It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that Abdullah bin Zam'ah bin al-Aswad bin al-Muttalib bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy (this is his lineage); his mother was Qaribah bint Abi Umayyah bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum, and his maternal grandmother was Atikah bint al-Muttalib.