Companions of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. who has spoken about 700 hadiths in Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The eldest son and spouse of Amr ibn Al-Ash, the Egyptian Conqueror, and Raithah bint Munabbih Al-Sahmiyah ni was named Abu Muhammad Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn Al-'Ash ibn Wail Al-Sahmi. He was born in Makkah in the 7th year before Hijriah / 616 M.
Abdullah ibn 'Amr embraced Islam earlier than his new father embraced Islam ahead of the Mecca Conquest with Khalid ibn al-Walid. According to Abu Hurairah, because of his ability in reading and writing, a known companion always holds a mandate and has a very strong memorization permitted by the Prophet Muhammad. to record the traditions.
Although a son and a Quraish tribe and later became the ruler of Egypt, Abdullah ibn 'Amr remains a simple life and very devoted to worship. Until in this case the Prophet Muhammad SAW. once told him, "Your body has a right to you, and so is your wife and your two eyes!"
When the outbreak of the Shiffin War that ensued between Ahmed ibn Abu Thahib and Mu'awiyah ibn Abu Sufyan supported by 'Amr ibn al-'Ash, Abdullah ibn Amr was reluctant to join the army led by his father, in fact he did not want to be involved understand the battle.
"I have no interest whatsoever with the war of Shiffin, there is no connection between me and the war between Muslims, by God, in that battle I never draw a sword, never to throw a spear, even to release the arrows! "Abdullah ibn 'Amr, in his strongest opinion, died at 65 H / 684 CE, between in Makkah, Thaif, Sham, or Egypt.