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His father, known as Abi'l-Arqam, was Abdmanaf ibn Asad ibn Umar ibn Makhzum. His mother was Umayma bint Al-Harith from the Khuza'a tribe.
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Al-Arqam ibn-abil-Arqam
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He was from the Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe. By various concubines, he was also the father of Ubaydullah, Uthman and Safiya. The descendants of Ubaydullah died out.
All of Al-Arqam's surviving descendants were through Uthman. He joined the general emigration to Medina in 622, and Muhammad granted him a house there in the Zurayq quarter. He fought at Badr and, at the division of the spoils, asked for and obtained a sword named al-Marzuban.
He also fought at the Uhud, the Battle of the Trench and "all the battles with Allah's Messenger."
He died during the reign of Mu’aawiyah in the year 675 (55 AH). Al-Arqam's house was selected as a safe place to meet, pray and learn about the faith because it was located on the east of As-Safa Hill, where Muhammad was living at the commencement of his prophetic mission. The house could be entered and exited secretly because it was in a narrow street, and the street could be surveyed from within.
New converts were brought to Al-Arqam's house. However, in the time of Abu Jaafar al-Mansur, one of Al-Arqam's grandsons was persuaded to sell his share in the house for 17,000 dinars in exchange for being released from prison. And his relatives were then bribed into selling their own shares.
This house is now called Daru’l-Khayzuran after a subsequent owner. It is opposite the Kaaba and is used as a religious school today.
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Born
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673 (aged 78) -
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Rashidun Caliphate Umayyad -
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Religion
Islam