Tufail ibn Abdullah

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Tufail ibn Abdullah was a Sahaba, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and stepson of Abu Bakr.

His mother, Um Ruman, married a man from her tribe named Abd-Allah ibn Harith bin Sakhbarah Azdi. They moved to Mecca, where his father became the partner and companion of Abu Bakr. Soon after this his father died, and he and his widowed mother were left with no support. Seeing their precarious condition Abu Bakr married his mother.