Tufail ibn Abdullah

Tufail ibn Abdullah was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and stepson of Abu Bakr.

He was the son of Al-Harith ibn Sakhbara, who was from the Azd tribe, and Umm Ruman bint Umayr,^[1] who was from the Al-Harith tribe of the Kinana.^[2]

The family migrated to Mecca, where his father became the ally of Abu Bakr. Soon afterwards, Al-Harith died, leaving Tufail and his widowed mother completely dependent on Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr married Umm Ruman c.601.^[3]

Tufail was the owner of the slave Amir ibn Fuhayra, whom he later sold to his stepfather.^[4]

When their mother emigrated to Medina in 622, Tufail and his brother Abdulrahman remained in Mecca.^[5]

References

1. Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). The Women of Madina, p. 193. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
2. Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Kitab al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors, p. 171. Albany: State University of New York Press.
3. Ibn Saad/Bewley vol. 8 p. 193.
4. Muhammad ibn Saad. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir vol. 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). The Companions of Badr, p. 176. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.
5. Tabari/Landau-Tasseron p. 172.