Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri says that the kunyah of Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab bin Nufayl al-Adawi was Abu Abd al-Rahman, and his mother was Zaynab bint Maz'un bin Habib. He used to dye his hair with yellow. He passed away in Makkah and was buried at Dhu Tuwa; according to another report he was buried at Fakhkh in the graveyard of the Muhajirun. He passed away in 74 AH, and at that time he was 84 years old.

It is narrated from Atiyyah that he said: I asked a freed slave of Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) how his death came about. He said that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) strongly condemned the deeds of al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf at the time of the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). He stood before him and spoke harsh words to him, so al-Hajjaj said: "Be quiet, old man! You have lost your mind." Then, when the people had dispersed, al-Hajjaj ordered a man from Syria, who struck him on the foot with a spear. Then al-Hajjaj came to visit him in his illness and said: "If only I knew who injured you, I would strike off his head." He said: "It is you who injured me." He asked: How so? He said: "Because you brought weapons into the Sanctuary of Allah (whereby its sanctity was violated)."

It is narrated from Makhul that he said: I was with Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) when al-Hajjaj set up the catapult against the Ka'bah and martyred Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) strongly condemned this act and said things which al-Hajjaj disliked hearing, so al-Hajjaj ordered that he be killed, and a man from Syria struck him a blow. When al-Hajjaj came to visit him, Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "You are the one who has killed me, and now you come to visit me?! Allah suffices as judge between me and you."

It is narrated from Khalifah bin Khayyat that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to Basrah and went to the land of Persia as a warrior, and he passed away in Makkah in 74 AH.

Salim narrates from his father (Sayyiduna Ibn Umar) that he said: My father instructed me to bury him outside the boundaries of the Sanctuary, but we were not able to do so, so we buried him inside the Sanctuary at Fakhkh, in the graveyard of the Muhajirun.

It is narrated from Maymun bin Mihran that he said: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying: "I held back my hands (during the tribulations) and did not advance, whereas fighting for the truth was more virtuous." Imam al-Hakim says that the explanation and clarification of this hadith is as follows:

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "I do not grieve over missing anything of this world as much as I regret that I did not fight the rebel group (alongside Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him))."

It is narrated from Ghassan bin Abd al-Hamid that the people had no doubt that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would give allegiance to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) on the condition that he would not take part in fighting alongside him, and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was content with this from him.

Abu al-Hasan al-Mada'ini narrates from Musa bin Talhah bin Ubaydullah that he said: "May Allah Almighty have mercy on Abu Abd al-Rahman Abdullah bin Umar. I think that he remained upon the covenant which he made with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and did not change in it in the slightest. By Allah, Quraysh could not provoke him in their first tribulation (political conflict)." (The narrator says:) I said: This detracts from the standing of his father (Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)) (because it gives the impression that Ibn Umar turned out better than his father).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and I were presented before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (for participation) on the day of Badr, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent us back because we were too young; then we took part in the Battle of Uhud. Imam al-Hakim says: At the beginning of this chapter I cited, from the narration of Yazid bin Harun, the statement of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) took part in Badr, but this chain is stronger than that. Moreover, the two Shaykhs agreed on the hadith that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was presented at the age of fourteen and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not permit him, and at the Trench he granted him permission, and that was the first battle in which he took part. And Allah knows best.