Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب
Chief of Banu Hashim clan of Quraysh
In office
c. 578 - 619 CE
Preceded byAbd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
Succeeded byAbu Lahab
Personal details
Born
'Imran (عِمْرَان) or
'Abd Manaf (عَبْد مَنَاف)[1]

c. 535 CE
Mecca, Hijaz
(present-day Saudi Arabia)
Diedc. 619(619-00-00) (aged 83–84)
Mecca, Hijaz
Resting placeJannat al-Mu'alla Mecca
SpouseFatima bint Asad
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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 535 – 619) was the leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula. He being the brother of Abdullah, the father of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad,[2] was his uncle and father of Ali. After the death of his father Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, he inherited this position as tribal chieftain, and the offices of Siqaya and Rifada.[3] He was well-respected in Mecca.[4]

According to general consensus of Sunni Islamic scholars, Abu Talib never converted to Islam.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Abu-Talib a.s The Greatest Guardian of Islam". duas.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  2. ^ Ibn Sa'd, Al-Tabaqat al-Kobra, Vol. 1, P. 93
  3. ^ Rubin, Uri (2013). Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Karen (1992). Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet. San Francisco: Harper Collins. p. 77.
  5. ^ "Was Abu Talib a Muslim?".
  6. ^ "Abu Talib: The uncle of Prophet Muhammad. Was Abu Talib a Muslim?".
  7. ^ "أبو طالب مات كافراً".