that his mother Zainab bint Humaid took him to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! Take the pledge of allegiance from him." But he said, "He is still too young for the pledge," and passed his hand on his (i.e. ʿAbdullah's) head and invoked for Allah's blessing for him. Zuhra bin Maʿbad stated that he used to go with his grandfather, ʿAbdullah bin Hisham, to the market to buy foodstuff. Ibn ʿUmar and Ibn Az-Zubair would meet him and say to him, "Be our partner, as the Prophet ﷺ invoked Allah to bless you." So, he would be their partner, and very often he would win a camel's load and send it home.

عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَذَهَبَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ حُمَيْدٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَايِعْهُ فَقَالَ هُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَمَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ وَدَعَا لَهُ وَعَنْ زُهْرَةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَخْرُجُ بِهِ جَدُّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَيَشْتَرِي الطَّعَامَ فَيَلْقَاهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ؓ فَيَقُولاَنِ لَهُ أَشْرِكْنَا فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَدْ دَعَا لَكَ بِالْبَرَكَةِ فَيَشْرَكُهُمْ فَرُبَّمَا أَصَابَ الرَّاحِلَةَ كَمَا هِيَ فَيَبْعَثُ بِهَا إِلَى الْمَنْزِلِ