Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum, The blind man of Abasa
In the QuranThe blind man of Abasa
Abdullah ibn Umm Maktumعبد الله ابن أم مكتوم
Traditional date, disputedMadinah
The blind Companion whose visit opens Surah Abasa, and whom the Prophet ﷺ honoured ever after.
He came asking to learn while the Prophet ﷺ was busy calling the leaders of Quraysh. The Prophet ﷺ frowned and turned to them, and Allah revealed: he frowned and turned away, because the blind man came to him. Afterwards the Prophet ﷺ greeted him warmly, made him a muezzin with Bilal, and left him in charge of Madinah when he travelled.
What does the Quran say?
Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting].
Quran 80:2
The lesson
A sincere seeker counts for more with Allah than a powerful man who does not care.
Who else is linked?
Source: the Quran · Wikipedia
Everyone and everything in the timeline
People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
People of the Quran
- Hawwa
- Habil
- Azar
- Sarah
- The Daughters of Lut
- The Wife of Ayyub
- The Brothers of Yusuf
- The Eldest Brother
- Binyamin
- The Aziz of Egypt
- The Wife of the Aziz
- The Witness from Her Family
- The Women of the City
- Yusuf's Fellow Prisoners
- The King of Egypt
- The Mother of Musa
- The Sister of Musa
- Asiya
- The Man of Musa's People
- The Man Who Warned Musa
- The Old Man of Madyan
- Safura
- The Sister of Safura
- The Believer of Firaun's Family
- The Magicians of Firaun
- Yusha ibn Nun
- Kalib ibn Yufanna
- Al-Khidr
- Talut
- Luqman
- The Son of Luqman
- Bilqis
- Asif ibn Barkhiya
- Uzayr
- Dhul-Qarnayn
- Imran
- Hannah
- The Wife of Zakariya
- The Disciples of Isa
- The Messengers of the Town
- Habib al-Najjar
- The People of the Cave
- The Owner of the Two Gardens
- The Companions of the Garden
- Tubba
- The Woman Who Undid Her Yarn
- Zayd ibn Haritha
- Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum
- Khawlah bint Tha'labah
- The Three Who Stayed Behind