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{{Short description|Leader of Banu Hashim clan (c. 535 – 619)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
| native_name = {{lang|ar|أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب}}
| birth_name = 'Imran ({{lang|ar|عِمْرَان}}) or 'Abd Manaf ({{lang|ar|عَبْد مَنَاف}})<ref name="Duas2013">{{Cite web |title=Abu-Talib a.s The Greatest Guardian of Islam |url=http://www.duas.org/abutalibas.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217070926/http://www.duas.org/abutalibas.htm |archive-date=17 December 2013 |access-date=27 October 2013 |website=duas.org}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Circa}} 535 [[Common Era|CE]]
| birth_place = [[Mecca]], [[Hejaz|Hijaz]] (present-day [[Saudi Arabia]])
| death_date = {{Circa}} {{Death date and age|619|535|df=yes}}
| death_place = Mecca, Hijaz
| office = [[Tribal chief|Chief]] of [[Banu Hashim]] clan of [[Quraysh]]
| term = {{Circa}} 578 – 619 CE
| predecessor = [[Abd al-Muttalib|Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim]]
| successor = [[Abu Lahab]]
| spouse = [[Fatimah bint Asad|Fatima bint Asad]]
| children = {{plainlist|
*[[Talib ibn Abi Talib|Talib]]
*[[Aqil ibn Abi Talib|Aqil]]
*[[Ja'far ibn Abi Talib|Ja'far]]
*[[Ali]]
*[[Fakhitah bint Abi Talib|Fakhita]]
*[[Jumanah bint Abi Talib|Jumana]]
*[[Rayta bint Abi Talib|Rayta]]
}}
| father = [[Abd al-Muttalib]]
| mother = [[Fatima bint Amr]]
| relations = {{plainlist}}
*[[Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Al-Harith]] (half-brother)
*[[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Abdullah]] (full-brother)
*[[Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Al-Zubayr]] (full-brother)
*[[Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Al-Abbas]] (half-brother)
*[[Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Hamza]] (half-brother)
*[[Hajl ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Hajl]] (half-brother)
*[[Al-Muqawwim ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Al-Muqawwim]] (half-brother)
*[[Abū Lahab]] (half-brother)
*[[Umm Hakim bint Abd al-Muttalib|Umm Hakim]] (full-sister)
*[[Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib|Umayma]] (full-sister)
*[[Arwa bint Abd al-Muttalib|Arwa]] (full-sister)
*[[Atika bint Abd al-Muttalib|Atika]] (full-sister)
*[[Barrah bint Abd al-Muttalib|Barra]] (full-sister)
*[[Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib|Safiyya]] (half-sister)
{{endplainlist}}
| resting_place = [[Jannat al-Mu'alla]] Mecca
| image = 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.jpg
| caption = Islamic miniature of Abu Talib (top-middle, blue robes), [[Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib]] (green robes next to him) and other Quraysh leaders questioning Muhammad about [[Isra' and Mi'raj]]
}}
'''Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib''' ({{langx|ar|أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب|ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib}}; {{circa|535{{spaced ndash}}619}}) was the leader of [[Banu Hashim]], a clan of the [[Quraysh]]i tribe of [[Mecca]] in the [[Hejaz]]i region of the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. As he was the brother of [[Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib|Abdullah]], the father of the Islamic [[Prophet]] [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]],<ref>Ibn Sa'd, ''Al-Tabaqat al-Kobra'', Vol. 1, P. 93</ref> he was the Islamic Prophet Muhammad's uncle and father of [[Ali]]. After the death of his father [[Abd al-Muttalib]] [[Patronymic#Arabic|ibn]] [[Hashim ibn Abd Manaf]], he inherited this position as tribal chieftain, and the offices of ''Siqaya'' and ''Rifada''.<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Islam">{{EI3|last=Rubin|first=Uri|year=2013}}</ref> He was well-respected in Mecca.<ref name="Armstrong">{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Karen|title=Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet|year=1992|publisher=Harper Collins|location=San Francisco|page=77}}</ref>

According to the majority of Sunni scholars, Abu Talib did not accept Islam before his death.<ref>Al-Tabari, ''Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk'', vol. 2, p. 443.</ref>
However, Shia scholars maintain that Abu Talib was a devout believer who concealed his faith to protect Prophet Muhammad.<ref>Al-Mufid, Kitab al-Irshad, trans. I.K.A. Howard (Tehran: World Organization for Islamic Services, 1981), vol. 1, pp. 28–30.</ref><ref>W. Madelung, "Abu Ṭāleb," ''Encyclopaedia Iranica'', Vol. I, Fasc. 4, 1983, pp. 371–372.</ref>

==Early life==
Abu Talib was born in the city of [[Mecca]] in the [[Hejaz|Hijaz]] region in 535 [[Common Era|CE]]. He was the son of the Hashimite chief, [[Abd al-Muttalib]], and a brother of [[Muhammad]]'s father, [[Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib|Abdullah]], who had died before Muhammad's birth. After the death of Muhammad's mother [[Aminah bint Wahab]], Muhammad, a child still, was taken into the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib. When Muhammad reached eight years of age, Abd al-Muttalib died. One of Muhammad's uncles was to take him in. The oldest, Al-Harith was not wealthy enough to accept guardianship for his nephew. Abu Talib, despite his poverty, took in Muhammad in an act of selfless generosity.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haykal|first=Muhammad Husayn|title=The Life of Muhammad|year=1976|publisher=North American Trust Publications|page=54}}</ref>

Although Abu Talib was responsible for providing ''Siqaya'' and ''Rifada'' (Food and Beverages) for [[Hajj]] pilgrims, he lived in poverty. In order to fulfill his obligations towards the pilgrims, he had to borrow money from his brother Abbas, which he failed to return, thus being forced to let Abbas take over the duty. Nevertheless, his social position did not take any harm from this failure.<ref>{{Citation |title= Abu Talib, the Faithful of Quraysh |author= Abdullah Al Khunayzi |chapter= The Route of Life |date= 4 June 2015 |chapter-url=https://www.al-islam.org/abu-talib-faithful-quraysh-abdullah-al-khunayzi/chapter-1-route-life#personality}}</ref>

Muhammad loved his uncle, and Abu Talib loved him in return.<ref name=Rubin>{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Uri|title=The Eye of the Beholder|year=1995|publisher=Darwin Press, Inc.|location=Princeton, New Jersey|page=93}}</ref> Abu Talib is remembered as a gifted poet, and many poetic verses in support of Muhammad are attributed to him.<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Islam" /><ref name=Lings>{{cite book|last=Lings|first=Martin|title=Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources|year=2006|publisher=Inner Traditions|location=Rochester, Vermont|page=33}}</ref> Once, as Abu Talib was about to leave for a trading expedition, Muhammad wept and could not bear being separated from him. To this Abu Talib responded, "By God I will take him with me, and we shall never part from each other."<ref name=Tabari>{{cite book|title=The History of al-Tabari|year=1988|publisher=State University of New York Press|location=Albany|page=44}}</ref>

Later in life, as an adult, Muhammad saw that Abu Talib was struggling financially after a severe drought. Muhammad decided to take charge of one of Abu Talib's children and he convinced [[Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib|Al-'Abbas]] to do the same. They discussed this matter with Abū Ṭālib, who asked that his favorite child 'Aqīl be left with him. Al-'Abbās chose [[Ja'far ibn Abi Talib|Ja'far]], and Muhammad chose 'Alī.<ref>Ibn Hisham, al-Sirah, Vol. I, p.162.</ref><ref name="ref3">Tārīkh Al-Tabarī (vol 2 p.63), Tārīkh ibn Al-Athīr (vol 2 p.24), Musnad of Aḥmed ibn Ḥanbal (vol 1 p.159), Al-Sīrat al-Nabawīyah by ibn Kathīr (vol 1 p.457-459).</ref><ref name="firstMuslims">Sunan al-Tirmidhī (vol 2 p.301), Al-Ṭabaqāt Al-Kubrā - ibn Sa'd (vol 3 p.12), Usd Al-Ghābah (vol 4 p.17), Kanz al-'Ummāl (vol 6 p.400), Tārīkh Al-Ṭabarī (vol 2 p.55), Tārīkh Baghdād (vol 2 p.18)</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Karen|title=Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet|year=1993|publisher=Harper Collins|location=San Francisco|page=81}}</ref>

==Protecting Muhammad==
In tribal society, a tribal affiliation is important, otherwise a man can be killed with impunity.<ref>{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Karen|title=Islam: A Short History|year=2000|publisher=Modern Library|location=New York|page=13}}</ref> As the leader of the Banu Hashim, Abu Talib acted as a protector to Muhammad. After Muhammad began preaching the message of [[Islam]], members of the other [[Quraysh]]ite clans increasingly came to feel threatened by Muḥammad. In attempts to quiet him, they pressured Abū Ṭālib to silence his nephew or control him. Despite these pressures, Abu Talib maintained his support of Muḥammad, defending him from the other leaders of the Quraysh. Leaders of the Quraysh directly confronted Abu Talib several times. Abu Talib brushed them off and continued to support Muhammad even when it put a rift between him and the Quraysh. In one account, the Quraysh even threatened to fight the Banu Hashim over this conflict.<ref name="Rubin 1995 150">{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Uri|title=The Eye of the Beholder|year=1995|publisher=Darwin Press, Inc.|location=Princeton, New Jersey|page=150}}</ref> In a particular narration of one such confrontation, Abu Talib summoned Muhammad to speak with the Quraysh. Muhammad asked the Quraysh leaders to say the [[shahada]] and they were astounded.<ref name="The History of al-Tabari">{{cite book|title=The History of al-Tabari|year=1985|publisher=State University Press|location=New York|page=95}}</ref>

The Quraysh even tried to bribe Abu Talib. They told Abu Talib that if he let them get hold of Muhammad, then he could adopt 'Umarah ibn al Walid ibn al Mughirah, the most handsome youth in Quraysh.<ref name="Rubin 1995 150"/><ref>{{cite book|title=The History of al-Tabari|year=1985|publisher=State University Press|location=New York|page=97}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Haykal|first=Muhammad Husayn|title=The Life of Muhammad|year=1976|publisher=North American Trust Publications|page=88}}</ref> When this also failed, the Quraysh elicited the support of other tribes to boycott trading with or marrying members of the Banu Hashim lineage. This boycott started seven years after Muhammad first received revelation and lasted for three years.<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Islam" /> The goal was to put pressure on the Hashimites and even starve them into submission.<ref name="Armstrong 1993 129">{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Karen|title=Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet|year=1993|publisher=Harper Collins|location=San Francisco|page=129}}</ref> For the sake of security, many members of the Banu Hashim moved near to Abu Talib, and the place became like a [[ghetto]].<ref name="Armstrong 1993 129"/> This didn't cause undue hardship<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of al-Tabari|year=1985|publisher=State University Press|location=New York|page=xliv}}</ref> because many had family members in other tribes that would smuggle goods to them.<ref name="Armstrong 1993 129"/> Abu Talib's brother, [[Abu Lahab]], sided with the Quraysh on this issue; he moved to a house in the district of Abd Shams to demonstrate support for the Quraysh.<ref name="Armstrong 1993 129"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Lings|first=Martin|title=Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources|year=2006|publisher=Inner Traditions|location=Rochester, Vermont|page=90}}</ref> He thought Muhammad was either mad or an impostor.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lings|first=Martin|title=Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources|year=2006|publisher=Inner Traditions|location=Rochester, Vermont|page=52}}</ref>

Protecting Muhammad put considerable pressure on Abu Talib and the Banu Hashim. In one instance Abu Talib exclaimed to Muhammad, "Save me and yourself, and do not put a greater burden on me than I cannot bear." Muhammad responded, "Oh uncle! By God Almighty I swear, even if they should put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left that I abjure this cause, I shall not do so until God has vindicated it or caused me to perish in the process."<ref>{{cite book|last=Haykal|first=Muhammad Husayn|title=The Life of Muhammad|year=1976|publisher=North American Trust Publications|page=89}}</ref> Seeing his nephew's emotion, Abu Talib responded, "Go, nephew, and say what you like. By God, I will never hand you over for any reason."<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of al-Tabari|year=1985|publisher=State University Press|location=New York|page=96}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File: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.jpg|left|thumb|Islamic miniature depicting Muhammad trying to convert the dying Abu Talib on his deathbed, to Muhammad's left sits [[Ali]]]]
Abū Ṭālib died around 619 CE, at more than 80 years of age, about 10 years after the start of Muhammad's mission.<ref name="Encyclopaedia of Islam" /> This year is known as the [[Year of Sorrow]] for Muhammad, because not only did his uncle Abu Talib die, but also his wife [[Khadijah bint Khuwaylid]], within a month of Abu Talib.

After Abu Talib's death, Muhammad was left unprotected. Abu Talib's brother and successor as the chief of the family, that is [[Abu Lahab]], did not protect him, as he was an enemy of Muhammad, so Muhammad and his followers faced incredible persecution. Muhammad is quoted as exclaiming, "By God, Quraysh never harmed me so much as after the death of Abu Talib."<ref>{{cite book|last=Haykal|first=Muhammad Husayn|title=The Life of Muhammad|year=1976|publisher=North American Trust Publications|page=136}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Armstrong|first=Karen|title=Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet|year=1993|publisher=Harper Collins|location=San Francisco|page=135}}</ref> The early Muslims relocated to Abyssinia and then to Medina in order to escape persecution by the Quraysh.

==Views of different sects==
The memory of Abu Talib is influenced by political aims of the Sunni and Shia Muslims.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Uri|title=The Eye of the Beholder|year=1995|publisher=Darwin Press, Inc.|location=Princeton, New Jersey|page=149}}</ref>

===Sunni===
It is reported in Sunni Islam that the Quranic verse 28:56 ("O Prophet! Verily, you guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He will") was revealed concerning Abu Talib's embrace of Islam at the hands of his nephew.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Diane Morgan|title=Essential Islam: A Comprehensive Guide to Belief and Practice|url=https://archive.org/details/essentialislamco0000morg|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313360251|page=[https://archive.org/details/essentialislamco0000morg/page/114 114]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman|title=The Meaning and Explanation of the Glorious Qur'an (Vol 7)|date=2009|publisher=MSA Publication Limited|isbn=9781861796615|page=202}}</ref>
During the time of Prophethood, the Prophet Muhammad took all possible measures to protect himself from the tribe. He was called a person of Hell for not accepting Islam in [[Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum]], where it is said that Muhammad said that he would be placed in the depths of Hellfire because of his association with him and his support for him, or he would have been plunged into the abyss of Hell.<ref>[[Agreed upon]] [[Muhammad bin Ismail al-Bukhari|Al-Bukhari]] No. 3883 and [[Muslim]] No. 209 </ref>

==Family==
[[File:Abu Talib ibn Abdul Muttalib.jpg|thumb|Abu Talib & Fatima bint Asad]]
Abu Talib was married to [[Fatimah bint Asad|Fatima bint Asad]]. They had four sons:
* [[Talib ibn Abi Talib|Talib]], He was his father's firstborn child, and Abu Talib received his [[Kunya (Arabic)|kunya]] from him. Little is known about him; he had no children and his body was never discovered after around {{circa}} 624.
* [[Aqil ibn Abi Talib|'Aqīl ibn Abī Ṭālib (Abu Muslim)]], married Fatima bint Uqba and had many children: Abu Sa'id, [[Muslim ibn Aqil|Muslim]], Musa, [[Abd Allah ibn Aqil|Abd Allah]], Ramla, [[Ja'far ibn Aqil|Ja'far]], [[Muhammad ibn Aqil|Muhammad]] and [[Abd al-Rahman ibn Aqil|Abd al-Rahman]].
* [[Ja'far ibn Abi Talib|Ja'far ibn Abī Ṭālib (Abu Awn)]], married [[Asma bint Umais|Asma bint Umays]] and had 3 sons: [[Abd Allah ibn Ja'far|Abd Allah]], [[Muhammad ibn Ja'far|Muhammad]] and [[Awn ibn Ja'far|Awn]] also had a daughter: Na'mi.
* [[Ali|'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (Abu Hasan)]], married [[Family tree of Ali|a number of women]], including [[Fatima]] bint Muhammad. He had many children like [[Hasan ibn Ali|Hasan]], [[Husayn ibn Ali|Husayn]], [[Abbas ibn Ali|Abbas]], [[Zaynab bint Ali|Zaynab]], [[Umm Kulthum bint Ali|Umm Kulthum]] and [[Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyya|Muhammad]].

and three daughters:
* [[Fakhitah bint Abi Talib|Fākhita bint Abī Ṭālib (Umm Hani)]], married Hubayra ibn Abi Wahb and had four sons: Umar, Fulan, Yusuf, Amr and two daughters: Hani and Ja'dah
* [[Jumanah bint Abi Talib|Jumāna bint Abī Ṭālib (Umm Sufyan)]], married [[Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith]] and had two sons, Sufyan and Ja'far, Ali
* [[Rayta bint Abi Talib|Rayṭa bint Abī Ṭālib (Umm Talib)]], married [[Awn ibn Umays]] and had a son, Talib<ref>Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Tabir''. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1967). ''Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, Vol. I Parts I & II'', pp. 135-136. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.</ref><ref>Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Tabir'', vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina'', p. 35. London: Ta-Ha Publishers.</ref>

===Education of his children===
* Muhammad and his wife, [[Khadija bint Khuwaylid]], educated Ali
* [[Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib]] and his wife, [[Lubaba bint al-Harith]], educated Talib
* [[Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib]] and his wife, [[Salma bint Umays]], educated Ja'far
* [[Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib]] and his wife, Atika bint Abi Wahb, educated Aqil
* Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and his wife, Fatima bint Asad, educated Fakhita, Jumana and Rayta

===Family tree===
 
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* * indicates that the marriage order is disputed
* Note that direct lineage is marked in '''bold'''.

==See also==
* [[List of notable Hijazis]]
* [[Family tree of Ali]]
* [[Shi'a view of Ali]]
* [[Banu Hashim]]
* [[Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf]]

==References==
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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib - Revision history

John9200Carter at 20:56, 16 March 2026