Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the father of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim and Fatima bint Amr of the Makhzum Clan.
He was married to Aminah bint Wahb. Muhammad was their only child.
Name
ʿAbd Allāh means "servant of God" or "slave of God". His full name was ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ibn Abd Manāf ibn Qusayy ibn Kilāb ibn Murra ibn Ka`b ibn Lu'ayy ibn Ghālib ibn Fahr ibn Mālik ibn an-Naḑr ibn Kinānah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Muḍar ibn Nizār ibn Ma'ādd ibn 'Adnān.Conspiracy to murder Sayyiduna Abdullah
Through certain signs, the people of the book realized that the existence of Muhammad had been entrusted in the loin of Sayyiduna Abdullah. 'Therefore a group of Jews resolved not to return to their homes until they had assassinated Sayyiduna Abdullah. One day he had gone outside Makkah for the purpose of hunting. These individuals made an attempt to take advantage of the opportunity and withdrew their swords from their sheaths in order to launch their attack. However, in order to protect Sayyiduna Abdullah, some riders appeared from the sky who assassinated those Jews. By coincidence, Sayyidatuna Amina's noble father Sayyiduna Wahb Bin Abd-e-Munaaf witnessed this incident. '
He gained a deep appreciation and admiration in his heart for Sayyiduna Abdullah and subsequently he met Sayyiduna Abdul Muttalib and expressed his desire to see his dear and beloved daughter Sayyidatuna ‘Aminah married to Sayyiduna Abdullah. The proposal was accepted, following which Sayyiduna Abdullah and Sayyidatuna ‘Aminah got married. ''''
Marriage
His father chose for him Āminah daughter of Wahb ibn 'Abd Munāf who was the grandson of Zuhrah ibn Kilab, the brother of his great-great-grandfather Qusayy ibn Kilāb. Wahb had been the chief of Banu Zuhrah as well as its eldest and noblest member but had died some time previously and Āminah became a ward of his brother Wuhaib, who had succeeded him as chief of the clan.His father went with him to the quarter of Banū Zuhrah. There, he sought the residence of Wuhayb and went in to ask for the hand of Wahb's daughter for his son. 'Abdullāh's father fixed his marriage with Aminah. It was said that a light shone out of his forehead and that this light was the promise of a Prophet as offspring. Many women approached 'Abdullāh, who is reported to have been a handsome man, so that they might gain the honor of producing his offspring. However it is believed that, as decided by God, the light was destined to be transferred to Āminah through 'Abdullāh after consummating the marriage.
After marrying Aminah Bint Wahb, Abdullah Ibn Abd al-Muttalib lived with her for three days; it was their custom that a man could live for three nights only with his wife in her father's family.
Wedding
At the wedding ceremony, Abd al-Muttalib chose Wuhayb's daughter Halah for himself. When Abd al-Muttalib proposed to Wuhayb, he agreed. And so on the same occasion Abd al-Muttalib and Abdullah married Halah and Amina respectively. Later, Halah gave birth to Hamza, who was Muhammad's both uncle and foster brother.Death
Soon after his marriage, Sayyiduna Abdullah accompanied caravan of the Quraysh to Syria on a business trip. During this business trip, he became ill. On its return, the caravan approached Madina-tul-Munawwarah and since Sayyiduna Abdullah was ill he decided to reside in Madinah with the Banoo-Adee-Bin-Najjaar who were related to Sayyiduna Abdullah through his father Abdul Muttalib's maternal grandparents. He died at this place at the age of 25. According to Ibn Sa'd, Abdullah died three months after his marriage and was twenty-five years old when he died.He was buried in Dar-ul-Nabeghah in Medina, and his mausoleum was demolished on the 20th or 21 January 1978. Reportedly he was reburied in Al-Baqee' Graveyard, next to Muhammad's son Ibrahim.
Body intact even after 1400 years
According to the Nawaa-e-Waqt of 21 January 1978 during an excavation procedure in Madina-tul-Munawwarah for the expansion of Masjid Nabawi the body of Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin Abdul Muttalib was discovered in an intact condition despite being laid to rest more than fourteen centuries ago.Estate
'Abdullāh left five camels, a herd of sheep and goats, and an Abyssinian slave nurse, called Umm Ayman, who was to take care of his son Muhammad. This patrimony does not prove that 'Abdullāh was wealthy, but at the same time it does not prove that he was poor. Rather, it shows that Muhammad was his heir. Furthermore, 'Abdullāh was still a young man capable of working and of amassing a fortune. His father was still alive and none of his wealth had as yet been transferred to his sons.Fate in the afterlife
Respectable Quranic commentators have proved that there is evidence in the Quran for the parents of Muhammad being believers. Here is that holy Ayah:وَ تَقَلُّبَكَ فِی السّٰجِدِیْنَ
Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And your transferal inside prostrators.
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‘Allamah Aaloosi remarks: This blessed Ayah proves that the parents of our Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are Muslims. ' Another transmission in Musnad al-Bazzar states that Muhammad's parents were brought back to life and accepted Islam, then returned to the Barzakh. Some Ash'ari and Shafi'i scholars argued that neither would be punished in the afterlife, as they were Ahl al-fatrah, or "People of the interval" between the prophetic messages of 'Isa and Muhammad. The concept of Ahl al-fatrah is not universally accepted among Islamic scholars, and there is debate concerning the extent of salvation available for active practitioners of Shirk, though the majority of scholars have come to agree with it, and disregard the hadith that state that Muhammad's parents were condemned to hell.
While a work attributed to Abu Hanifah, an early Sunni scholar, stated that both Āminah and 'Abdullāh died upon their innate nature, some later authors of mawlid texts related a tradition in which Āminah and 'Abdullāh were temporarily revived and embraced Islam.. According to Ali al-Qari, the preferred view is that both the parents of Muhammad were Muslims. According to Al-Suyuti, Isma'il Haqqi, and other Islamic scholars, all of the narrations indicating that the parents of Muhammad were not forgiven were later abrogated when they were brought to life and accepted Islam. Muslims believe that all of Muhammad's ancestors, Āminah included, were monotheists who practiced the shariah of Abraham, and were therefore entitled to Paradise. A tradition states that Allah forbade the fires of Hell from touching either of Muhammad's parents.