Abdurrahman berasal dari kabilah [[Bahilah]] dan merupakan kakak dari [[Salman bin Rabi'ah]].{{sfn|Dunlop|1960|p=921}} Ia dan adiknya merupakan putra dari Rabi'ah bin Yazid al-Bahili.<ref name="Al-A'lam" /><ref name="Usud" /> Abdurrahman termasuk dalam kelompok [[sahabat Nabi]].<ref name="Al-A'lam">{{cite book|title=Al-A'lam Az-Zarkali - al-Bahili|author=Khairuddin Az-Zarkali|author-link=Khairuddin Az-Zarkali|language=ar|website=shamela.ws|volume=3|page=306|url=https://shamela.ws/book/12286/2833|access-date=2024-03-01|archive-date=2024-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301055958/https://shamela.ws/book/12286/2833|dead-url=no}}</ref> Ia dijuluki sebagai '''Dzun Nur'''.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Kitab Sejarah Lengkap Khulafaur Rasyidin |id=ISBN 9786232937185, 623293718X |date=2022 |format=Bukel |publisher=Diva Press |author=Ibnu Katsir |author-link=Ibnu Katsir |translator=Muhammad Ahsan bin Usman |page=335 |url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=rw6HEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA335&dq=dzun+nur+abdurrahman+bin+rabi%27ah+al+bahili&hl=id&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL4NP3kfv9AhVvTWwGHXmZDzEQ6AF6BAgDEAM#v=onepage&q=dzun%20nur%20abdurrahman%20bin%20rabi'ah%20al%20bahili&f=false |access-date=2023-03-27 |archive-date=2023-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327033712/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=rw6HEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA335&dq=dzun+nur+abdurrahman+bin+rabi%27ah+al+bahili&hl=id&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjL4NP3kfv9AhVvTWwGHXmZDzEQ6AF6BAgDEAM#v=onepage&q=dzun%20nur%20abdurrahman%20bin%20rabi'ah%20al%20bahili&f=false |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="Ishabah1">{{cite book
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}}</ref> Julukan '''Dzun Nur''' juga dimiliki oleh sahabat lain yang bernama [[Thufail bin Amr Ad-Dausi|ath-Thufail bin Amr ad-Dausi]] dan [[Suraqah bin Amr]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sirah Nabawiyah Riwayat Imam Al-Bukhari |format=Bukel |publisher=Pustaka Al-Kautsar |language=Melayu |author=Dr. Riyadh Hasyim Hadi |page=334 |url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=N1gjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA334&dq=dzun+nur+thufail+ad+dausi&hl=id&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDveOK8_r9AhXoR2wGHaexB4wQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=dzun%20nur%20thufail%20ad%20dausi&f=false |access-date=2023-03-27 |archive-date=2023-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327033752/https://books.google.co.id/books?id=N1gjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA334&dq=dzun+nur+thufail+ad+dausi&hl=id&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjDveOK8_r9AhXoR2wGHaexB4wQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q=dzun%20nur%20thufail%20ad%20dausi&f=false |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="Ishabah1" />
