# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abu-talib-ibn-abd-al-muttalib
# Generated: 2026-08-31T22:50:47.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abu-talib-ibn-abd-al-muttalib"
name: "Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib"
slug: "abu-talib-ibn-abd-al-muttalib"
description: "The uncle who raised Muhammad and led the clan that sheltered him — yet whose own faith remains the subject of a centuries-old sectarian divide."
tagline: "Leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca (c.535-c.619)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/New_York_Public_Library%2C_Spencer_Collection_Turk._MS._3_Siyar-i_Nab%C3%AE_fol._57r_Ab%C3%BB_T%C3%A2lib%2C_%27Abb%C3%A2s_ibn_al-Muttalib%2C_and_other_leaders_of_the_Quraysh_question_Muhammad_about_Isra%27_and_Mi%27raj.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "540"
deathDate: "619"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.77
  momentum:             29.35210066587317
  historical:           22.630932
  currentAttention:     51.54508503959144
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Religious Figures"
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  - name: "Poetry"
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 535 into Mecca's Qurayshi tribe, Abu Talib inherited leadership of Banu Hashim after his father Abd al-Muttalib's death, along with the clan offices of Siqaya and Rifada. He was well-respected in the city. As brother to Abdullah, he became uncle and guardian to the orphaned Muhammad, and later father to Ali. He used his position as tribal chieftain to protect his nephew as the new prophet's message drew hostility. Abu Talib died in 619. Whether he died a believer is contested: most Sunni scholars hold he never accepted Islam; Shia scholars insist he was devout but concealed his faith for strategic protection. The question has never been settled.