The first child to be born in Madīnah to the Muhājirīn was ‘Abdullāh bin Zubair(ra), and this is why the Muhājirīn were extremely joyous upon his birth. In the history of Islām, ‘Abdullāh bin Zubair(ra) is a very famous and renowned man. The account of his father, Zubair bin Al-‘Awwām(ra), has already been mentioned in Volume I of this book. Zubair(ra) was the paternal cousin of the Holy Prophet(sa), and was among his most distinguished Companions. Ḥaḍrat Abū Bakr(ra) had given his daughter Asmā’(ra), who was the elder sister of Ḥaḍrat ‘Ā’ishah(ra), to Zubair(ra) in a bond of matrimony. ‘Abdullāh bin Zubair(ra) was born to Asmā’(ra) in the first year after migration. When ‘Abdullāh(ra) was presented to the Holy Prophet(sa), the Holy Prophet(sa) softened a date in his own mouth, gave a taste of its liquid to ‘Abdullāh(ra) and supplicated for his prosperity, and this was the child’s first feed. In the era of the Holy Prophet(sa) ‘Abdullāh(ra) was only a child, but when he later became an adult, he attained a great status on account of his knowledge and wisdom. Upon witnessing the deplorable religious ideologies of the Umayyad Rulers, he established his own independant government. Eventually, however, he was martyred in the reign of ‘Abdul- Malik bin Marwān. Ḥaḍrat ‘Ā’ishah(ra) would consider him as her own son. This is why she was given the appellation Ummi ‘Abdillāh, according to his name, which was ‘Abdullāh.