4.Abdullah bin Amr e Aas

He inherited chests filled with Egyptian gold from his father Amr e Aas and due to this, he was considered as the kings from the companions of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.).[1]

          Some of the historical works and narrations depict that he used to passionately note the traditions of the Prophet, such that a book by the name ‘Sadiqa’, which compiled the narrations of Prophet, is associated to him.[2]

          Bukhari has narrated from Abu Huraira in the chapter Knowledge that he used to say: ‘No one has narrated from the Prophet more than me, except for Abdullah bin Amr who used to write whatever he heard from the Prophet whereas I never wrote them.’

          Similarly, it is said that he learned the Syriac language that is the actual language of Torah.

          In the book ‘Tabaqat’ of Ibn e Saad, it has been narrated from Shareek bin Khalifa that he said: ‘I saw Abdullah while he was studying books written in Syriac language’.[3]

Abdullah and Israeli culture

The historians quote that in the 13^th year of Hijrah, Abu Bakr sent an army towards Syria to attain victory over that land and gave the command of that army in the hands of Amr e Aas.

It is said that Abdullah, the son of Amr e Aas, was also present in this battle and was made the flag bearer of the army by the order of his father in the tough battle fought between the Muslims and the Romans on the land of ‘Yarmook’.[4]

          One of the incidences that occurred for Abdullah amidst the battle of Yarmook, which had a significant effect on his knowledge regarding the teachings of the ‘people of the book, was that he found two camels laden with the books of their books and he took special care of these spoils and narrated from these books for the Muslims. This was the reason why the heads of the Tabe’een (those who found the opportunity to live at the time of the companions of the Prophet) avoided the narrations quoted by Abdullah.[5]

          He used to quote these books for the Muslims to such an excessive extent that some of them clearly asked him not to quote the texts from these two book collections.

          The word of Ahmad bin Hambal in his Musnad clearly proves this claim: He quotes that a person came to Abdullah one day and said to him: ‘Narrate for us that which you have heard from the Holy Prophet, not from the spoils that you found on the back of the camels after overcoming Yarmook’.[6]

          In another narrations, it has been quoted from Abi Saad that he went to Abdullah bin Amr and said: ‘Narrate for us that which you have heard from the Prophet, anf not from the Torah and Gospel’[7].[8]