makkah, listening for their plans, and at night brought what he had heard to the mouth of the cave — leaving again before dawn. 1 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 341 — Kandhlawi — Abdullah passes the day in Makkah gathering Quraysh intelligence and brings it to the cave each night. 2 Seerat-e-Mustafa · Vol 1 · pp. 163, 165 — Idris Kandhlawi — Abdullah carries news from Makkah to the cave of Thawr at night.

Escort of the Family

When the time came, Abu Bakr رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiqرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFirst Caliph; the Prophet's closest companionKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · Muhajirun wrote to him to bring Umm Ruman رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Umm Ruman bint Amirرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of Abu Bakr; mother of Aisha and Abd al-RahmanMuhajirun, Aisha رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Aisha bint Abi Bakrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاWife of the Prophet ﷺ; the most beloved of his wives and a foremost scholar of the UmmahMothers of the Believers · Narrators and Asma رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Asma bint Abi Bakrرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاDhat an-Nitaqayn; provisioned the Hijra; daughter of Abu BakrEarly Converts · Muhajirun along with Zaynab to Madinah on the camels that Zayd ibn Haritha رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Zayd ibn Harithaرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُThe freedman the Prophet ﷺ loved; the only Companion named in the Qur'anMuhajirun · Early Converts · Martyrs had brought, and Abdullah saw them safely through. 3 Hayatus Sahaba · Vol 1 · pp. 369–370 — Kandhlawi — Abdullah escorts Umm Ruman, Aisha and Asma on the Hijra. He later took an arrow-wound at Ta’if that festered; it reopened after the Prophet’s ﷺ death and he died of it in Madinah.