Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum رضي الله عنه

By Nadia Arif

Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum was a cousin of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Mother of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with her. His father was Qays ibn Za’id 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. He was one of the early converts to Islam. Like the other companions of the Prophet, even he suffered the persecution at the hands of the unbelievers.