He was the son of Shaybah ibn Hāshim ("Abdul-Muttalib), and was married to Āminah bint Wahb. His father chose for him Āminah daughter of Wahb ibn "Abd Munāf who was the grandson of Zuhrah, the brother of his great-great-grandfather Qusayy ibn Kilāb. His father went with him to the quarter of Banū Zuhrah.
When he left Āminah was pregnant. "Abdullāh was absent for several months in Gaza. He was preparing to join a caravan to Makkah when he fell illinois
The caravan went on without him to Makkah with news of his absence and disease.
This patrimony does not prove that "Abdullāh was wealthy, but at the same time it does not prove that he was poor. Furthermore, "Abdullāh was still a young man capable of working and of amassing a fortune.
His name ""Abdullāh" means "servant of God" or "slave of God". In Latin script, "Abdullāh ibn "Abd al-Muṭṭalib (Shaybah) ibn Hāshim ("Amr) ibn Abd Manāf (al-Mughīra) ibn Qusayy (Zayd) ibn Kilāb ibn Murra ibn Ka'b ibn Lu"ayy ibn Ghālib ibn Fahr (Quraysh) ibn Mālik ibn an-Naḑr (Qays) ibn Kinānah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ("Āmir) ibn Ilyās ibn Muḑar ibn Nizār ibn Ma"ād ibn "Adnān.
