Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca (c.535-c.619) · Writers · Lived 540 to 619 · aged 79
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Something wrong?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.
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New York Public Library, Spencer Collection Turk. MS. 3 Siyar-i Nabî fol. 57r Abû Tâlib, 'Abbâs ibn al-Muttalib, and other leaders of the Quraysh question Muhammad about Isra' and Mi'raj
New York Public Library, Spencer Collection Turk. MS. 3 Siyar-i Nabî fol. 64v Muhammad tries to convert Abu Talib to Islam on his deathbed
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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.
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