He was among the earliest forerunners to Islam. He accepted the faith before ʿUmar, took part in both migrations, and was present at Badr.

Ibn Isḥāq said: “The first man to arrive in Medina as a migrant was Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Asad, followed by ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah.” (1)

He transmitted hadith from the Prophet ﷺ, as well as from Abū Bakr and ʿUmar. Those who narrated from him include his son ʿAbd Allāh, Ibn ʿUmar, Ibn al-Zubayr, Abū Umāmah ibn Sahl, and others.

Al-Khaṭṭāb had adopted him, and he bore ʿUmar’s banner when the Caliph reached al-Jābiyah. (2)

Al-Wāqidī said: “ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah died a few days after the assassination of ʿUthmān. He had secluded himself in his house, and the people only realized he had died when his funeral bier was carried out.” (3)

Yahya ibn Saʿīd al-Anṣārī narrated, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah, that his father was seen in a dream at the time when people were attacking ʿUthmān. He was told: “Rise and ask Allah to shelter you from the fitnah.”

ʿĀmir died in 35 AH, shortly before ʿUthmān was killed.

Jaʿfar ibn ʿAwn reported: “Yahya ibn Saʿīd told us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĀmir ibn…”