Abu ‘Abdallah was born in the year eighty three AH. He passed away in the month of Shawwal in the year one hundred forty eight at the age of sixty five. He was buried in al-Baqi‘ cemetery in Madina in the grave yard where his father and grandfather and al-Hassan ibn Ali were buried. His mother was ’Umm Farwa daughter of al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn abu Bakr and her mother was ’Asma’ daughter of ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu Bakr.