Abdullah ibn Masud

ʽAbdullah ibn Masʽud, or Abdullah ibn Masʽood (Arabic: عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن مَسْعُود‎, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd; c.594-c.653), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also known by the kunya Abu Abdur Rahman. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was born in Mecca in about 594 a son of Masud ibn Ghafil and Umm Abd bint Abdwadd, both of whom were from the Hudhayl tribe, believed to be slaves, or otherwise of low social status. However, Umm Abd's mother, Hind bint Al-Harith, was from the Zuhra clan of the Quraysh, and Masud made an alliance with her brother.

Abdullah ibn Masud

ʽAbdullah ibn Masʽud, or Abdullah ibn Masʽood (Arabic: عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن مَسْعُود‎, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd; c.594-c.653), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was also known by the kunya Abu Abdur Rahman. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was born in Mecca in about 594 a son of Masud ibn Ghafil and Umm Abd bint Abdwadd, both of whom were from the Hudhayl tribe, believed to be slaves, or otherwise of low social status. However, Umm Abd's mother, Hind bint Al-Harith, was from the Zuhra clan of the Quraysh, and Masud made an alliance with her brother.