Abdullah Ibn Masood
was of the tribe of Banu Huzail and was also the sworn ally of Banu Zahra.
When he was still a youth, not yet past the age of puberty, he used to
roam the mountain trails of Makkah far away from people, tending the flocks
of a Quraish chieftain, Uqbah Ibn Muayt. People called him ‘Ibn Umm Abd’,
the son of the mother of a slave. His real name was Abdullah and his fathers
name was Masood.
The youth had heard the news of the Prophet
whom had appeared among his people but he did not attach any importance
to it both b
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was of the tribe of Banu Huzail and was also the sworn ally of Banu Zahra.
When he was still a youth, not yet past the age of puberty, he used to
roam the mountain trails of Makkah far away from people, tending the flocks
of a Quraish chieftain, Uqbah Ibn Muayt. People called him ‘Ibn Umm Abd’,
the son of the mother of a slave. His real name was Abdullah and his fathers
name was Masood.
whom had appeared among his people but he did not attach any importance
to it both b
